Florida lawmakers condemn Disney benefits for partners
Fifteen Florida legislators criticize Walt Disney Co for extending health insurance to partners and gay employees, calling the move unhealthy and immoral. They questioned what Walt Disney would think if alive, and said the policy is a moral and financial mistake that could alienate families. Disney had announced benefits for live-in partners and dependent children of homosexual employees, a move welcomed by gay rights activists.
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Florida
Walt Disney Co
Walt Disney
Disney
Meatpacking study call spurs push for second inquiry
A group of farm-state lawmakers led by Senator Tom Daschle introduced legislation urging President Clinton to appoint a commission for a second meatpacking study. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman endorsed the bill as ranchers claim current industry control by four firms suppresses prices.
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Clinton
Senate
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Agriculture Department
City worker stole $34,000 in toilet paper at stadium
Philadelphia authorities say Ricardo Jefferson, a Broadway Services supervisor at Veterans Stadium, forged invoices to obtain extra toilet paper, causing a $34,000 loss. He was fired after City Controller Saidel's investigation. DA to review charges. tenure unclear, pad short before a Eagles preseason game.
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Ricardo Jefferson
Jonathan A. Saidel
Saidel
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Jefferson
Broadway
Philadelphia Eagles
Tony Radwanski
Rains Bring Gators Into Florida Neighborhoods
Torrential rains across southern Florida sent alligators from flooded canals onto doorsteps and into yards. Officials logged at least 20 reports of alligators in residential areas and began trapping efforts as widespread flooding forced evacuations.
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Sunshine State
Florida
Benjamin Borew
Palm Beach County
Borew
Jeff Ardelean
Florida Game and ‘Fresh Water Fish Commission
Lawton Chiles
Palm Beach
Martin Counties
Congress weighs Bosnia mission amid grief and doubt
Washington lawmakers pressed Clinton officials to justify sending up to 20,000 U S troops to enforce a fragile Bosnia peace amid concern for war casualties. Democrats voiced no consensus while some allies warned of wider conflict if troops are held back.
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Bosnia
Joel Hefley
R-Cole
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National Security Committee
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D-Calif
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
Defense
William
Two men charged with trooper killing in Salisbury
Edward A Plank's father spoke of the loss after his son Trooper First Class Edward A Plank was killed during a traffic stop. William Lynch and Ivan Lovell were charged with killing the trooper, with Lovell wounded and Lynch held without bail. The family expressed gratitude to Trooper Dennis Lord and neighbors who helped during the incident.
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Plank
William S. Lynch
New York
Somerset County
Princess Anne
Ivan F Lovell
Elizabeth City
Lori
Dennis Lord
Lord
Andrew
Margarite Robinson
Casfield
Lovell
Dennis
Boys confess in 5 year old's fatal fall
In Chicago, Eric Morse aged five died after being dropped from a 14th floor window by two older boys who had coerced him to steal candy. The two confessed and were ruled delinquent of first degree murder after a two day hearing that recounted the brutal act in a vacant CHA apartment. Derrick Lemons testified about trying to intervene as the brothers dangled Eric, who was too small to be saved.
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Derrick Lemons
Derrick
Ance
Teenager Surrenders After Bus Stop Killing Charge
A 16 year old boy named Warren James Court turned himself in to Baltimore police on a first degree murder and felony handgun violation charge. He allegedly killed a woman at a bus stop while she held her granddaughter as a niece stood nearby. Court was questioned by homicide detectives after surrendering Wednesday night.
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Rob Weinhold
Baltimore Police Department
Witness says McVeigh showed truck bomb diagram in 1994
A Dallas Morning News report cites Michael Fortier saying Timothy McVeigh showed him a truck bomb diagram and asked for help testing explosives. Fortier said McVeigh began preparations in August 1994 after declaring war on the federal government, amid later indictments and thefts of dynamite and blasting caps with Terry Nichols.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Dallas Morning News
Michael Fortier
Kingman, Ariz
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Waco
Morning News
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Nichols
Kansas
Kingman
Alfred P Murrah Federal
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