Clinton Urges Churches to Hire Welfare Offenders
President Clinton pressed 33,900 National Baptist Convention USA churches to hire people off welfare to ease the impact of a new welfare law. He urged work as a moral and practical solution while noting the plan's two year job search requirement and state incentives for employers. The trip in Florida came amid a heated electoral season with Dole and Perot still active in campaigns.
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Fla
Clinton
National Baptist Convention USA
Bob Dole
Mr. Dole
Jack Kemp
Harlem
New York City
Chechens Celebrate Freedom Amid War Weary Ruins
Chechens marked independence day across Grozny as war devastates the republic. Dzhokhar Dudayev’s 1991 secession led to a brutal conflict and tens of thousands killed. Residents salvage belongings amid bombed streets, while calls for peace persist under Lebed brokered plans.
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Russia
Dzhokhar Dudayev
Soviet Union
Gromy
Chechnya
Vera Chukalova
Alexander Lebed
Lebed
Tsotsin- Yurt
Pervomayskaya
Dagestan
Calf Fries Festival Swaps Recipes Between Vinita and French Village
In Vinita Oklahoma and Domevre en Haye France a festival honoring bull testicles unfolds. The two towns trade ideas as Vinita hosts its 17th annual Call Fry while Domevre en Haye compares sauces and preparation methods.
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Vinita
Okla
Oklahoma
Domevre-en-Haye
Jean Francois Legault
Chamber of Commerce
France
Legault
Fireworks factory explosion in Rialto kills one, injures another
A Pyro Spectacular fireworks factory blew up during unloading Friday in Rialto, killing one worker and injuring another. Residents reported a powerful blast and rising smoke as debris damaged the warehouse roof.
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Rialto
Calif
Ruth Johnston
Pyro
Los Angeles
Reptile Rocks
Iraqi tanks deploy as Kurds halt fire near Irbil
US lines hold the Kurds as about 100 Iraqi tanks position on a sunlit plain just south of Irbil. Iraqi forces and Kurdish allies set up checkpoints with earthwork barriers and shared banners. The move comes after Kurdish factions stopped fighting for the first time in a week amid no fly zone tensions and Western missile strikes.
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Iraq
United States
Irbil
Kurdistan Democratic Party
U.N
KDP
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
U.N. Security Council
William Perry
Yeltsin urged to transfer power amid surgery
Russia's security chief Alexander Lebed urged President Boris Yeltsin to transfer governing authority to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin during coronary bypass surgery and the likely lengthy recovery. Lebed warned of a possible leadership vacuum without a formal transfer as rival factions consider how to govern during Yeltsin's absence. Zyuganov called for urgent talks on steps to prevent destabilization.
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Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Alexander Lebed
NTV
Viktor) Chernomyrdin
Yeltsin
Chernomyrdin
Mr. Lebed
Anatoly Chubais
Lebed
Yelttsin
Communist Party
Gennady Zyuganov
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