Tobacco lobby spends 15M in six months in 1996
Washington AP reports the tobacco industry spent more than 15 million dollars in the first half of 1996 to oppose federal curbs on teen smoking raise taxes and restrict advertising Philip Morris led with 11.3 million in midyear disclosures showing a large outlay among about 12 000 filing groups Regulators and the White House have increased scrutiny of tobacco industry messaging, with experts noting eroding credibility and high stakes for the sector
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White House
Thomas Lauria
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Tourist collapses from heart attack as ring is stolen in Greenwich Village
A 73-year-old Finnish tourist, Laila Simola of Helsinki, collapsed with a heart attack on a Manhattan sidewalk and was robbed of her 1.5 carat diamond ring. Police arrested 38-year-old Donna Parker on grand larceny and criminal possession charges as Simola received hospital care.
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New York
New York City
Laila Simola
Greenwich Village
Carmen Melendez
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Finland
Lisa Simola
Mine blast kills two and injures 34 in Zaire border region
Two dead and 34 injured as a bus carrying Red Cross workers struck a land mine near Goma while heading to Kibumba camp for Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire. Among the injured three victims lost legs, 18 hospitalized. Red Cross suspends operations for a week to mourn and review security.
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Rwanda
Zaire
Red Cross
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Kibumba
Geneva
Yeltsin Says Heart Surgery to Be in Russia
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, 65, said he will be operated on in Russia by worldclass Russian surgeons for ischemic heart disease. The interview, in Itogi with excerpts in Newsweek, notes the operation is planned later this month and confirms the decision as final.
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Russia
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Kurdish rebels lose two towns amid fierce fighting
In northern Iraq the Kurdistan Democratic Party claimed two towns Degala and Kaysanjaq east of Irbil from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan amid heavy clashes. The PUK disputed, saying Iraqi forces aided the KDP. Iraq denied troop involvement.
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Degala
Kaysanjaq
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KDP
Saddam warned against repairing missile sites reports indicate
U S officials warned Saddam Hussein on NBC that any repair or reinforcement of damaged missile sites will be met with serious consequences. They noted American forces are unlikely to intervene in northern Iraq fighting where Kurdish factions report clashes near Degaia. Defense Secretary Perry said most of the 40,000 Iraqi troops around Irbil have returned south.
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William Perry
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Meet the Press
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Clinton says Congress funds must meet anti drug plan needs
President Clinton urges House to provide the full funding for anti narcotics priorities in a letter to Speaker Newt Gingrich dated Saturday. He notes the House actions fall about 640 million short of his 1997 anti drug budget and criticizes proposed cuts to the Safe and Drug Free School program.
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Gingrich
Tony Blankley
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Dole's image reform stalls amid internal tensions
Washington AP reports that Don Sipple and Mike Murphy faced a rocky exit as Dole image makers. New team members Greg Stevens Alex Castellanos and Chris Mottola pledge more personal storytelling while campaigns clash over tone and policy emphasis. Polls show Clinton leading by 15 to 20 points as Dole, 73, remains defined by decades in Congress and prior ads.
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Mike Murphy
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Kansas
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Alex Castellanos
Chris Mottola
Sipple
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Dole
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North Koreans Face Starvation Deepens After Floods
In Hong Kong, AP reports Kathi Zellweger of Caritas says North Korea's famine worsens with flooding. After a return from Pyongyang, she notes widespread hunger and a distribution system that barely feeds the population, contrasting with Africa’s hollow-bellied imagery.
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