Power Restored After Gunpoint Sub Base Takeover
In a bold shows of cash strapped might Russia’s Northern Fleet dispatched armed sailors to two substations demanding power be restored. Kolenergo debts of 4.5 million dollars prompted a gunpoint return of electricity to nuclear installations on the Kola Peninsula amid reports of aging submarines and strained crews.
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Moscow
Russia
Strategic Rocket Forces
Boris Yeltsin
Krasnaya Zveazda
Red Star
Vladimir Kondriyanenko
Adm
Oleg Yerofeyev
Kolenergo
Kola Peninsula
Arctic Circle
Finland
Norway
Kondriyanenko
Viktor Irivtsov
Fleet Command
Dozens Charged in Food Stamp Trafficking Crackdown
Dozens of bartenders grocers and others were charged in a nationwide operation for trading cocaine and money for food stamps. Investigations centered on Ocilla Georgia where about 60 people were sought for selling crack and powdered cocaine for food stamps. Additional arrests included 20 in Brownsville Texas for buying stamps with cash at half value and a Chicago grocery owner tied to 1.3 million dollars in trafficking. Authorities note authorized retailers redeem stamps for cash and led the probe initiated by the Agriculture Department inspector general Roger Viadero.
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Washington
Ocilla
Georgia
Agriculture Department
Brownsville
Texas
Roger Viadero
Chicago
New York
Wal Mart pulls shirts claiming future woman president
MIAMI AP Wal Mart pulled T shirts bearing Someday a woman will be president after a customer complaint. Spokeswoman Jane Bockholt said the shirt was offensive to some people and removed. The Miramar store sold about two thirds of 204 shirts before the pull Aug ar. Designer Ann Moliver Ruben, 70, says the move shows promotion of female leadership remains seen as threatening.
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Miami
Wal-Mart
Janet Bockholt
Miramar
Ann Moliver Ruben
Post-office gunman in Camden gets life in prison
Christopher Green, 29, was given consecutive life terms after pleading guilty to a March 21 post office holdup in Montclair, New Jersey, where he killed two postal workers and two customers and wounded a fifth. He robbed the branch of about $5,000 to pay back rent. there is no parole in the federal system.
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Camden
N.J
Christopher Green
Montclair
New York City
New Jersey
Green
Sasser Named U S Ambassador to China in Signal of Thaw
Washington reports that China accepts former Sen Jim Sasser of Tennessee as U S ambassador, a move seen by Secretary Warren Christopher as raising hopes for a Clinton Jiang Zemin summit this fall and marking a recovery after prior tensions. The White House will send Sasser’s nomination to the Senate immediately.
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Washington
China
Jim Sasser
Tennessee
U.S
United States
Warren Christopher
Clinton
Jiang Zemin
White House
Sasser
Senate
Christopher
Beijing
Study Finds Abortion Drugs Safe and Increasing Use
A New England Journal of Medicine study shows a two drug combination can safely induce abortions at home using drugs already approved for other uses. Dr Richard Hausknecht of Mount Sinai says doctors worldwide are seeking guidance and many have begun prescribing the regimen in recent months.
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New York
New England Journal of Medicine
Richard A.hausknecht
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Geese blamed in AWACS crash at Elmendorf Air Base
An AWACS E-3B plane crashed after takeoff at Elmendorf Alaska killing all 24 crew members. A dozen Canada geese found at the runway and witnesses described engine fire and flames. The Air Force opened an investigation while President Clinton offered condolences.
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Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Air Force
Clay Wallace
Army National Guard
KENI
Maj
Jereen Brown
Anchorage
Clinton
San Diego
United States
Canada
Ronald Fogleman
Two Americans wounded in NATO search for French pilots
NATO teams in armored helicopters searched Bosnia for downed French fighters Aug 30 as weather and Serb fire hampered three rescue attempts. Two Americans were wounded and the French pilots remained missing as operations continued under Adm Leighton Smyth.
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US Adm
Leighton Smyth
Auspr
Adm
Smyth
Yuliets
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