Open container ban joins Texas law changes in effect
A sweeping set of about 750 new statutes goes into effect, banning drinking while driving and late term abortions while raising taxes on vehicles and hotels. The open container rule makes it illegal to drink while driving with a police officer observing, a modest step amid broader changes.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Sarpalius
Amarillo
Ross Newby
The
Texas Commission On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Mine explosion in South Africa traps workers underground
An explosion at the St. Helena gold mine in Welkom after a nationwide strike left 92 workers missing, about 80 in an elevator 4,511 feet deep and others in shafts 2,227 feet below the surface. More than 400 were underground at the blast. 300 evacuated through tunnels. Officials could not confirm if the missing were alive.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
General Union Mining Corp
Gencor
St. Helena
Welkom
Thai jet crashes off Phuket with 83 aboard
A Thai Airways Boeing 737 crashed into the Andaman Sea off Phuket while avoiding a Dragonair jet. The plane carried 74 passengers and nine crew including at least two Americans. Initial reports varied on survivors as search continued after dark.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Thai Airways
Phuket
Andaman Sea
Narong Dithipeng
Narong
Dragonair
Pastor urges aid for AIDS family amid Florida blaze
In Arcadia Florida a pastor urged residents not to shun the Ray family of five children and their parents who carry HIV AIDS. The Rays say they will seek a new home after their Friday night fire while legal allies criticize Florida attitudes toward their situation. Surgeon General Koop called the treatment of the family tragic and wrongful.
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Arcadia
Fla
Michael Hickey
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Ple
Clifford
Louise Ray
Ricky
Robert
Randy
Candy
Rays
Florida
Sarasota
Judith Kavanaugh
C. Everett Koop
Koop
ABCTV
Good Morning America
Dorchester Shooting Leaves Six Dead in Family Rampage
A gunman killed six people including himself and four relatives in a Dorchester Boston home on a retaliation mission after a theft allegation against him. Two others were critically wounded as witnesses described bullets flying and police investigated the Vietnamese refugee shooter. Relatives named Minh Le as the accused thief who returned for revenge.
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Boston
David Huynh
Minh le
Huynh
Dorchester
Tuan Tran
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