King widow blasts Congress and affirms affirmative action
Coretta Scott King told an audience of trial lawyers that affirmative action must continue because Blacks still face sick bigots and subtle racism in America. She urged a Congress that legislates more and investigates less, warning against hate crimes and urging voting access as a starting point.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Coretta Scott King
King
Congress
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Texas
Martin Luther King
American Trial Lawyers Association
Washington, D.C
Congressional
Overhaul bill opens IRS records at National Archives
Congress approved an IRS overhaul bill allowing archivists to inspect additional IRS files to decide what to preserve and publish. Do not expect neighbor tax returns. records on Capone and IRS investigations may appear. Archives seek public-interest materials, while most individual returns remain private.
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Washington
IRS
National Archives
Congress
Clinton
Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Marie Allen
Allen
Senate
United States
State Department
Supreme Court
Nixon
Oval Office
Internal Revenue
Steve Pyrek
United States rejects Kosovo independence by force
The Clinton administration warned NATO and the U S will not back independence for Kosovo gained through violence. State Department spokesman James P Rubin stressed Milosevic bears primary responsibility for the conflict while Albanian extremists share some blame. Rugova seeks diplomacy but the Kosovo parliament may place the KLA under his control, though support from other Albanian parties is weak.
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Washington
Clinton
Kosovo
United States
State Department
James P. Rubin
Albania
Rubin
Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic
Yugoslavia
NATO
Kosovo Liberation Army
Ibrahim
Rugova
Pristina
Democratic League of Kosovo
KLA
Gore announces $155 million aid for rural water projects
President Clinton joined by Vice President Gore at the White House to unveil $155 million in federal loans and grants for rural water systems. The package includes $1.3 million for Binghamton New York to fund a development project as part of aid to 87 communities in 38 states and Puerto Rico.
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Gore
Washington
Carole Buckland
Binghamton
N.Y
Clinton
al Gore
Buckland
New York-Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Puerto Rico
Monument to Black Civil War soldiers unveiled in Washington
Beverly Hills woman Joan Yates joins officials and veterans descendants for the July 18 unveiling of an 11 foot bronze Civil War Memorial in Washington’s Shaw neighborhood. The $1.6 million project honors black Union soldiers and their white officers, with granite walls listing names to come. The sculpture The Spirit of Freedom depicts a soldier leaving his family to fight, while private donations fund the monument and the National Park Service will maintain the site.
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Washington
Krt
Joan Yates
Beverly Hills
Mich
Yates
James Newby
Detroit
Ed Hamilton
Lolisville
Hamilton
Joe Louis
Cobo Hall
Arlington — National
Capitol
Shaw
Duke Ellington
Billie Holiday
Ethel Waters
Lyndia Grant- Briggs
National Park Service
North Buxton
Canada
Ontario
National Archives
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Capital Landmarks
N. Grandview, Odessa
G.R. Albertson
D.O
D.W. Davison
D. G. Lang
M.D
American Society of Garianic Physicians
Midland
Odessa
Huy
Mlles
Terry Rush
Jackson
Church OF Christ
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