Banks cut money to Boy Scouts over policy ruling
BankAmerica and Wells Fargo Bank announced they would stop donations to the Boy Scouts of America due to the group's ban on homosexuals. Wells Fargo cited nondiscrimination policy as the reason, joining Bay Area Unit a Way and Levi Strauss & Co in the move. Kenneth Allen of the Bay Area Boy Scouts Council called the decisions very confusing, noting BankAmerica still supports the Girl Scouts in court actions.
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BankAmerica
Wells Fargo Bank
Boy Scouts of America
Wells Fargo
Kim Kellogg
Bay Area Unita Way
Levi Strauss & C
Kenneth Allen
Bay Area Boy Scouts Council
Job rate to grow says agency survey
New York AP reports Manpower Inc says employment should rise significantly in July through September. In a survey of 15 000 employers, 25 percent will add staff in the third quarter, 8 percent will cut, 64 percent expect no change, and 3 percent are unsure.
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Trucker shoots self after fatal head on crash
GLENCOE NEW MEXICO AP A distraught trucker Weslie Wilkes 25 from Crossville Tennessee died by self inflicted gunshot after a head on crash that killed three others One person died at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso The crash occurred on a south central New Mexico road during an attempted pass by Wilkes
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Alamogordo
Weslie Wilkes
Crossville
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New Mexico
Wilkes
Lincoln County Medical Center
Ruidoso
Philips Components blamed for $200 million Pentagon losses
The Palm Beach Post reports Philips Components faces accusations of selling substandard electronic parts for F-15 and other weapons since 1985, with 107 million units allegedly failing specifications. The Riviera Beach firm denies the claims and notes an ongoing investigation into possibly defective parts from facilities in West Palm Beach, Jupiter, and Mineral Wells.
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Philips
Mariann Coleman
Defense Electronics Supply Center
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Woman asks unemployed to mail photos to President Bush
Dorothy Funfsinn of DeKalb launches Operation Employ U.S. urging jobless Americans to send pictures and notes with names and how long out of work. She hopes seeing faces will move Bush to push harder on the economy.
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Dorothy Funfsinn
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DeKalb
Sean Walsh
White House
Dorothy Funfsian
Witness to 1946 slayings tells FBI account
Monroe resident Clinton Adams recalls witnessing four black victims killed by a white mob at Moore's Ford near Monroe in 1946. He describes gunmen laughing after the shootings and names figures including sheriff C J Sorrells. Adams says he spoke to the FBI to ease his conscience. no indictments followed in the original federal probe.
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FBI
Georgia
Clinton Adams
Emerson Farmer
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Farmer
C.J. Sorrells
Florida Panhandle
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Walton County
Jim Procopio
Atlanta
Lou Harrison
George Dorsey
Roger Malcom
Malcom
Dorothy Malcom
Dorsey
Harrison
Moore
LaRouche campaigns from prison for Democratic nomination
Lyndon LaRouche, 69, serves a 15 year sentence in Rochester Minnesota federal prison yet runs for the Democratic nomination. He relies on televised broadcasts and fund-raising, warns of a coming financial disaster, and promotes plans for industry, nuclear power, a Mars colony, and a trillion-dollar Fed credit program.
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Idaho
Lyndon LaRouche
LaRouche
California
Congress
Virginia
Rochester
Minn
U.S. District Court
Alexandria
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Mars
Federal Reserve System
Bright e lamp debuts as energy saver with concerns
Columbus reporters note a new E-lamp using a magnetic coil and radio signal to create a phosphorescent glow, lasting 10 to 20 years and consuming a quarter of incandescent energy. Priced at 10 to 20 dollars, its high cost and possible radio interference draw skeptical caution from observers and utility partners.
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Thomas Edison
United States
Urope
Japan
Isha Ryan
Intersource
Karl Johnson
Electric Power Research Institute
Palo Alto
Calif
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