AARP Hearings Open as Simpson Attacks Group
Senate hearing led by Sen. Alan Simpson targets the AARP accusing it of straying from its mission and of profiting from a vast empire of businesses while preserving tax exemptions. Horace Deets, the executive director, misses the session. Democrats defend scrutiny of tax-exempt groups.
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American Association of Retired Persons
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Horace Deets
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Ore
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Senate Finance
Social Security
Crat
David Pryor
Arkansas
John Breaux
Louisiana
Breaux
Wyo
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Postal Service sets on time delivery mark
The U S Postal Service reported a record 87 percent on time delivery for one day first class mail from March through May, up from 85 percent in the prior quarter. Postmaster General Marvin Runyon praised staff while touring Washington routes as cities like Wichita Kansas posted 96 percent. Buffalo Salt Lake City and others reached 93 or higher.
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Maine
Manchester
N.H
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New Brunswick
N.J
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Washington, D.C
Clinton attends Aspin memorial service at St Johns Church
President Clinton joined friends and colleagues at the memorial for former Defense Secretary Les Aspin, praising his iconoclastic mind and role in reshaping the forces for the 21st century. Attendees included Warren Christopher, Stephen Breyer, and Colin Powell.
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Warren Christopher
Supreme Court
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Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ex-White House counsel testifies before grand jury in Whitewater probe
Former White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum spent four hours with a federal grand jury probing the Whitewater affair. Prosecutors questioned him about his discussions on inquiries into an Arkansas S&L owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton and about handling of Vincent Foster's papers after his death.
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White House
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Whitewater
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Clinton orders beautification for White House street
President Clinton urges beautification of the Pennsylvan ia Avenue front of the White House with interim features by September 1995 and a permanent design by 1997. Leon Panetta sent instructions to Interior Secretary Babbitt to form a timetable cost estimates and a design committee by July 17 for a civic focal point and inaugural parade site.
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