Shreveport fire halts renovation amid church arson probe
A long idle union hall is near completion as a church for an integrated congregation when a Monday fire halted work. Officials say there is no evidence of a broader conspiracy yet the national rash of fires at black churches is condemned by Attorney General Reno. Governor Foster contemplates a rewards fund as a federal state task force probes the blaze and others. The New Birth Temple Church of God in Christ, in a mixed neighborhood, plans rebuilding with 70 members.
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Shreveport
Robert McWherter
Shreveport Fire Prevention Department
Janet Reno
Detroit
Clinton
New Birth Temple Church of God In Christ
Bruce Lee Goss
Mike Foster
Reno
ATF
Robert Johnson
New Birth Temple
David Shanks
Bean burglars nabbed at church in Alabama
Police believed arsonists struck Flower Hill Church of God in Christ but found two white men, Michael Shane Terry and Jeffrey Lynn Boyles, heating beans in a microwave. They were jailed on $2,500 bond as investigators noted no arson evidence. ATF looked into a wave of fires at black churches.
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Church of God In Christ
AMA seeks more rules preventing dozing drivers
Chicago AP reports the American Medical Association urges tougher rules to curb driver sleepiness. Dr. William Dement warns high highway fatigue causes many crashes. The AMA calls for more research, education, and enforcement, plus studying links between sleep disorders and driver alertness.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
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America
William Dement
Stanford University
Council On Scientific Affairs
Council
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Dement
National Commission On Sleep Disorders Research
Department of Ne Aeee
Amazon
National Institutes of Health
Berg
Department of Transportation
Driver unaware passenger dead after traffic homicide
Miami Herald reports a traffic homicide where the driver did not notice his passenger Donna Richardson 29 dead after the truck veered into a utility pole. The boyfriend Alvin Sims 36 kept driving until located by an officer. Blood tests planned. no charges filed yet.
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Metro-Dade
Donna Richardson
Alvin C. Sims
Homestead
Eral Miles
Sims
Ed Munn
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