First lawsuit challenges Pentagon's don't ask policy
In New York the first lawsuit against the Pentagon’s don’t ask don’t tell policy goes to trial. Experts testify there is no evidence that homosexuality harms morale or military performance while six plaintiffs in uniform hear from a psychiatrist and a military analyst. The suit seeks to replace the policy with a standard deeming sexual orientation not germane to performance.
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New York
Pentagon
U.S
Eugene Nickerson
Nickerson
John Rogovin
Congress
Service Members Legal Defense Network
Brooklyn
Defense Department
FDA Approves Eye Laser To Polish Cornea
The FDA approved Summit Technology’s excimer laser to treat corneal scars and diseases, potentially aiding 10,000 to 25,000 Americans this year and possibly reducing up to 40,000 annual corneal transplants. The cold ultraviolet beam vaporizes thin corneal layers, improving vision and may divert patients from invasive surgery.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Summit Technology Inc
Carmen A. Puliafito
Ophthalmology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Puliafito
Cleaner-burning gasoline fuels pollution debate grows
Washington AP reports cleaner burning gasoline with MTBE boosts oxygen content and cuts pollution but raises illness complaints. Conferences cite animal studies. industry scientists note high-dose cancer risk not applicable. Public debate spreads from New Jersey to Milwaukee as regions require reformulated gasoline.
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Washington
Myron A. Mehiman
New Jersey
Mehliman
Indus
Oes
Maltoni
Robert Tardiff
Los Angeles
San Diego
Houston
Chicago
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Hartford
Conn
United States
Mehrman
Wisconsin
Environmental Protection Agency
Gingrich defends non-partisan college course
Washington AP Gingrich defends his political course as nonpartisan amid ethics questions. He says GOPAC had no prohibition on aid and separated its fund raising and memos from the class. The ethics debate centers on tax deductible financing and GOPAC involvement in the 1993 authorization to teach.
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Gingrich
Washington
House
Newt Gingrich
GOPAC
Clinton
Associa Press
Ethics Committee
Ginrich
Kennesaw State College
Reinhardt College
Georgia
Kennesaw
Reinhardt
Jim McDermott
Fred Grandy
West Texas Utilities files rate change and fuel costs reform
West Texas Utilities Company filed February 28 1995 for authority to change retail electricity rates and reconcile fuel costs in Docket 13369. Proposed effective April 4 1995 would raise total revenues by 5.3 percent with a $14.58 million increase over adjusted test-year revenues and a reconciliation period from January 1991 to June 1994. Interventions due 45 days after filing. Spanish notice available at WTU offices.
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West Texas Utilities Company
WTU
Company
Tex
Public Utility Commission of Texas
PUC
Commission
WTA
WTO
Shoal Creek Boulevard
Austin
Texas
Public Utility Commission
Public Information Office
Notocia En Espacial Cualquiera de Las Oficinas de West Texas Utilities
Clinton opens White House visitor center in commerce building
Hillary Rodham Clinton clips a ribbon to dedicate a new visitor center in the Commerce Department to distribute White House tour tickets and host mansion exhibits. The renovated hall replaces outdoor queues on the Ellipse, allowing 800 ticket holders to line up while hundreds view the displays about the mansion, its architecture and former residents.
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Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
Commerce Department
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