Chancellor Kohl urges Brandeis grads to seek peace
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl addressed about 750 Brandeis graduates in Waltham Massachusetts urging peace and reconciliation. He spoke as a representative of Germany, recalling the Holocaust and saying the Nazi era remains an indelible part of both German and Jewish history while pledging to improve ties with Jewish communities and Israel.
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Brandeis University
Helmut Kohl
Germany
Kohl
Kohli
Israel
New England
Boston
Brandeis
Space veteran groups face tough recruitment task
Veteran groups struggle to attract new members as aging membership and shifting public interest reduce frontline support. Recruiters cite limited outreach funds and competition for volunteers while emphasizing benefits like camaraderie, advocacy, and education.
National cemeteries plan expands veteran burials nationwide
The VA outlines a three part strategy to ease space constraints by creating new cemeteries and expanding existing ones. It cites 370000 gravesites currently available with potential to reach 1.6 million. New sites in Dallas Chicago Cleveland and Saratoga NY plus Tahoma near Seattle illustrate demand. VA promotes state cemetery grants and notes many veterans still opt for private burials when distance is an obstacle.
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National Cemetery
Dallas-Fort Worth
Pinson
Rick Arndt
Department
National Cemetery Service
Arndt
Dallas
Chicago
Cleveland
Saratoga
N.Y
Tahoma National Cemetery
Seattle
Sandra Noguez
Washington
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Ann Arbor
Mich
Beiruts Abaya Gift To Claudia Schiffer At Fashion Show
Claudia Schiffer received a blue Lebanese abaya and a silver cedar tray from President Elias Hrawi after posing with the first family in Beirut. The gesture marks Lebanon's push to resume prewar status as a regional arts hub amid postcivil war revival.
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Lebanon
Claudia Schiffer
Schiffer
Elias Hrawi
Hrawi
Explosion hits Danville church injuring 25 across Illinois
Federal agents joined Illinois and local authorities after a blast rocked a Danville church on Sunday injuring 25 people. Six remained in fair to stable condition, two teens were hospitalized with serious head wounds, and investigators note a prior church bombing in Oakwood under inquiry. No fatalities were reported.
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Thomas
Australia
Men At Work
Montana
Tasia Demos
Linda Bolton
Singer
Oakwood
Danville
Illinois
Chicago
Provena United Samaritans Medical Center
Carle Foundation Hospital
Urbana
Rogers
Betty Lawrence
Ex-nurse earns law degree after wrongful imprisonment
Irvine based ex-nurse Mark Bravo, 39, earned a law degree from Western State University College of Law, nearly a month after the California Supreme Court awarded him 3.9 million dollars in damages in a federal civil rights case. DNA tests ordered by a Los Angeles judge showed he did not commit the rape.
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Irvine
Calif
Mark Bravo
Western State University College of Law
State Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Trimble-Sinn Fein row widens as IRA disarmament deadline looms
In Northern Ireland the referendum sparks praise and protests as Tory Trimble resists calling Sinn Fein an enemy until the IRA disarms by October with a mid 2000 finish. Portadown tensions flare while Adams pushes for dialogue and broader cross community support ahead of June 25 assembly elections. Local bombs and protests underscore volatile security situ ations amid the Real IRA blame.
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Adams
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein
IRA
Belfast
Bertie Ahern
New Assembly
Ahern
Seint
Portadown
Legislative Assembly
Nine Foot Sheet Law and tall governor tale
A quirky Q and A style list recalls Oklahoma’s Nine Foot Sheet Law requiring bedsheets three feet longer than beds, attributed to Alfalfa Bill Murray who allegedly pushed it in 1908. It notes the law’s long duration and adds assorted trivia and miscues about history and humor.
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Oklahoma
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
Odessa area ad brief from unclear OCR text
An Odessa area notice fragment shows an incomplete contact line with an e mail address and a website URL. The legible pieces include an internal code and references to an Odessa American context, but no clear event or action is described.
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