Record water in six Missouri River dams hits 71.5 million acre feet
Officials from the U S Army Corps of Engineers report the six upper Missouri River dams hold back more water than in over two decades with 71.5 million acre feet stored. The record 72.1 million acre feet was set July 23, 1975. Downstream Gavins Point releases 62 000 cfs, well above July norms, with levels near full at Fort Peck 98 percent and Oahe 83 percent. Runoff for six months reached 1.5 times typical yearly total, and July runoff set a local record. The trend may ease with rainfall.
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Serre
Upper
Missouri River
Paul Johnston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Omaha
Neb
Dakotas
Montana
Johnson
Gavins Point
Corps
Garrison Dam
North Dakota
Fort Peck
Lake Oahe
Pierre
Clinton backs bill to bar insurers from genetic bias
President Clinton endorsed legislation preventing health insurers from denying coverage or raising rates based on genetic test results. The move aligns with a task force recommendation from Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and follows growing calls from lawmakers including Rep. Louise Slaughter and Sen. Olympia Snowe.
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Ashington
Clinton
White House
Mike McCurry
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
Particu
House
Louise Slaughter
D-N.y
Senate
Olympia Snowe
Maine
Bill Frist
Frist
The
Washington Post
Secondhand Smoke Trial Targets Cigarette Makers
The landmark suit on behalf of 60,000 flight attendants accuses the top five cigarette makers and two trade groups of decades of deception about secondhand smoke. Damages sought total 5 billion dollars. Plaintiffs must prove harm and industry knowledge of risks. Smoking bans already limit exposure on flights.
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IAMI
Stanley Rosenblatt
Patty Young
American Airlines
Harvard
U.S
Bennett LeBow
Liggett Group
Grave dowsers aid township in locating burial plots
Lois Frahm and Jean Schumm, both experienced in genealogy, used bent clothes hangers to locate empty graves at Walnut Township and Union Cemetery near Burr Oak Kansas. Their dowsing identified potential gravesites amid crowded, scarcely marked grounds, easing burial placement for an elderly resident.
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Kan
Lois Frahm
Jean Schumm
Kansas
Ms. Frahm
Blue Hill
Ms. Schumm
Lawrence
Jewellee
Union Cemetery
Burr Oak
Erma Dillon
North Branch
Walnut Township
Ms. Dillon
Sprint president resigns as Esrey takes over duties
Ronald T. LeMay resigns as Sprint president and chief operating officer. William T. Esrey adds those duties as chairman and CEO. LeMay will become chairman, president and CEO of Waste Management Inc. He joined Sprint in 1985 as vice president and general counsel for United Telecell System and rose to executive vice president for corporate affairs and staff for long distance operations.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ronald T. LeMay
Sprint Corp
William T. Esrey
LeMay
Sprint
Oak Brook
Ill
United Telephone System
Clinton backs Air Force One and two vice presidents
In New York AP reports President Clinton praising the film Air Force One with Harrison Ford and noting his on-screen line of selecting two vice presidents after meeting Glenn Close in Jackson Wyoming. In Portland Maine Alec Baldwin promotes Maine’s campaign finance law amid a rally for Clean Elections supporters. In New York comedian Martin Lawrence reflects on the canceled show and personal struggles after a settlement on a harassment suit. Janet Jackson receives Spelman Sisters Award for education AIDS research and youth causes.
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New York
Clinton
Harrison Ford
Glenn’ Close
Jackson
Wyo
Ford
Newsweek
Portland
Maine
Alec Baldwin
Baldwin
Mississippi
Maine Citizens For Clean Elections
League of Women Voters of Maine
Peace Action Maine
Michele Reagan
Martin Lawrence
Lawrence
Martin
Fox-Tv
Tisha Campbell
Jasmine
Beverly Hills
Calif
Janet Jackson
Spelman College
Los Angeles
Black Women's College
Atlanta
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Witnesses testifying on McVeigh link to Oklahoma City bombing
Grand jury testimony is expected from witnesses who say they saw Timothy McVeigh with others on the morning of the attack. Subpoenas include Broken Arrow banker Kyle Hunt who claimed a Ryder truck followed by a light sedan near the Murrah Building 30 minutes before the blast.
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Alahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
Kyle Hunt
Broken Arrow
McVeigh
Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Hunt
Grand Jury
Charles Key
Glenn Wilburn
Terry Nichols
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Key
Sunday Oklahoman
Nichols
David Snider
Federal
W.Z. Lawton
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Oklahoman
Lawton
General Services Administration
Fort Worth
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David Wooster
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Bill
FDIC
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Wamego
HITEC
Osage City
Comfedbankcom
James Morgan
Philip Morris Co
Tobacco
Murrah
Oscar Johnson
Mid-Western Elevator Co
ATF
Alex McCauley
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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