Bush seeks memo leaker at Rio trip push
President Bush pressed for the identity of a memo leaker as he prepared to join more than 100 world leaders in Rio to push a strong environmental message. He defended not signing the biodiversity treaty citing job protections and urged reporters to help find the leaker while noting unemployment at 7.5 percent and public confidence concerns. Major offered support as they discussed aid to former Soviet republics, Yugoslav turmoil, and global trade talks during a two day retreat.
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Summit talks shift to money for environment cleanup
As the U N Earth Summit nears three key treaties delegates clash over who pays for environmental cleanup with developing nations calling for aid from industrialized countries. The United States resists control over funds citing tight budgets while Maurice Strong warns cleanup could exceed 125 billion dollars annually. Bush faces pressure over biodiversity and climate pacts as protests erupt in Copacabana Beach with 10 000 marchers.
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Nagasaki pilot recalls Independence air field days
Fred Olivi, co pilot of the Nagasaki mission, revisits the Independence Army Air Field where he trained for war. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 to fly, later aided the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions after stints in Lubbock and Wendover before heading to Tinian. The reunion marked the field’s 50th anniversary and its current use as a municipal airport and industrial park.
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Princess Diana suicide claims spark royal reaction
The Sunday Times serialized Andrew Morton's Diana book alleging she attempted self harm five times amid marital unhappiness and jealousy of Charles's closeness to another woman. Politicians and royal watchers condemned the disclosures while Buckingham Palace and Prime Minister John Major offered cautious responses.
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Monument honors rights pioneer Prudence Crandall in Elk Falls
In Elk Falls Kansas a historical marker salutes Prudence Crandall a Connecticut educator and early Negro rights activist who ran a school for Black girls long before suffrage, later spending her final years in Kansas. Her life included founding a Canterbury academy facing backlash and legal trouble overturned on appeal.
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