Bomb threat halts traffic near White Castle Louisiana
A worker opened a package believed to be a bomb at a natural gas pumping station prompting evacuation of 25 homes and businesses and shutdown of traffic on the Mississippi River near White Castle Iberville Parish. State police bomb experts and the FBI handled the scene with dynamite suspected inside the device. Another item reports a 15 year old boy died after a shooting near Ravenswood Hospital as staff refused to leave duties to treat him, with witnesses and officers transporting him to the ER by wheelchair.
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White Castle
Mississippi River
FBI
Iberville Parish
Baton Rouge
Chicago
Ravenswood Hospital
Milli Striegl
Donna Dudley
Christopher Sercye
Ravenswood
Sercye
Newborn Boy Found Buried Alive In Pasadena Trail
A newborn boy buried alive along a Pasadena hiking trail was found by a jogger’s dog and taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital. In serious condition, the infant nicknamed Baby Christian has shown remarkable recovery, described as almost a miracle by hospital officials.
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Pasadena
Calif
Christian
Ricardo Liberman
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Three Die In Chopper Crash In Arlington Heights
A helicopter crashed nose first into a brick ranch in Arlington Heights killing at least three aboard. A woman in the home escaped injury as the craft demolished the garage and left the blue and white body crumpled with the tail aloft.
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Arlington Heights
Ill
Chicago
Kenneth Galinski
Indonesia’s Military Backs Suharto Despite Ouster Push
Indonesia’s military chief backed President Suharto amid calls from Parliament for his resignation. Harmoko announced leaders would seek Suharto’s departure, while Suharto met with vice president and ministers. Clinton urged Indonesians to decide, as protests grow and violence claims 500 lives. Wiranto affirmed military support and noted any transition must follow constitutional routes.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
Clinton
Harmoko
Wiranto
Bahamian repatriation sends 65 Cuban boat people home
Nassau authorities deport 65 Cubans including three baseball players and a coach who defected in March. The detainees, denied political asylum, were flown out on a chartered Cubana de Aviacion flight, marking the first such repatriation since December and leaving 196 still-detained Cubans in the center.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Cubana de Aviacion
Nora Espinoza
Associated Press
Abdel Alfonso Espinoza
Miami
Espinoza
Vernon Burrows
Joe Cubas
Rene Guim
Court OKs mandatory retirement for pilots
The Supreme Court upheld the FAA rule that airline pilots must retire at 60, rejecting claims of age discrimination. The FAA argues safety justifies the standard, while pilots like William Reiners III and Philip Shaw contend it is arbitrary and unfair.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
John Glenn
William Reiners III
American Airlines
Brentwood, Tenn
Reiners
Philip Shaw
Continental Express
Professional Pilots Federation
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Skinhead attack, tragedy in Czech Roma neighborhood
In Orlova Czech Republic four skinheads attacked a 37 year old Roma man near a disco leaving him unconscious. A truck then struck him and killed him as police arrested three suspects and hunted a fourth. In Manila Philippines officials seek an American linked to a 1953 schoolyard fight involving Joseph Estrada.
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Prague
Czech Republic
Orlova
Mlada Fronta
Manila
Philippines
Philippine
Joseph Estrada
Estrada
Domingo Siazon
Princess Diana Estate Sues Franklin Mint Over Diana Products
Princess Diana estate and memorial fund filed suit in federal court to stop the Franklin Mint from selling dolls plates jewelry and other memorabilia bearing her name and likeness. The action cites trademarks and intellectual property rights violations and notes the princess died in Paris on August 31 1997. Fund attorney James Cameron said no permission was given due to lack of quality control.
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Los Angeles
Diana
Memorial Fund
Franklin Mint
Paris
Fund
James Cameron
Court acquits pro Islamic mayor in Turkey case
An Ankara court acquitted Sukru Karatepe mayor of Kayseri of inciting hatred based on religion. Karatepe, who already serves a 10 month term for insulting Ataturk, was noted as leading a city about 170 miles southeast of Ankara.
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Ankara
Turkey
Sukru Karatepe
Kayseri
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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