The Optimist Circus Comes to Roswell Big Top Experience
Five thousand circusgoers enjoyed a 252 day tour with 200 performers and 21 elephants. Optimist Club of Roswell organized site prep with 150 local businesses and 6,500 youth helpers, while 37 Optimists and 150 merchants supported the event, which drew a crowd and left no profits for locals.
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Lott Faces Whitewater Questions Amid Old Remarks
The senator complains of attacks through his 80-year-old mother and likens his case to Clinton’s defense of Hillary as years old accusations resurface. GOP sources say Lott has been quietly pushing Whitewater inquiries from within the cloakroom.
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Jerry Brown
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Castro's Havana visit taints exile talks and credibility
The Havana reception video shows exiles bowing to a dictator, eroding any remaining legitimacy of critics who favor negotiated change in Cuba. Castro engineered the spectacle to project openness while preserving power, undermining genuine dialogue and alienating opponents at home and abroad.
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Magda
Faculty Committee For Human Rights In the
Americas
Babbitt in the running as possible Supreme Court pick
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, a Clinton ally, resurfaces as a potential Supreme Court nominee. President Clinton also backs Arkansas judge Richard S. Arnold, with Cabranes and Kearse as other contenders. aides signal Arnold leads the short list, while Babbitt’s name gains attention amid a narrowing process.
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Connecticut
Amalyn Kearse
New York
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White House
Babbitt
Lloyd Cutler
Arnold
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Singapore Flogs American Teen In Controversial Case
An 18 year old American, Michael Fay, was flogged Thursday at Queenstown Prison in Singapore, receiving four strokes of a wetted rattan for vandalism and related acts. The sentence followed an appeal by President Clinton that cut the lashes from six to four, drawing US and international criticism and debate over crime deterrence.
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Michael Fay
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Clinton
George Fay
Firefighters under arson probe in Malibu wildfire
In Malibu flames that burned 18,500 acres killed three and destroyed 350 homes across Santa Monica Mountains. Firefighter Steven Shelp and volunteer Nick Durepo of Manhattan Beach face an arson investigation though no arrests or charges have been filed.
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Nicholas A. Durepo
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