Waxman: Tobacco giant manipulated nicotine in brands
Rep Henry Waxman charged Philip Morris manipulated addictive nicotine in Benson & Hedges and Merit cigarettes. He aired secret documents showing research aimed to reach a nicotine to tar ratio of 10 to 100, claiming executives misled Congress under oath.
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Waxman
Washington
Congress
Philip Morris
Benson & Hedges
Merit Cigarettes
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Merit
Bloody sock claim taints Nicole Simpson case and Whitewater hire
Prosecution raises a bloodstain scenario on Nicole Brown Simpson s sock citing her dying grip on O J Simpson s ankle while the defense notes possible police planting. In Washington Senator Faircloth hires Judge Sentelle s wife as a Capitol Hill aide amid past Whitewater timing and ties.
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Los Angeles
Nicole Brown Simpson
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Herbert MacDonell
Nicole Simpson
Marcia Clark
MacDonell
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Lance Ito
North Carolina
Mark Fuhrman
Cochran
Fuhrman
Ito
Washington
Whitewater
Sen
Lauch Faircloth
Jane Oldham Sentelle
David B. Sentelle
Faircloth
Capitol Hill
Senate
R-N.c
Clinton
Sentelle
Robert Fiske
Kenneth Starr
Fiske
Ethics panel rejects Packwood hearings
Washington Republicans won an Ethics Committee vote rejecting public hearings in the Bob Packwood case as Democrats pushed for hearings. The panel split 3-3 in closed session, then voted 6-0 to release documents, with final report and Senate consideration planned later.
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Washington
Bob Packwood
Barbara Boxer
D-Calif
Senate
Crime decline in 1994 masks rising juvenile crimes
AP reports violent crime fell 2 percent and total crimes rose 1 percent nationwide, while Attorney General Mike Easley cites growth in rural areas and a sharp rise in juvenile offenses. Murder and rape declines contrast with increases in larceny and car theft. most murders were solved despite high involvement of young black men. Easley calls for tougher penalties and societal change including churches and schools.
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Raleigh
Mike Easley
Easley
Reno says Koresh solely caused Branch Davidians deaths
Attorney General Janet Reno defended her 1993 decision to authorize tear gas ending the Waco siege. She testified that David Koresh bore sole responsibility for the deaths of 80 followers and the children of Waco, insisting the fate of the Davidians was in Koresh's hands. She spoke amid House hearings scrutinizing the operation.
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Washington
Janet Reno
GOP
Branch Davidians
David Koresh
Reno
House
Waco
Texas
FBI
North Carolina Farm Markets July 31 1995 report update
North Carolina farm markets report from July 31 1995 shows hogs cattle goats and sows price trends across Kinston Spivey’s Corner Wilson Robersonville Siler City and Fayetteville. Live hogs steady to 63.58 per cwt. slaughter cows 35-39 utility 39-44. bulls 42-50. calves 15-60. goats 15-100 per head. state market prices for Raleigh and Western markets for apples beans cabbage corn cucumbers lettuce peppers potatoes and strawberries. NC grain and feed prices include corn 2.71-3.17 per bushel and wheat 3.27-4.25 per bushel with regional quotes from Dunn Fayetteville Laurinburg and other towns. New York eggs unchanged. NC broiler-fryer price around 57.25 cents. Cotton spot price 71.79-72.79 cents per pound. Continuous regional farm-market listings include feeder pig sales at Siler City and grain quotes across multiple towns.
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Spivey's
Comer
Wilson
Robersonville
Siler City
Clinton
Dunn
Pink Hill
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Ayden
Laurinburg
Benson
Spivey
Fayetteville
Wallace
Rowland
Canner & Low Oy
M&l
Raleigh
California
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Crowder
Piedmont
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Gat
Ease of Lumberton
Warsaw
Barber
Candor
Charlotte
Monroe
Mount Ulla
Statesville
Norwood
Roaring River
Elkin
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Asheville
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Town Hall
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