Rivers Flood Threat Rises as Missouri Levee Break Sparks Evacuations
In Missouri, Mississippi and Missouri rivers overwhelmed levees near St. Charles and West Alton forcing hundreds to evacuate. Portage des Sioux threatened to reemerge as an island while governors and disaster officials seek federal aid for damage. Across the country, Rep. Goss discussed a flat tax amid tax reform debates, and Kenya hosted U.S. comments on Rwanda prosecutions with aid funds pledged.
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ST. Charles
Mississippi
Missouri
St. Charles County
Petra Haws
Portage Des Sioux
West Alton
Washington
Porter Goss
R-Fla
America
Congress
White House
United Parcel Service Ee
Sanibel Island
Fla
Homie
Goss
Jerry Brown
Dick Armey
Texas
House
Senate
GOP Tax Commission
USS Saratoga towed to naval graveyard after final decommissioning
The 80,000-ton carrier Saratoga, once a symbol of U.S. power from the Cuban missile crisis to the Bosnia mission, is stripped for a scrap-yard tow to Philadelphia. Captain William H. Kennedy laments its hollow farewell as sailors’ memories linger amid rust and emptiness. Delwin Delgado, a Petty Officer, perished in 1990 helping shipmates during a capsized ferry incident near Haifa, marking one of the ship’s darkest days.
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Mayport Naval Station
Fla
Achille Lauro
Libya
William H. Kennedy
United States
Philadelphia
John
Michelle
Delwin Delgado
Mediterranean
Haifa
Israel
Saratoga
White House closes Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic
In the wake of terrorism fears, President Clinton ordered the partial closure of Pennsylvania Avenue and State Place to all but pedestrians around the White House. Concrete barriers were installed and security enhancements outlined to curb threats, with 11 recommendations including air traffic restrictions and better law enforcement coordination.
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America
Oklahoma City
Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Elsay Bowron
State Place
Woman who killed children seeks babysitting job in Tampa
Dorothy Diane Rose, involuntarily hospitalized after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1990 murders of her two children, has requested a job as a babysitter. A judge set a June 6 hearing as officials caution the position is inappropriate given her history.
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Tampa
Fla
Dorothy Diane Rose
Ms. Rose
Carol Garver
Northside
William Graybill
Rose
Jay Pruner
Michael
Jessica Rose
Los
Wife convicted of hiring teens to kill husband in Jefferson
Diane Borchardt, a former high school teacher's aide, was convicted of bribing three teenagers with cash and promises of cars, jewelry, and $20,000 from her estranged husband Ruben Borchardt’s life insurance. The trio were found guilty in separate trials for breaking into the couple’s home on April 3, 1994 and shooting Ruben while his wife was away.
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Jefferson. Wise
Diane Borchardt
Ruben Borchardt
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