Radiation releases at uranium plant spark safety concern
In 1955 and 1974 workers at a uranium enrichment plant released radioactive gas to test wind dispersion. Martin Marietta Energy Systems says the activity was insignificant, while a DOE site manager notes no area warnings were given. Such trials would not occur today. Also reported a separate case in Compton where a teen was beaten by police after blocking entry during concerns of suspected abuse. the stepfather faced investigation for lewd acts, and the officer involved shot the videotaped incident.
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Paducah
Department of Energy
Martin Marietta Energy Systems
Courier-Journal
Louisville
Firefighters stretch progress on largest Western blaze in Washington
In Entiat Washington firefighters battled the Tree Creek fire the largest Western blaze for nearly two weeks amid rising ground gains as humidity increased. About 19 homes and 75 other buildings have burned as more than 19 thousand firefighters fought 26 major fires across seven states.
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Entiat, Wash
Washington
Tree Creek
National Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
Leland Hunger Relief Act fuels $2.6 billion aid expansion
The Agri culture Department prepares to implement the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act as 27.5 million Americans rely on food stamps, with most regulations to interpret the law delayed. The act raises vehicle asset limits and broadens eligibility for working poor and rural families, targeting high rent and remote areas.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Mickey Leland
Texas
David Super
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Food Research and Action Center
Hutu says life easier back home in Kigali
Fidete Nkuliyingoma, a Hutu refugee returning from Goma, says life in Kigali is better than in Zaire camps despite hardships like no electricity or running water. He contests government claims of Tutsi revenge and notes limited returns, while relief agencies cite no conclusive retaliation evidence. The government seeks 32,000 massacre-linked suspects amid uncertain exact figures.
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Kigali
Rwanda
Fidete Nkuliyingoma
Zaire
Goma
Nkuliyingoma
Rwandan Patriotic Front
Kipali
Nyarirambu
Interreligious Relief Fund Set Up in Central New York
The Interreligious Council of Central New York Herald Journal and OnBank establish the Interreligious Fund for Rwandan Relief. Tax deductible gifts are urged via any OnBank and Trust Co branch or mail to Central New York Interreligious Fund for Rwandan Relief c/o OnBank and Trust Go INIS Latine St Soranisa NY 13201.
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The
Interreligious Council of
Central New York
Herald-Journal
OnBank
Interreligious Fund
OnBank and Trust Co
Interreligious Fund For
OnBank and Trust Go
Inis
Latine
St Soranisa
N.Y
Beeline Bee Crash Delays Thruway Traffic In Tarrytown
A flatbed trailer carrying 24 million migrant honeybees bound for Florida overturned on the New York Thruway near Tarrytown. Eleven hours of efforts failed to save most bees as crews sprayed the cargo. Driver Granville Baker was injured and charged with unsafe speed. another trucker, James Morgan, was stung and treated in Valhalla. The bees, owned by Mendes Apiaries, were destined for Fort Myers to pollinate crops after routes through Maine and Massachusetts.
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Tarrytown
Florida
New York
Westchester County
Salvation Army
Fire Department
Health Department
Granville Baker
White Horse Beach
Mass
Baker
James Morgan
Waterbury
Senators accuse ex Clinton counsel You crossed the line
Senators harshly confronted Bernard Nussbaum in a Whitewater hearing accusing him of pressuring Roger Altman to stay on the probe into the S&L case linked to President Clinton. Senate Banking Committee Chair Donald Riegle Jr. said the conduct injected pressure and interfered with Altman recusing himself, while Altman faced sharp questions over his testimony.
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Washington
Bernard Nussbaum
Clinton
Roger Altman
Senate Banking Committee
Donald Riegle Jr
House
S&l
Senate
Nussbaum
Altman
White House
Riegle
Dmich
Health plan rally as Dole clashes with Gore over coverage
The White House and allies push a health reform package while Senator Dole attacks the GOP alternative. Vice President Gore rallies supporters outside the Capitol with bus riders and unions, arguing the rival plan fails to aid individuals like Daniel Lumley and John Cox. Dole defends his bill saying it would help lower and middle income Americans facing similar hardships.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Ol Dole
al Gore
Health Security Express
Dole
John Cox
Daniel Lumley
Prisoner protests jail conditions as new facility nears opening
Inmate Hayes discusses anger among guards over system strain and overcrowding. He recalls Joseph Flores’s death after insulin denial, and notes staff resent administrators who rarely visit. Officials promise a $50 million, 616 cell jail with single deputies for open areas and shared inmate spaces.
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Onondaga County Parks System
Hayes
PSB
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Wester
Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service
Marvin Runyon
Runyon
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the Associated Press
USDA
Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Neal Mieger
Food and Nutrition Service
Andrew Hornsby
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Flieger
Associated Press
Thruway
New York Times News Service
Treasury
Banking Committee
Resolution Trust Corp
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Gore
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Coxes
Capitol Hill
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Attica
Rome
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