Fire at home for aged and disabled kills four
Fire at a single story Broward County group home for the elderly and mentally disabled left four residents dead and seven seriously injured. Nine others escaped as firefighters in black smoke pulled victims from the 13 room residence near Fort Lauderdale. Housekeeper reported the blaze as crews searched and evacuated victims.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Broward County
Joe Bruce
Robert O'Hennieth
Penthouse Win Lets Paola Jones Photo Issue Resume
A New York judge ruled Penthouse may publish topless Paula Jones photos while Paula Jones pursues a 30 million lawsuit over sexual harassment claims against Bill Clinton. Judge Peter Leisure had barred distribution but lifted the restraining order, allowing the January issue to go to stands amid Clinton’s denial.
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New York
Clinton
Penthouse Magazine
Peter Leisure
Paula Jones
Leisure
Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Smoking linked to impotence in CDC study
CDC research shows smokers are about 50 percent more likely to report impotence than nonsmokers, with the rate possibly higher due to underreporting. The study, based on 4462 Vietnam veteran men aged 31 to 49 in 1985-86, cites diet, diabetes, aging, alcohol, and medication as contributing factors.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
David Mannino
CDC
National Center For Environmental Health
U.S. Army
New Jersey Assembly Backs Abstinence Education Law
In Trenton the New Jersey Assembly approved a bill 33 to 16 to require schools to teach abstinence as the only totally reliable method to prevent pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Critics warn the mandate could diminish local Family Life programs and reduce contraceptive instruction for sexually active students. Former Gov. Jim Florio vetoed a similar measure last year. current Gov. Christine Todd Whitman’s stance remains unclear.
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Trenton
New Jersey Assembly
Senate
Jim Flono
Chastine
Todd Whiman
Pataki Keeps Budget Options Open on State Workers
Governor-elect George Pataki warns of a major budget gap of more than 4 billion dollars and says he will not rule out firing state workers or cutting aid to schools and localities to fund his tax cut plan. He outlines potential actions as he meets with Governor Cuomo and budget officials in Albany.
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Albany
George Pataki
Pataki
Mario Cuomo
New York
Cuomo
State Capitol
Executive Mansion
Budget Office
Joseph Bruno
Ralph Marino
Bruno
Senate
Truckers Back Plan for 65 MPH Speed Limit
Truckers with 35 years’ experience say 65 mph would standardize speeds and cut fatigue. George Rowohlt and Aldo Buardi praise safer trucks and timing benefits, while others warn of speeders and modest gas savings due to tires, cargo, transmission, and wind.
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Ert
Canada
George Rowohlt
Farmington , J
Aldo Buardi
Syracuse
Bragman
Tackett
Speed limit debate swells on New York Thruway
The Insurance Institute links higher speeds to more fatalities while New York officials push to test raising the 55 mph limit on rural interstates including the Thruway and Northway. Gov-elect Pataki and allies favor a cautious study of safety impacts before broad changes.
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Chuck Hurley
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Arlington
John Shafer
New York
Albany
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Pataki
Upstate
New York State
Levy
Senate
Ralph Manno
Brum
Bruno
Serbs and UN envoy to meet over Bosnia crisis
Bosnian Serb leaders agreed to meet a top UN envoy while ignoring calls to free captured peacekeepers and permit aid to civilians in Bihać. UN tensions rise as Serbs overrun Muslim villages in a declared safe area and hold more than 400 soldiers as leverage against NATO strikes.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
United Nations
Bihae
U.N
Croatia
Bihac
Alexander Ivanko
Rosma
Rapper Tupac Shakur Convicted of Sex Abuse in Hotel Case
Tupac Shakur and co defendant Charles Fuller were found guilty on three counts of first degree sex abuse for groping two women after inviting them to a Manhattan hotel room. The verdict followed Shakur being shot and hospitalized with his left leg numbness.
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New York
Tupac Shakur
Charles Fuller
Daniel Fitzgerald
Shakur
Fuller
Manhattan
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