Nuclear blasts filmed to study harbor tunnels and canals
Declassified DOE documents reveal the United States set off more than two dozen nuclear explosions from 1961 to 1973 to assess peaceful uses. Project Sedan crater details and Hiroshima comparisons are shown, with new rules on classification and whistleblower protections announced.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Pena
Hanford
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Wash
Plutonium Project Linked to Wastewater Release Plan
Researchers in the Manhattan Project considered an abandoned proposal to build a lake near Richland Washington to store contaminated wastewater but decided it was safer and cheaper to release the effluent into the Columbia River.
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Richland, Wash
Columbia River
Marriage Penalty in Tax Code Could Reach Next Round
Washington details how the so called marriage penalty taxes two earners, costing an average nearly 1400 dollars per couple. The issue drew support from Rep Weller and McIntosh with 233 House co sponsors and prompts debate over offsetting revenue with higher taxes or cuts.
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White House
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Congressional Budget Office
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Darryl Pierce
Straughn
Ind
David M. McIntosh
R-Ind
McIntosh
Jerry Weller
Bill
House
Christian Coalition
Weller
Clinton
Ways and Means Committee
U N demands access in Iraq in toothless resolution
The United Nations Security Council urged Iraq to open disputed sites to weapons inspectors calling it unacceptable that access remains blocked. Russia blocked stronger action, leaving no explicit condemnation. Bill Richardson hailed it as a sign Iraq must comply with resolutions. Serge Lavrov noted efforts to have Iraq meet obligations. Diplomats saw a Russian diplomatic nod.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Russia
Baghdad
Bill Richardson
Serge Lavrov
Pan Am 103 victim's father urges Clinton action
Paul Hudson of Albany requests the president to break the deadlock blocking a trial or to take other steps nine years after the Pan Am 103 bombing that killed 270 people including Syracuse University associates. Libyan suspects refuse extradition, seek trial in a neutral country, and a Hague option is proposed if possible. The family awaits White House response on the ninth anniversary.
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Paul Hudson
Albany
Mdina
Scotland
Clinton
Syracuse University
Central New York
Libya
Hudson
White House
Trumpeter's dream comes true on Boston Pops stage
Yasuhiro Fujita, 31, a Tokyo trumpeter, fulfilled his lifelong dream by performing with the Boston Pops Orchestra in a Christmas medley before a sellout crowd of 2,500. He earned the audition through a greatest wish come true TV contest and delivered a nervous yet moving solo during Sleigh Bells, receiving a standing ovation.
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Boston Pops Orchestra
Tam
Tokyo
Fujita
Symphony
Boston
Fujta
Keith Lockhart
Fuuta
Lockhart
Fupta
Clinton speech to Bosnians calls for peace and unity
President Clinton, returning from Bosnia, urged Bosnian Muslims Croats and Serbs to heal old wounds and choose peace. He cited America’s struggle over race and slavery, praised the Sarajevo Symphony, and urged letting go of the past to build a peaceful future.
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