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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 2000
Page
3
Columbia marked the end of an era as the Confederate battle flag was removed from the Capitol, ending 38 years of division and a era of heated public debate. Separately, a state Supreme Court ruling shut down 34,000 video-gambling machines, ending a decade of widespread gambling in South Carolina.
Charleston leaders praised a state decision to eliminate the Confederate flag from the Capitol and bar video poker amid pressure from business and religious groups. The compromise kept a small flag relic at the Capitol entrance, while officials warned about ongoing disputes and economic effects, including job losses from gambling shutdowns. Oct 2000 era political tensions sparked a tourism boycott and legal challenges as lawmakers faced wide public debate.
Charlie Two Shoes Tsui, a North Carolina restaurant owner, finally achieved U S citizenship Saturday at Fort Johnston after a decades long odyssey from a Chinese village contact with Marines in 1945 to imprisonment by the communists, house arrest, and years of legal battles aided by a congressman and a 1992 law. His son and daughter joined him for the oath as Marines who befriended him stood in support.
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