Cellular phone study to receive 25 million over years
The fast growing cellular industry will fund 25 million over the next three to five years to study whether electromagnetic radiation affects health. Epidemiologist George L. Carlo heads the industry study while David Reynard of St. Petersburg files suit claiming his wife’s brain cancer was caused by a portable phone. None of the studies found a cancer link.
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Washington
David Reynard
St. Petecepute
Fla
Reynard
George L. Carlo
Wheeler
Getaway car crash kills four robbery suspects in Hayward
In Hayward California a getaway car at 90 mph crashed into a light pole after a holdup at Gen New Delhi Market. Four armed men died inside the Buick Skylark, a fifth woman driver injured. Police Lt. Charley Heitz provided the update.
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Hayward
Calif
New Delhi
Charley Heitz
Libyan Representation Dropped by Abe Sofaer
Former State Department adviser Abraham D. Sofaer said he would no longer represent Libya in civil and criminal cases tied to the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. His firm cited negative public and government reaction as the reason for ending the representation. The announcement follows growing criticism after the firm initially said Sofaer would handle Libyan cases. Thirty five Syracuse University study abroad students and several Central New York college students were among the 270 victims of the Lockerbie disaster on December 21.
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Abraham D. Sefzer
State Department
Sofaer
Hughes, Hubbard & Reed
Lockerbie
Scotland
Syracuse University
Jim Salanger
Gilligan
Salanger
Stanczyk
State Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Department of Environmental
Onondaga Lake
Hiawatha
James Salanger III
James Geddes
Camillus and Geddes
Walter White
Haitian lawmakers sign pact to reform Parliament and pardon soldiers
Leading Haitian lawmakers met in a U.N. basement to sign a reform pact that would revamp Parliament and grant amnesty to soldiers who ousted President Aristide in 1991. The accord delays seating 13 controversial Jan. 18 legislators pending a Commission of Conciliation review.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
U.N
Haiti
Dante Caputo
Aristide
Leading Japan party could lose power in election
Voters head to polls Sunday in a campaign that could end the Liberal Democratic Party's four decade monopoly. Kiichi Miyazawa leads the LDP facing an angry electorate as opposition parties seek to form a non LDP coalition but may fail to unite amid ideological rifts and personal differences.
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Tokyo
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Kiichi Miyazawa
Democrats mobilize to defend budget plan amid attacks
Democrats push a $450000 radio ad campaign over four weeks to support Clinton's deficit reduction plan. Party officials say they will use a White House backed effort to counter GOP attacks while preparing a televised address before key votes.
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White House
Executive Building
Boneralt Ajman
Ricki Seidman Fapad
GOP
Clinton
House
Enate
Clinton makes third trip to flood ravaged Midwest
President Clinton revisits the flood struck Midwest assembling top policy aides to plan short term relief and long term recovery. He tours the St Charles County devastation and meets governors in Arnold Missouri while deploying $2.48 billion in emergency aid previously announced in Des Moines Iowa.
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Clinton
Midwest
Linton
al Gore
St. Louis
St. Charles County
Des Moines
Iowa
Dig
Davenport
Midwest Floods Worsen as Storms Persist Across Plains
Storms bring more rain to flood regions while a stationary cold front lingers over the Plains. The West Quincy levee collapsed along the Mississippi and Missouri basins, with Can ton Missouri facing a weak levee spot. Months of heavy rainfall since June have caused 26 deaths and at least 5 billion dollars in damage, prompting Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson to call for Florida-like disaster aid.
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Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
West Quincy
Mississippi
Midwest
Canton
Arne Carlson
Florida
Carlson
Salanger, Veteran County Legislator, Dies at 72
James Salanger III, longtime Camillus based county legislator and critic of state environmental rules, died at 72. A Syracuse native and St Lawrence University alumnus, he worked 27 years for American Cyanamid and served in World War II. Survived by wife Dolores, three sons, four daughters, ten grandchildren. Services Monday at Buranich Funeral Home and Holy Family Church.
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St. Vincent's School
St. Lawrence University
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County Soil and Water Conservaton Board
Fairmount
Camillus
Garet “'Gle” Salanger
Reaters
Margaret Miller
Ruth Ann Stubbs
Chaumont
Buranich
Holy Family Arch
St. Mary's
de Witt
Pam
W. Genesee St. Camillus
Haly Family School Endowment
St. Stephen's Church
Saddam asserts Iraq stance after Baghdad attack and war threats
Saddam Hussein condemns US policies after a June 27 missile strike on Baghdad in retaliation for an alleged plot to kill Bush in Kuwait. Iraq denies involvement and calls US actions insanity while claiming Israel charlatans. UN envoy Ekeus surveys the Muthanna chemical plant, once used for mustard gas and nerve agents, amid sanctions talks.
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Rolf Ekeus
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