Civil rights leader urges minority equality as national economic need
John E. Jacob of the National Urban League told 3,000 attendees at the 80th anniversary conference in New York that minority inclusion is essential for America's economic future. He warned that without racial parity the living standard could fall behind Japan and Germany, jeopardizing the nation’s global power and 21st century success.
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New York
National Urban League
America
John E. Jacob
Jacob
Hulton
Navy cends drinking image with new club rules
In Jacksonville and Pensacola Navy bases push anti drinking programs to deglamorize alcohol. Spokesman Harry White recalls older days of heavy boozing and the shift toward sober leisure with activities like kegeepli at Mayport and other bases.
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Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Harry White
Pensacola
Julian Barrs
Mayport Naval Station
Man Rescues Chim panzee From Detroit Zoo Moat
A passer-by lifted a 135-pound 18-year-old chimp from a five-foot moat at the Detroit Zoo isolating island where ten chimps are kept. As about a thousand spectators watched, the man urged officials not to identify him while zoo staff assessed the scene after the splash and the moat was shut for an indefinite period.
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Royal Gak
Mich
Detroit Zoo
Pee Chin
Zoo
Pat Buttechnr
Sherry Huntington
Quebec
Elyah Harper
Manitoba
Meech Lake
Zsa Zsa Gabor Leaves Jail After 72Hour Sentence
Zsa Zsa Gabor completed a 72 hour jail term for slapping a Beverly Hills officer in a traffic stop. Jail workers relieved by media inquiries described the scene as the actress spent her first night in a bare cell and complained about food while her husband arranged comforts.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Beverly Hills
L. Lunsford
Gabor
Byron Sumrow
Frederik von Anhalt
Los Angeles
Oil spill crews fight barge collision in Galveston Bay
Salvage crews began transferring about 50,000 gallons of oil from a ruptured barge after a three-vessel collision in Galveston Bay near Galveston Texas. A second barge sank in the Houston Ship Channel as the Shinoussa tanker was involved. no injuries were reported. The Coast Guard said the tanker’s 29,400 ton jet fuel remained contained by its double hull.
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Bay
Coast Guard
Houston Ship Canal
Thomas Greene
Peace rally swells as Mohawk standoff continues at Oka
Indian demonstrators from across Canada join a large protest near Oka while Mohawk residents and Quebec police maintain barricades. Food trucks used alternate routes to avoid clashes as talks show minimal progress. The rally honors Kanesatake, with participants urging justice and an end to the siege that began July 11 after a deadly shootout.
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Oka
Assembly of First Nation
Assembly
Karen Isaac
Montreal
Ellen Gabriel
Quebec
Mercier
St. Lawrence
Olice
Route 344
Kanesatake
Parc
Paul Sauve
Marguerite Marin
Farin
Cpl
Marcel Lemay
Canada
Harper
Kanesatake Reservation
Finland
Brigitte Gagne
Green Peace
Julie Gaspe
Iersec
Reese
Leon Plourde
Tim Basque
Mongolia Confirms Communist Leader Wins Narrow Victory
Mongolia's first multiparty parliamentary elections draw 90 percent turnout as Communist Party leader Gombojavyn Ochirbat narrowly defeats rival Gambold, a 29-year-old lawyer, with results counting toward 53 seats in the Small Hural amid widespread voting despite heavy rains.
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Ulan Bator
Mongolia
Oters
Communist Party
Gombojavyn Ochirbat
Ganbold
French youths swim near Niagara Falls in river rapids
Five French youths aged 16 to 20 were spotted swimming in the Niagara River 150 feet from the falls at 3:30 p.m. Police intervened to pull them from danger as spectators photographed the scene. They could have been swept over the 185-foot falls, said John Waldriff and Officer James Wells. The swimmers were Frederick Duzas, Joel Dugas, David Coste, Laurent Hernandez, and Pierre Guenon, with two friends taking pictures.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Niagara Frontier State Park
John Waldriff
James Wells
Waldriff
Frederick Duzas
Joel Dugas
David Coste
Laurent Hernandez
Pierre Guenon
Oil City pollution data sit idle amid lakefront plans
Oil City’s geo graphics information system reveals 116 soil layers of fill and Solvay waste near Onondaga Lake shore as plans for Carousel Center and future development unfold. SU and ESF researchers urged broader study, but city officials paused, citing need for a concrete plan before updating the database.
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Onondaga Lake Shore
Carousel Center
State Barge Canal
Oil City
Solvay Process Co
The
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Kalinoski
Richard Smardon
ESF
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Theast
Times News
Monroe
A. C
Nancy Chater
Toronto
Elijah Harper
Um Reese
Siet
North America
Frank Hunt
Hunt
Hopkins
Ronald Kalinoski
Kalinosk
Onondaga Lake
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