Northern Forest Conference Debates Protection Plans
Keene New Hampshire hosts environmentalists arguing over protecting ecological hot spots along the 26 million acre Northern Forest spanning Upstate New York into Maine. Proposals range from federal purchase of millions of acres for wilderness reserves to strategies preserving local lifestyles. The Northern Appalachian Restoration Project calls for eight million acres bought for 16 preserves including 30 000 acre Victory Bog area in Vermont and 4.9 million acres in northwestern Maine.
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Keene
N.H
Upstate
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Victory Bog
Funeral scandal shocks northeastern Vermont town
In St Johnsbury four sisters exhumed their sister Joyce Metcalf after her funeral, finding she was not embalmed and worn in a nightgown. State regulators say funeral director Larry H. Titemore mishandled hundreds of burials over six years, using cheap coffins and stealing about $75,000 in advance payments, leaving the community grieving.
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St, Johnsbury
Joyce Metcalf
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Larry H. Titemore
Titemore
Jane Roe II challenges prostitution laws in federal court
Palm Beach County woman calling herself Jane Roe II seeks to legalize prostitution, arguing a right to sell sex mirrors abortion rights. She cites Roe v Wade, while U S District Judge Jose Gonzalez Jr. weighs the unusual case in Fort Lauderdale court.
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Fort Lauderdale
Jane Roe II
Palm Beach County
Legal
Jose Gonzalez Jr
State plan to keep women out of Citadel revealed
South Carolina proposes admitting 20 women to Converse College this August and 100 the next year to fund a women leadership program as an alternative to Citadel admission. The plan, costing about 36.6 million from state funds with the rest from taxpayers, follows Mary Baldwin College’s model to preserve an all male military corps.
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Columbia
D.C
South Carolina
Citadel
Converse College
Spartanburg
Charlie Condon
Shannon Faulkner
Condon
Mary Baldwin College
Virginia Military Institue
Judge's racial comments force new trial in 1993 case
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-3 that a judge's remark about race tainted a civil suit by Timothy Rush, a Black man shot by a white St. Louis officer. The jury originally sided with the police after eight days of testimony, and Bahn’s comment on dismissing the sole Black juror prompted the reversal and new trial order.
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ST. Louis
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Timothy Rush
U.S
William S. Bahn
Bahn
Dallas firefighter loses vacation for Oklahoma rescue
Fletcher Dahman a 39 year old Dallas firefighter volunteered two weeks to help the Oklahoma City federal building rescue effort at the request of his Air Force Reserve unit. He received two paychecks from the city and the Air Force Reserve while serving. Assistant Fire Chief Danny Millaway defended the action noting no money or seniority was lost, only vacation time.
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Dallas
Oklahoma City
Fletcher Dahman
Air Force Reserve
Danny Millaway
Millaway
Thunderstorm rips Utah closes highway to Nevada line
A violent storm lashed northern Utah with 75 to 100 mph winds toppling trees and overturning big rigs. Close to 100 miles of interstate highways were shut, with windows shattered and flight debris common. Nevada reports a tornado damaging mobile homes near Silver Springs. no serious injuries reported.
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Togele
Utah
Nevada
Utah Highway Patrol
Wendover
Salt Lake
Dennis Bongwar
Silver Spines
Carson City
U S Moves Troops and gear From Germany to Italy for Bosnia
Washington ordered 3,500 troops and attack and transport helicopters to move from Germany to Italy to prepare for possible deployment to Bosnia. The plan includes evacuating or relocating U N peacekeepers under contingency measures.
Bosnia Developments Prompt Evacuation Prep
Serbia's president says Bosnian Serbs will free the 250 U N peacekeepers they hold but details remain. The Pentagon reports intermittent signals from an airman's emergency beacon after an F 16 was shot down. About 3 500 U S Army troops and 100 helicopters head from Germany to Italy to prepare for possible peacekeeper evacuation in Bosnia.
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United States
Germany
Italy
U.N
Bosnia
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NATO
White House
Michael McCurty
Senate
Bob Dole
Kansas
Congress
McCurry
Security Council
Yugoslavia
Bosnian
Serbia
Air Force
Herald-Journal News Services
Signals from pilot beacon raise search doubts
U S intelligence detects intermittent survival beacon signals near Bosna linked to a downed pilot but Pentagon rescue readiness is disputed. Officials question use of Brindisi S and R assets. no confirmation of pilot alive. Bosnian Serbs claim capture. beacon pattern suggests evasion and beacon power management rather than local debris.
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Washington
Bosna
U.S
Pentagon
Brindisi
Italy
National Security Agency
Virginia
Trial of Aum Shinri Kyo leader could take years
Prosecutors charged Shoko Asahara and nine associates with murder and attempted murder in the March 20 Tokyo subway attack that killed 12 and sickened 5,300. Legal officials say the case could span a decade or more through district court and appeals, with trials typically held before panels of judges and a near-certain conviction rate.
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Tokyo
Shoko Asahara
Takashi Nami
Japan
Hiroku
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Associated Press
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