Hundreds of illegal aliens endure voyage ends near New York shore
A cargo ship carrying about 325 Chinese migrants ran aground off Rockaway Beach, causing four drownings and many survivors to scramble ashore. Coast Guard and police detained the crew. migrants seek political asylum while held in pens in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Queens
Rockaway Beach
New York City
Ming Li
Normandy
Jacob Riis Park
China
Fujian
United States
Golden Venture
Kenya
Cape of Good Hope
Atlantic
Ching Lin
Coast Guard
Rick Larrabee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Police seek more minority recruits in Syracuse force
Charles Miller reports on Syracuse Police Department efforts to raise minority representation. Five decades after Thomas Seals joined, only 34 of 436 officers are Black, about 8 percent, with Latinos represented by a single recruit. Recruitment efforts expand to churches, barber shops, and colleges to boost testing and eligibility under a consent decree guiding minority and female hires.
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Thomas Seals
Syracuse Police Department
Syracuse
Sears
Fayette
South Salina
Frank Sardino
Seals
Ivan Jiminez
Onondaga Community College
Jiminez
Sardino
Police Department
Capitol Search For Lost Washington Cornerstone
Capitol architectural detectives work under a deadline to locate the long lost cornerstone laid by George Washington on September 18 1798. They have torn up a basement storeroom floor as Coast and Geodetic Survey scientists test soil for traces of the inscribed silver plate.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
George Washington
William Allen
Capitol
Capitol Foundation
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Key Senators line up behind Clinton plan
Sen Daniel Moynihan warned of further spending cuts and a scaled-back energy tax to support Clinton's economic plan. He proposed $51 billion in five-year cuts, including $35 billion from Medicare, while excluding higher-income premium increases. Clinton met Moynihan and Sen George Mitchell to finalize details, aiming to win swing votes like Sen David Boren as party factions debate Finance Committee fate.
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Senate Finance Committee
Clinton
Daniel P. Moynihan
D-N.y
Moynihan
Mohan
Senate
George Mitchell
Dmaine
New York Slashes Retraining Funds As Jobs Decline
New York reduced funding for customized worker training from a peak of 26.6 million in 1989 to about 2 million last year. The cuts come as states like California Michigan and New Jersey invest much more in similar programs while Iowa spent 20 million in 1992. The programs aim to retrain workers for changing industries to keep companies and tax revenue in the state.
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New York
Associated Press
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Michigan
New Jer
Iowa
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Brent Carver
David Boren
D-Okia
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Daniel Moynihan
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