Defense cuts warned of Train Wreck by 1998 1999
A panel of four star officers told a Senate readiness subcommittee that defense reductions threaten a modern warfare gap. They warned current spending sustains short term readiness at the expense of modernization and could force costly weapon needs by 1998 or 1999 as Reagan buildup wind down. Generals Alfred Gray Charles Gabriel Carlisle Trost and Robert RisCassi spoke at the hearing.
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Carlisle Tros
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Robert RisCassi
Movement to ban flag desecration gains political steam
A bipartisan group of lawmakers moves to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban burning or defacing the flag. Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Howell Heflin sponsor the measure with House allies Gerald Solomon and Sonny Montgomery. The plan requires 290 House votes, 67 Senate votes, and ratification by 38 states. 46 states have urged action.
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Howell Heflin
D-Ala
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Health care fraud: billions fleeced from Medicare and insurers
Senate hearing details health care fraud costing at least 44 billion yearly as FBI efforts lag. FBI Director Louis Freeh cites rising cases, more agents, and calls for new statutes and wiretap powers to pursue schemes, with examples from Florida and California.
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Louis Freeh
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California
Freeh
Senate Special Committee On Aging
Harlem wall collapse kills three tenants and injures dozens
Rescue workers searched rubble as officials explored causes of a six story wall collapse in Harlem Tuesday. City records show hundreds of violations against owners of 142 W. 140th St., while Mayor Giuliani said no clear structural problems. Residents cited a large crack, water seepage, and possible foundation failure as factors.
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W. 140Th St
Rudolph Giuliani
Survivors urge harsh sentence for Long Island gunman
In Mineola Kevin McCarthy and others address Judge Belfi at Colin Ferguson's sentencing for the December 7 1993 Long Island Rail Road rampage. McCarthy asks for severe punishment as he endures rehabilitation while his father was slain. Ferguson faces 25 years to life on six murder counts.
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