Free fair vote urged in Panama election push
In Panama City the Catholic church and observers led by former U S presidents urge peaceful voting and a free fair process. Bush and opponents warn of rigging by Noriega loyalists as Carlos Duque backed by a pro-government coalition faces Guillermo Endara. Endara leads an opposition coalition amid media suppression and restricted airwave access. The winner takes office Sept 1 after Noriega engineered Delvalle's ouster. Carter and Ford headline a visiting delegation.
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Panama
U.S
United States
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Bush
Carlos Duque
Noriega
Duque
Guillermo Endara
Manuel Solis Palma
Eric Delvalle
Delvalle
Florida
Jimamy Carter
Gerald Ford
Carter
County to open a legal door on clay pit sale probe
Onondaga County plans to use eminent domain to investigate the sale of a clay pit at the site of a proposed Van Buren landfill. County Executive Nicholas Pirro said the legal move would allow questions beyond those answered by the County Legislature committee. The county has not decided on condemnation, and must first obtain an appraisal of the land.
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van Buren
Nicholas Pirro
Pirro
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Tornadoes Rip Through the South Killing Dozens
Severe storms lashed the South for a second day with tornadoes, floods, and hail. At least 14 people died across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Texas, with wrecked homes, toppled trees, and damaged businesses. In Lincolnton County North Carolina, debris filled a demolished home while Toluca near Charlotte reported multiple fatalities. In New Orleans heavy winds halted the Jazz Festival as 11 inches of rain inundated parts of northern Louisiana.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Herb Bryant
Lincoln County
N.C
Toluca
Charlotte
State Emergency Management
Raleigh
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Jack Hughes
Spartanburg
D.C
Georgia
Louisville
New Orleans
Barriage
Gfide
Texas
Transfers ease hospital crowding by moving elderly patients
Elderly patients were moved to nursing homes Friday to relieve a critical hospital crowding. Seven transfers occurred with two more planned Monday, per Chris Cameron of the Long Term Care Executive Council. Local nursing homes received temporary state permission to take extra patients as four hospitals scaled back elective surgeries and redirected ambulance patients to neighboring counties.
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Chris Cameron
Care Executive Council
Onondaga County
Bush Kohl fail to end lift over missile talks
The White House says President Bush and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl failed in their latest diplomacy round to resolve differences on European short range nuclear weapons. Bush remains opposed to talks on eliminating such weapons while planning July visits to Poland and Hungary and a July 14 16 summit in Paris.
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White House
Bush
Helmut Kohl
Europe
Kohl
Whit House
Poland
Hungary
Paris
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