Father posts $5,000 reward in Silkwood death
Oklahoma City. Karen Silkwood’s father Bill Silkwood, from Nederland Texas, offers 5000 for information about the 1974 car crash that killed the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant whistleblower. Police ruled she slept at the wheel after taking sedatives. no conclusive evidence supported earlier allegations. Kerr-McGee later paid her estate 1.38 million after a 1986 lawsuit.
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Oklahoma City
Karen Silkwood
Wid
Bill Silkwood
Nederland
Texas
Silkwood
Kerr-McGee
Crescent
Highway Patrol
U.S. Justice Department
Driver in fatal crash has license canceled
The state will cancel the license of 87 year old Martin Horvath of Elgin after he failed to report for mandatory retesting. His vehicle struck a group of schoolchildren near O'Hare International Airport, killing 9 year old Rebecca Westlake and injuring many others.
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Chicago
Ofllinois
Elgin
George Ryan
Martin Horvath
O'Hare International
Sycamore
Rebecca Westlake
O'Hare
Zoo wins bid to transfer two gorillas out of state
Los Angeles Zoo prevailed in court as a judge refused a temporary restraining order over the plan to move two Western lowland gorillas Kay and Lina to St. Louis and Rio Grande Zoos after animal groups failed to give 60 days notice.
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U.S. District Court
Ronald Lew
Last Chance For Animals
Performing Animal Welfare Society
Kay
Lina
Lew
Los Angeles Zoo
St. Louis Zoo
Rio Grande Zoo
Afouaverque
Sierra Club launches TV ads against Bush over environmental promises
The Sierra Club began a television ad campaign in three state capitals and Washington DC alleging President Bush broke his environmental promises. The push aims to gain support for federal recycling and wetlands protections, marking the group’s first attack on a politician.
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Sierra Club
Environmental Policie Club
Washington, D.C
Treasures Stolen by Nazis Hidden Beneath Weimar Plaza
In Weimar researchers hunt for a vast Nazi loot including part of the Amber Chamber. They point to underground corridors near Karl Marx Platz built during the Nazi era, with claims that the treasure could lie hidden in 100 sealed rooms beneath the two office blocks.
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Germany
Karl- Marx-Platz
Karl-Marx- Platz
Adolf-Hitler- Platz
Joachim Vogel
East
Erich Koch
East Prussia
Europe
Baltic
Konigsberg
Russia
Kaliningrad
Koch
Martin Bormann
Hans Stadelmann
Karl-Marx-Platz
Buchenwald
Stadelmann
Tax bills drive big homeowner appeals sessions
The Cicero review board meets tonight and next Tuesday to handle a heavy caseload with 6,300 parcels grieved. Homeowners including Larry Hogan of Cicero and Bob Lakie of Camillus seek relief on assessments, citing unfinished construction, drainage issues, and unequal values across neighborhoods.
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Cicero Review Board
Larry Hogan
Lakeshore Road
Cicero
Electricians Union
Hogan
Tulip St
Salina
Native delegates fear Earth Summit will ignore concerns
Native troops from around the world urge that the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro not overlook indigenous grievances. About 409 representatives at Kariota encampment near Rio push for action on land claims, sustainable development, and women’s roles. Maurice Strong pledged the Earth charter would be considered. native leaders worry issues may be glossed over and hope to pressure governments to act.
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Rio
Sharon Verne
Saskatchewan
Verne
U.N
Kari- Ota
World Conference On Indigenous Peoples
Maurice Strong
Strong
Marcos Terena
Bush
Amazon Region
Saami
Norway
Sweden
Lolng
Israel’s 1996 race turns to mudslinging in Israel
Likud supporters spread rumors about Rabin and a drinking problem while offering listeners a tape on his wartime collapse. Labor responds with a leak alleging Rabin vetoed spreading unsubstantiated claims about Shamir’s health. Analysts cite political reform and polling fear as drivers for the new negative campaigning. Rabin defends himself saying the attacks misfire and miss the war’s outcome.
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Likud
Yitzhak Rabin
Labor Party
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Labor
Jerusalem Post
Yitzhak Shamir
Israel
America
Nahum Barnea
Yediot Aharonot
Willie Horton
Knesset
Shamir
David Ben-Gurion
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