Frugal sealers leave fortunes to church and library
Raymond Fay a retired science teacher and Mary McGinnis lived frugally in Philadelphia with little heat or fuel but left sizable bequests. Fay donated 1.5 million to the Free Library of Philadelphia and McGinnis left 1 million to Our Mother of Sorrows Church. Fay died in December at 92 after a long teaching career.
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Free Library of Philadelphia
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Study Finds Primary Care Access Increases Hospital Visits
Researchers expected better access to family doctors would cut hospitalizations for poor, seriously ill veterans. Instead, six months of enhanced primary care at nine VA hospitals led to a one third rise in hospital admissions as more illnesses were diagnosed and detected earlier.
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Morris Weinberger
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Mother Teresa leads prayer at Baltimore nun renewal Mass
About 1000 people fill the Basilica of the Assumption for a special Mass honoring Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity nuns. The Nobel laureate urged Baltimore families to donate daughters to continue serving the poor as her order, founded in Calcutta, now has 3600 sisters in over 120 countries.
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India
Teen held hostage at Wisconsin truck stop standoff
In Bellevue Wisconsin a 16 hour standoff at a truck stop Burger King ended when a 19 year old worker suspected of trying to rob the safe surrendered to Brown County deputies. The suspect left the building with hands raised. a 17 year old was released unharmed earlier.
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Caen Reveals Inoperable Lung Cancer In Chronicle
Chronicle columnist Herb Caen announced to San Francisco readers that he has inoperable lung cancer. The 80 year old, famed for 57 years of city mood reporting, learned of the illness about a month ago after developing pneumonia.
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Jury indicts man linked to taped jailhouse talk with priest
In Eugene Oregon a grand jury indicted Conan Wayne Hale 20 for the December 2 shooting deaths of three teens near Springfield The Rev Timothy Mackaitis heard Hale s confession April 22 at a Catholic church and a secretly made tape of the meeting was denounced by church and Vatican Hale s attorney sought to preserve the recording to prevent its use against him The district attorney said the priest did not know of the recording
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Oklahoma City bombing case keeps death penalty in play
U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch rejects defense motion to dismiss the death penalty for Oklahoma City bombing suspect Terry Nichols. He rules Attorney General Janet Reno acted lawfully when she announced plans to seek the death penalty before arrests. Nichols and Timothy McVeigh face federal murder and conspiracy charges and potential capital punishment.
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Clinton mobilizes juror support as Whitewater echoes loom
President Clinton sought political cover by highlighting jurors who defended his credibility after the McDougal and Tucker convictions. White House aides compiled favorable juror comments while stressing the charges did not implicate Whitewater. Opponents urged focus on character, with senators and representatives arguing crimes were committed by the defendants and noting renewed scrutiny of Clinton.
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Iowa
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Clinton backs tough curfews to curb juvenile crime
President Clinton promotes conservative curfew policy to curb juvenile crime. Acknowledging New Orleans as a model, he cites dusk to dawn rules credited with lowering crime. The curfew affects youths under 17, indoors by 8 p.m. on school nights, with exemptions for work, emergencies, or supervised events.
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Women Push for Clinton Reelect at Democratic Fundraiser
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore told a New York fundraiser that women can decide the 1996 election by delivering the margin of victory. Dole attacked Clinton in California on welfare reform and crime while Clinton aides rebutted with rapid-response materials.
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Clinton
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San Diego
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Whitewater probe widens as Arkansas officials face charges
Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker plans resignation June 17 amid federal and state probes. Bankers Herby Branscum and Robert Hill face felony charges in related indictments. The Westgaton Pendicg and Whitewater investigations continue, with federal grand juries in Little Rock and Washington weighing actions.
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Jim Guy” Tucker
Herby Branscum
Robert Hill
Tucker
Little Rock
Netanyahu Campaign Prospects and Possible Policy Shifts
Benjamin Netanyahu leads in the campaign and promises a security first approach if elected. He pledges to close PLO offices, halt West Bank settlement freezes, and lets troops operate in PLO zones, while risking friction with Palestinians and regional partners. Analysts call him pragmatic yet wary of undermining peacemaking.
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Hebron
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