Wounded veteran fights for his medal
Dick Heppeler, a 42 year old Syracuse area construction supervisor and Vietnam veteran, says a claymore blast in the 1968 Tet offensive left him severely wounded and undercut his Purple Heart medal. His wife Chris led a four year effort with veterans groups to pursue proper recognition, while Army records and board reviews have yet to award the medal.
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Whedon Road
ConTegra Corp
Hoppelers
Chris
Onondaga Community College
Vietnam
Highlands
Japan
Air Force
Tachikawa
Red Cross
Syracuse
Brooke General Hospital
Texas
Veterans Admministration Medical Center
Veterans Center
Army
Leare
U.S
George Wortley
National Service Office of the
Disabled American Veterans
The
Heather
Squirrel
Paint Man
Reynolds
Charles Heppeler
Herbert Street
Heppelers
Washington
House votes to toughen death penalty measure
The House approved a strengthened death penalty bill and an amendment by Rep. Bill McCollum allowing capital punishment for drug kingpins who traffic large quantities of drugs. The measure reduces the required aggravating circumstances to one, passing 295 to 133 amid pro and anti death penalty chants.
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Bill McCollum
R-Fla
Gekas
McCollum
House
Charles Wilson
Texas
Lobb
Autone i
PAC
Political Action Committee
Deathpac
Ordnanees
Electro
National Rifle Association
Bush
Jolene
D-Ill
Handgun Control
Unsoeld
Sarah Brady
White House
Ronald Reagan
Treasury Department
Lawyers Demand Oil Records
Within two days of the invasion U.S. oil companies raised their gas prices an average of 4 cents per gallon according to a survey and wholesale prices jumped 9.5 cents in three days. Public outcry over hikes up to 15 cents prompted freezes or rollbacks as antitrust questions loom. The department has not opened a criminal probe while FTC, Energy Department and several state AGs assist the Justice Department.
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U.S
Department
Federal Trade Commission
Energy Department
Justice Department
J. Michael Keily
Families of Flight 103 victims push for stronger security bill
Families of Pan Am Flight 103 victims urged the Bush administration and Congress to back a security bill. They highlighted 270 dead, including a 16 year old, and pressed for federal security managers at high risk airports, better threat detection research, and public threat alerts while noting mixed support from the Senate.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Congress
Paul Hudson
Melina
Loskertz
Scotland
Ely
House
Senate
Federal Aviation Administration
State Department
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Boston
Buckley Rd
Ravina
Kentucky
SAT
SUN
Cicero
Iclip
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Michael Prather
National Adjutant General
Prather
Springfield
OCC
State College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dick Heppeler
Wortley
Board For Correction of
Metro Mattress
Dream Doctors
Omar SO
Sealy
Fiat Melee
Daly Wamsoph
Liverpool
Bayberry
Pox
Farmount
Wes Genesee St
Kenny Carpets
EWITT
Erie Blvd
Wi S
Friendly
FORTH
Firestone Warehouse
Park Steer
Wolf ST
Hiawatha Blvd
Associated Press
Syracuse University
Morris Busby
Busby
FAA
James Busey
Europe
Middle East
Busey
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation and
Committee
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