Parental rights clash as mistreated boy looms in parole talks
In Plymouth Indiana Joseph Grad seeks to resume parenting his six year old son after years of abuse including confinement in a closet. Carmen Grad plans to regain a parental role post prison. The case highlights termination of parental rights as a safeguard, with local agencies undecided on initiating such hearings. Jury or court action may decide future contact or severance of rights. Bob Greene notes the critical questions and promises further column follow-up.
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Europe reborn as unified power shaping postwar Europe
Washington Post columnist notes Europe’s peaceful integration post Cold War with EU NATO expansion and democratic criteria driving new collective sovereignty. She highlights Kosovo as a moral turning point and predicts Europe will alter global economics and psychology more than expected. Geneva Overholser reports.
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Nationalist government collapse not a crisis for India
The Hindu nationalist government in India has fallen as a regional party defected, leaving Prime Minister Vajpayee unable to govern and raising the prospect of a third general election in three years. The piece notes the democratic but unstable turn, the secular tradition, and Sonia Gandhi's rising influence in the Congress Party amid this political shift.
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Atal Behari Vajpayee
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Congress Party
Sonia Gandhi
NRA reduces Denver convention to one day in LA key ceremony
The National Rifle Association trimmed its Denver convention to a single day as Denver's mayor awarded Charleton Heston the key to the city of Los Angeles.
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NATO anniversary and political jumbles touch on Kosovo rows
The passage mentions NATO marks its 50th anniversary with Earth Day, Kosovo refugee migration to the U.S. drawing debate on talk radio about job competition with Vietnamese, and a delayed flight delaying speeches by Dan Quayle and Elizabeth Dole. Representatives from opposing groups call for biodegradable cruise missiles in a joint statement.
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This Day in History April 26 Through the Ages
Highlights include 1607 John Smith lands at Cape Henry marking English settlement in America, 1865 John Wilkes Booth shot near Port Royal, 1994 first black vote in South African elections. notable birthdays include Audubon Wittgenstein Loos Malamud Pai Burnett Eddy Zhinnovsky. Willard Schmidt hit twice by pitches in 1959. Wittgenstein quote.
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Willard Schmidt
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