Congress adjourns without budget deal for holidays
Congress ends first session of the 99th Congress after deadlocked debates over a 74 billion deficit-cut package. Senate and House adjourn as lawmakers head home for the holidays, with returns set for January 21. Senate rejects House tax provisions for Superfund financing, approving extended revenue measures including a 16 cent cigarette tax.
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Washington
Congress
House
J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Senate
Powell remembered by hometown with Christmas poinsettias
In Vienna Illinois the late Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell is honored each Christmas by the Pauli Powell Flower Fund which sends 130 poinsettias to Johnson County nursing homes and shut-ins. The fund arose from part of Powell's estate and reflects appreciation from voters who helped propel his political rise. Powell, a longtime Illinois legislator and former speaker, faced corruption probes in 1966. exonerated, his office later endured fallout from the scandal and a state funds theft conviction involving a former chief investigator.
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Vienna
Ill
Illinois
Paul Powell
Springfield
Powell
Frustrated farmer drives tractor into Lafayette bank
James Futhey, 55, a former Continental Airlines pilot facing foreclosure on his 160 acre farm, rammed a three ton tractor through the Lafayette bank front door after loan demands. He is held on 25000 bond and ordered to undergo psychological evaluation. No injuries reported. bank damage estimated at 5,000 to 10,000.
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Lafayette
Call
Continental Airlines
James Futhey
Futhey
Lafayette Bank
Thomas Zukaitis
Lad Shanneson
Continental
First National Bank of Lafayette
Zukaitis
EEOC probes radio blacklist release and discrimination cases
Washington AP reports the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mis released a printout listing about 100 employee discrimination cases against radio stations. The list, given to Inside Radio, sparked claims of an industrywide blacklist. EEOC officials call the release an unfortunate mishap while stressing the investigative process.
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Washington
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Inside Radio
Cherry Hill
N.J
EEOC
Deborah Graham
Wngelowahuiog Chee Sul
Legal Counsel
Greg McCampbell
Wtae-Tv
Pittsburgh
McCampbell
We Tewssieiver
Jerry DelCalliano
Treating difficult people with confrontation and care
Raymond Tucker of Bowling Green State University urges a mix of confrontation and compassion to handle hard personalities. He says don't ignore them, confront eye to eye, and insist on change while standing firm on limits.
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Bowling Green
Raymond Tucker
Bowling Green State University
Tucker
Northwest
Ohio
Wayne County sues 38 Amish over property inspections
Wayne County commissioners seek a permanent injunction in Common Pleas Court against 38 Amish men and women who refuse building permits and inspections. Officials say the suit targets preventing property transfers until compliance with the county building code. The action also names county officials to bar recording any transfers by those named.
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Wayne County
Keith A. Shearer
Richard McDaid
Sue Ann Fouche
Miriam Shaffer
First woman receives artificial heart hopes fade in Minnesota
The first female recipient of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, Mary Lund, 40, remains in critical but stable condition after a six hour operation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors fear the implant may have been too late to save her and note her breathing improved but brain and kidney function lag.
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Minneapolis
Mary Lund
Kensington
Frederick Gobel
Lund
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Blue Bandit Parachutists Tried Stunt From Dallas Skyscraper
Two Euless men Richard Payne 27 and Skip Stadley 23 parachuted about 70 floors from InterFirst Plaza into a green plot around John Neely Bryan cabin in downtown Dallas. They were jailed on reckless conduct charges after leaving a diner and loading parachutes in a nearby lot. Police described the stunt as a publicity grab. a deputy and off duty officer observed the events and arrested them.
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Euless
Texas
InterFirst
John Neely Bryan
Richard Payne
Payne
Skip Stadley
James Lauderdale
InterFirst Plaza
Lauderdale
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