AT&T and BT form $10 billion international joint venture
The two telecom giants announce a $10 billion tie up to merge international telephone networks and build a new Internet system, signaling a major shift in global communications. British tycoon Roland Tiny Rowland dies at 80 from skin cancer after building a Rhodesia mining outfit into a multibillion-dollar conglomerate. The Chronicle-Telegram website notes maintenance.
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British Telecommunications
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Roland “Tiny” Rowland
Rhodesia
Clinton Starr showdown looms over grand jury testimony
President Clinton faces a pivotal week as Kenneth Starr presses a grand jury subpoena. Senate Judiciary Chair Orrin Hatch warns refusal could trigger impeachment, while Arlen Specter questions impeachment grounds. Starr's subpoena targets Clinton personally, a historic move in the Lewinsky inquiry.
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Monica Lewinsky
White House
Clinton
Kenneth Starr
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Senate
Orrin Hatch
Utah
CBS
Arlen Specter
Hatch
CNN
Grafton toddler survives kitchen accident
Allen Pangburn, then 11 months old, burned 40 percent of his body when boiling beans spilled after a cooker cord was pulled. Now six months into recovery he shows pink scars, while mother Jennifer Weese faces medical bills that have surpassed 104000 dollars and may reach 1 million by his 18th birthday. local groups sponsor a charity auction to aid.
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STEVE MANHEIM
CHRONICLE
Jennifer Weese
Allen Pangburn
GRAFTON
Allen
Weese
LaGrange Lodge 399
Midview High School Key Club
Grafton-Midview
Three Fans Die At Michigan Speedway Crash
At Michigan Speedway during the U S 500, debris from a one car wreck struck the grandstand as spectators watched from the fourth turn. Three fans were killed and six injured. two died instantly, a third died at a track medical unit. Names identified include Michael Terry Tautkus.
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Mich
Gerald
Rich Bramer
Michigan Speedway
Gerald Bramer
Gregory Baumann
Michael Terry Tautkus
Moore wins tragedy marred race
Six spectators were helicoptered to Foote Hospital in Jackson after a Michigan race disaster. Among the injured were David Silva 35 of Dearborn Gerald Bramer 31 and Richard Bramer 20 both of Livonia Doris Shuman 70 of West Bloomfield Joyce Thompson 48 of Spring Arbor and Steve Dawson 31 of ing. The third person in the incident was not identified pending kin notification.
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Mich
Kenneth Dale Fox
Lansing
Michigan
David Silva
Dearborn
Gerald Bramer
Richard Bramer
Livonia
Doris Shuman
West Bloomfield
Joyce Thompson
Spring Arbor
Steve Dawson
ing
Foote Hospital
Jackson
Robin Kirkpatrick
Slain Officers to Be Honored as Fallen Heroes
Capitol Police announce a Tuesday memorial in the Capitol Rotunda for officers Jacob J. Chestnut and John Gibson, who were killed in a gunfire attack. Coffins will lie in state with officials and families attending. President Clinton and other leaders are slated to attend. Gibson to be buried Thursday. Chestnut to be buried the next day.
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Capitol
Capitol Police
Gary Abrecht
Russell E. Weston Jr
Jacob J. Chestnut
John Gibson
Abrecht
Gibson
Chestnut
Air Force
Tobacco talks to resume today in multi state talks
Nine states including North Carolina California New York Massachusetts Colorado Washington North Dakota Pennsylvania and Oklahoma plan a New York City meeting with cigarette makers to explore a possible universal settlement. The focus will be public health and preventing teen smoking with economic damages not on the agenda.
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California
New York
Massachusetts
Colorado
Washington
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Easley
Youngstown escape prompts Grafton officials concern
In Youngstown six inmates escaped from a privately run prison after cutting through a fence at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. By Sunday morning three inmates were recaptured and another was later captured, while one remained at large, prompting Grafton officials to worry about a similar facility in their town.
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Northeast Ohio Correctional Center
Youngstown
GRAFTON
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