Senate rejects plan to raise federal minimum wage
In Washington the Senate defeated a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage by one dollar an hour, 55-44, which would have lifted pay to 6.15 dollars an hour on January 1, 2000. Democrats vowed to campaign the issue into the November elections as supporters cited aid to about 12 million workers while opponents warned of adverse effects on small businesses and unemployment.
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Rod Grams
R-Minn
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Clinton
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Kennedy
Maine synagogue vandalized on eve of Rosh Hashana
Vandals scrawled swastikas and a hate message on the Aroostook Hebrew Community synagogue in Presque Isle on the eve of Rosh Hashana. One wall swastika measured 5 inches, another 20 inches, with the words Burn Jews. No arrests reported. local police providing safety amid the holiday.
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Evacuation Ordered for Up to 100000 in Florida Keys
Up to 100000 people were ordered to begin evacuating the Florida Keys as Hurricane Georges approached. A hurricane watch covered South Florida and the Keys while Key West and lower Keys started evacuations at 7 a.m. Traffic warned of gridlock and residents risked lacking emergency services if they stayed. The center was 600 miles southeast of Key West, moving west-northwest at 15 mph with winds near 75 mph and potential strengthening.
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Key Largo
Becky Herrin
Monroe County
West Palm Beach
Bonita Beach
Naples
Florida
Trisha Wallace
Record number eyed for Nobel Peace Prize contenders
Oslo AP reports a record 139 nominees by February 1 for the Nobel Peace Prize, with Vaclav Havel among confirmed contenders. Havel’s candidacy aligns with UN Human Rights Charter anniversary. health concerns complicate posthumous eligibility. Jose Ramos Horta backs Colombian child movement aiming to end civil war.
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Norway
Vaclav Havel
Children’s Peace Movement
Northern Ireland
Nobel Committee
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Jose Ramos Horta
Congress debates AIDS victims compensation in Senate stalemate
The Senate weighs adding payments for blood transfusion victims to a House passed bill granting $100,000 to 7,200 hemophiliacs who contracted HIV from tainted blood. Jeffords warns against excluding transfusion victims, while the National Hemophilia Foundation drives the effort.
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Steve Grissom
Cary
N.C
Val Bias
National Hemophilia Foundation
Ricky Ray
House
Senate
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Labor and Human Resources Committee
Jeffords
Cable network offers free TV time for politicians
SAN DIEGO AP A regional cable network Daniels Cablevision Inc offers free air time to political candidates in Southern California. Spots run 6 am to midnight until the day before the election. The FEC ruled the equal donation is not a political contribution. Candidates Duke Cunningham Dan Kripke Timothy Erich have submitted ads and Barbara Boxer plans an 80 second spot.
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Daniels Cablevision Inc
California
U.S. House
Senate
Daniels Cablevision
Phil Urbina
Bill Daniels
Carlsbad
Federal Elections Commission
Duke Cunningham
Dan Kripke
Timothy Erich
Oakdale
Reform Party
Barbara Boxer
Boxer
Rose Kapolczynski
Stopwatch from 60 Minutes joins Smithsonian collection
The insistent ticking stopwatch that has accompanied the television news magazine since its 1968 start was added to the Smithsonian Institution's popular culture collection on Tuesday. It joins a growing list of iconic TV emblems including Howdy Doody's pup, Archie and Edith's chairs from All in the Family, Hawkeye Pierce's robe from MASH, and the Letterman neon sign and vehicle from Late Night and Late Show. CBS aired 60 Minutes for the first time on September 24, 1968.
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David Letterman
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