Gaston County weighs delaying county DSS headquarters
County commissioners mull postponing or canceling a proposed 12 million Gaston County Social Services headquarters planned since 1989. The county would fund about 4 million, state and federal dollars cover 8 million, with discussions to shift 3 million from capital to operating budget.
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Gastonia
Gaston
Department of Social Services
Gene Kimbro
DSS
Phil Hinely
Hinely
Christopher Reeve Paralyzed After Riding Accident
Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed and cannot breathe independently after a neck-breaking riding accident. His surgeon, speaking Wednesday, declined to speculate on recovery chances. Also, President Clinton comments on NATO obligations and potential U.S. troop deployment to Bosnia.
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Christopher
Reeve
Serbs masquerade as U N peacekeepers in Sarajevo
Serbs drove through government held areas in stolen U.N. uniforms and vehicles, detaining about 370 U.N. troops. In exchange for not attacking NATO, they proposed talks and hostage release while Western powers debated deploying more soldiers to redeploy rather than withdraw peacekeepers.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Red Cross
United Nations
Bosnia
Clinton signals readiness to aid U.N. in Bosnia
President Clinton stated he is prepared to permit temporary U S ground forces in Bosnia to assist U N peacekeepers if needed to reach safety positions. Congress would have to approve such action, and GOP leaders urged consultation. Clinton urged NATO obligations while noting no current UN request.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Clinton
Bosnia
U.N
Congress
U.S
Senate
Bob Dole
Air Force Academy
NATO
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Dole
Kansas
Richard Lugar
Indiana
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lugar
Iowa
John McCain
R-Ariz
Officials experiment with creative justice in Colorado
Golden Colorado AP report says Christopher C Harris 24 received two life sentences plus 117 years for killing two pawnshop employees during a botched robbery captured on surveillance. He pleaded guilty to avoid possible death. Judge Barnhill ordered a videotape, photos, transcripts and letters from victims' relatives placed in his cell.
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Golden
Colo
Christopher C. Harris
Kenneth Barnhill
Harris
Public shaming chosen over jail time in Camden shoplifting case
In Camden Arkansas a first offense shoplifter may pick 60 days in jail or five hours of public humiliation. Most select the five hour option wearing a sandwich board stating the crime. Judge Edwin Keaton says only a few choose jail, and they often switch to the shaming sentence after a day in jail.
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Scripps Howard News Service
Camden
Ark
Edwin Keaton
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