Mantle Faces Liver Transplant Amid Health Crisis
Mickey Mantle, the former Yankees star, nears liver transplant due to hepatitis and alcohol-related damage. Doctors warn age and alcohol history lower survival odds, with high-priority status and a national wait time of about 130 days. Mantle’s fame, lifestyle, and family medical history frame the urgent, life-saving procedure.
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Indicted leaders span decades in political scandals
Independent counsel Kenneth Starr announced an expanded probe into Clinton ties to Whitewater and Madison Guaranty. The file mentions David Hale’s 1986 loan pressure, Hale’s plea bargain, and prior indictments of Walters Oklahoma Hunt Alabama Mecham Edwards. No final convictions noted here.
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RJR Sponsorships of NASCAR Questionably Tied to TV Ads
A tobacco industry debate argues cigarette brands linked to NASCAR sponsorship violate the 1969 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act by airing on TV. Advocates claim exposure boosts tobacco branding, while RJR defends logos as racing identifiers, not ads, noting long-running sponsorships date to 1971 despite legal scrutiny.
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Clinton vetoes first time on spending cuts
President Clinton vetoed $16.4 billion in spending cuts signaling a tough stance. He argued the cuts favored pork over education and used a graphic in the Rose Garden to illustrate the point during the signing event.
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Senate panel approves pledge and abstinence school bills
A Senate committee on Wednesday approved revised versions of two school bills. One would require daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance, and the other would mandate abstinence education in sex education courses. The action advances the measures through the legislative process.
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Constitutional Amendment to ban flag desecration sent to House
The measure would restore to the states and Congress the authority to ban desecration of the American flag and was sent Wednesday to the full House. A separate vote saw conservatives fail to repeal the War Powers Act, maintaining limits on presidential authority to deploy troops.
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Billy Graham Cancels Sermon At Religious Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized for internal bleeding and canceled a live sermon at a religious crusade on Wednesday while preparing a taped message for tens of thousands gathered admirers. In Sarajevo fighting intensified as Serbs released 111 hostages but blocked U.N. peacekeepers from receiving supplies.
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Four Gazette Gold Rush winners hold keys by a locked box
Wednesday tension filled the Gazette scene as four Gold Rush winners waited with keys to a locked box. The event set against a backdrop of public interest and local pageantry with speculation about the prize delivery.
Weather Scores From Major North Carolina Cities
Fragmentary forecast data lists highs and lows for several NC cities including Gastonia Greensboro Hickory Raleigh Durham and Wilmington with precipitation and temperature readings. The notes show small variations in highs around the upper 60s to low 80s and lows mid 60s to mid 70s along with light to moderate rain chances.
Foreign investment surge and family business shift
Foreign investment in the United States rose about 80 percent last year as economies strengthened and U S growth boosted profits. The Chapman couple from Bessemer City run Inside-out, a part time business born from a church step conversation last October, tied to their lives on church steps. Congressman Cass Ballenger plans a bill to revamp OSHA shifting its role from police to partner, reflecting a broader workforce protection focus.
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Local TV Studio Cuts Cast and Humor Arise
Kato Kaelin is quoted about washing hair twice daily and a joke about a sidekick from The Green Hornet, while the studio reduces its puppet count by 47, including Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.
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