Former N Y congressman Gerald Solomon dies at 71
Washington AP. Retired U.S. Rep Gerald Solomon of upstate New York died Friday at his home from congestive heart failure. A longtime conservative known for chairing the Rules Committee he had a lobbying practice with clients such as General Electric. He served six years in the New York state legislature before his 1978 election to Congress and was remembered for protecting dairy farmers and his stance against gun control.
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Rules Committee
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House of Representatives
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Kennedy
Alfonso D'Amato
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Kofi Annan
Iraq
Hussein
United States
Scaffold built without permit in Manhattan collapse
The 14 story scaffold that collapsed at a Manhattan office building killed five construction workers and injured ten others, a pregnant bystander, and five police and fire personnel. Authorities say the scaffolding lacked a required permit and a heavy concrete load may have caused the failure. Nesa Roofing and Restoration had hired Tri State Scaffolding and Roofing and was fired after officials learned of the firm’s troubled past.
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Manhattan
World Trade Center
Buildings Department
Lyse Fink
Nesa Roofing and Restoration
Tri-State
Stephen Green
Nesa
Gerald McKelvey
Green
Mark Green
Constantine Stamoulis
Stamoulis
Barbara Thompson
Deer Park
N.Y
Rodney King pleads guilty in drug case
Rodney King, known for the 1992 Los Angeles riots after a police beating, pleaded guilty in a Pomona drug case to three misdemeanor PCP intoxication counts and one count of indecent exposure. He was ordered into a one year live‑in treatment program and faces a probation hearing later for a domestic abuse matter.
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Gore team revives PAC with new name Leader ship ’02
Al Gore’s political action committee was revived under a new name with FEC filings on October 5. Lon Johnson runs the PAC, which funded a late summer workshop in Tennessee aiding grassroots activism and Democratic candidates in New Jersey and Virginia. Gore plans to outline future PAC goals early next year.
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al Gore
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Gore
Lon Johnson
FEC
Tennessee
New Jersey
Virginia
New Hampshire
State Dept report cites six nations for religious freedom abuses
The State Department singled out China, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, and North Korea in a report for widespread religious freedom abuses. Taliban rule in Afghanistan is noted as a particularly severe violator, with Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan also criticized for oppressive restrictions. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are cited for partial or harassing handling of religious rights, while North Korea faces ongoing crackdowns on unregistered groups and reports of violence against underground Christian churches.
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State Department
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China
Iran
Iraq
Myanmar
Sudan
North Korea
Richard Boucher
Saudi Arabia
Boucher
U.S
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
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