Beyond the Farm
For the week preceding this Saturday, February 11th, 1995, here's a review of what happened Beyond the Farm
President Clinton announced his $1.6 trillion budget for the next fiscal year Feb 6th. It features middle-class tax cuts and some spending cuts, but still has a $197 billion yearly deficit which would remain steady through the year 2000, drawing fire from Republicans. Also this week in Washington, the House passed a line item veto bill 294-134 Feb 6th and several crime measures, including one withholding funds from states without strict sentencing measures Feb 8th. President Clinton vowed Feb 11th to veto any legislation which would roll back last year's crime bill.
The alleged mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing, Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali, unexpectedly pled guilty to all charges Feb 6th. A fugitive in the case, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, was arrested Feb 8th and indicted Feb 9th.
Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo announced Feb 9th that he was cracking down on the EZLN rebels in Chiapas and arresting their leaders. Mexican troops were sent in to the region Feb 10th and captured several strongholds. However, rebel leader Subcommander Marcos, identified as Rafael Sebastian de Allente, had not been found as of Feb 11th.
They're Talking About It...
The nomination of Henry Foster, Jr. as Surgeon General may be in trouble. Foster reportedly conducted far more abortions than the six originally cited, and did other, now-controversial medical procedures in the 1960s.
In shorts...
Talks between Peru and Ecuador broke down Feb 5th, but both sides accepted Jimmy Carter and former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias as mediators Feb 10th; three Peruvian aircraft were shot down by Ecuador Feb 11th...Bosnian Muslims and the Croats agreed to settle their disputes in mediation and an agreement was reached to reopen two crossings at the Sarajevo airport Feb 5th, but the Bosnian Serbs started an offensive near Bihac Feb 9th...a 7.5 earthquake near New Zealand caused no damage Feb 5th...the space shuttle Discovery successfully came within 37 feet of the Russian Muir space station Feb 6th before returning to Earth Feb 10th...Judge Lance Ito dismissed a juror in the Simpson case Feb 7th because the white woman had the same doctor as the defendant; the jury took a tour of the Brentwood estates where Simpson lived Feb 10th...South African anti-Apartheid activist Allan Boesak was accused of misappropriating charitable donations Feb 7th...the best efforts of federal mediator Bill Usery (Feb 7th) and President Clinton (Feb 8th) failed to resolve the baseball strike...Jozef Olesky, a moderate former communist, was named the new prime minister of Poland Feb 7th after President Lech Walesa demanded that Waldemar Pawlak be replaced Feb 6th...a 6.5 earthquake 175 miles west of Bogota, Colombia killed 45 and injured over 200 Feb 8th..the UN voted to send peacekeepers to Angola Feb 8th...student protests at Rutgers University, which included the interruption of a basketball game Feb 8th, are scheduled to continue until President Francis Lawrence steps down for making a statement questioning the ability of minorities to take standardized tests...Dan Quayle announced he would not run for president Feb 9th, leaving Bob Dole, Phil Gramm, Lamar Alexander, and Arlen Spector as the current Republican field...the Department of Energy announced Feb 10th that forerunner organizations exposed 9000 people to radiation from 1940 to 1975...on Feb 10th Croatian President Franjo Tudjman invited NATO troops to replace the UN forces he wants out of his country by the end of March...former Arkansas senator William Fulbright died Feb 9th at the age of 89.
Finally...
Dodgeville, Wisconsin resident Ron Dettinger was very impressed with the visibility as his flight took off in Milwaukee. He could even see his own car in the parking lot--with its lights on.
And that's what happened Beyond the Farm.
Sources this week included All Things Considered (NPR), the Associated Press newswire, the BBC Newshour (BBC/PRI), the Christian Science Monitor, KCBS radio news, KGO radio news, KOMO radio news, the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour (PBS), Norm Gregory's Seattle News Page (WWW), Pacifica Evening News (KPFA), Paul Harvey News and Comment (ABC radio), and the Reuters newswire. -- Lance Gleich, Stanford CA
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