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Detroit police in riot gear used pepper spray and tear gas this morning to disperse striking newspaper workers who tried for the second time since Saturday to block delivery trucks carrying the day's combined editions of The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. "Either this is a prelude to a prolonged period of violence, or this is the endgame of the newspaper guild," reports Detroit bureau chief William McWhirter. "But it really looks like its the latter. As much as this is a pro-labor town, it's even more a pro-law town, and these strikers weren...
...House hearings on the 1993 federal assault against the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended with a whimper, having unearthed few new facts and having elicited no major revelations. Attorney General Janet Reno firmly stood her ground and again defended her decision to go ahead with the tear-gas assault on the complex. "We all mourn the tragic outcome," she testified, "but the finger of blame points in one direction. It points directly at [sect leader] David Koresh...
...Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, produced partisan sparks and riveting, emotional testimony. Republicans accused federal agents of having bungled the operation. Under harsh questioning, former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said he had no advance knowledge of the raid and played no role in the decision to use tear gas to end the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of having let the National Rifle Association influence key aspects of the committee investigation. Dramatic testimony also came from a teenager who described how sect leader David Koresh sexually molested her when...
...Anybody who wants to tear down historic buildings in Harvard Square has a lot to answer for," Duehay said...
...remember. Defending the Administration today, former deputy attorney general Webster Hubbell, who recently testified at Senate Whitewater hearings, was grilled by House Republicans, but held fast to Attorney General Reno's claim that President Clinton at no time pressured the Justice Department to end the 51-day siege with tear gas. Reno will testify Tuesday...