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abolition-usa-digest     Thursday, August 10 2000     Volume 01 : Number 354




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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:23:50 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) 2Queries

Hi,

Thanks,

Colby

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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 14:06:19 +0100
From: Sally light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) My new email address

Hi all,

Effective Aug. 9, 2000, my new email address will be:
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 17:45:03 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nader at peace rally to protest bombing of Iraq

Protesters Deride U.N. Sanctions

By Stephen C. Fehr
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday , August 7, 2000 ; B03

The soggiest people in Washington yesterday were also some of the most
devoted: hundreds of protesters marching from the Lincoln Memorial to the
White House to rally in the driving rain for an end to the economic
sanctions imposed on Iraq.

Soaked from head to toe, with only the trees in Lafayette Square to
protect
him from the rain, Ken Giles of the Jewish Peace Fellowship sought to
explain a cause that would bring people out on such a dreary day.

"This is an international tragedy that needs to be dealt with," Giles said
through claps of thunder. "All sanctions do is hurt the Iraqi people. To
allow this human crisis to go on for 10 years is a sin."

The Washington rally was one of a few around the world over the weekend to
protest the sanctions, imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Aug. 6,
1990,
four days after Iraq invaded Kuwait, setting in motion the 1991 Persian
Gulf
War. The activists--who represent human rights, interfaith and peace
organizations--contend that the restrictions cause thousands of
malnourished
and sick Iraqi children to die while failing to weaken Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein.

"I'm just horrified that the United States--a supposedly loving
democracy--is willing to kill these thousands of children to get at a man
we
haven't got at for 10 years," said Patricia Cullen, of Mount Rainier,
huddling futilely under a tree on the saturated, muddy lawn.

The demonstrators plan to risk arrest today by sitting down in front of
the
Treasury Department building and the White House, where sit-ins are
prohibited.

"We're going to try and say with our bodies that these sanctions must be
lifted," said John Dear, executive director of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation, a New York-based humanitarian group.

President Clinton was not at the White House yesterday and the protesters'
stand-in was a no-show. Martin Sheen, the actor who plays President Josiah
Bartlet on NBC's "The West Wing," was to be on hand, said rally
organizers,
but his flight from Los Angeles was canceled. Sheen is one of a group of
entertainers involved in the movement, which also attracted veteran
protest
singer Pete Seeger, who sang his trademark peace songs.

In international shows of support yesterday, four American activists began
a
three-day fast outside the United Nations offices in Baghdad and a
protester
partially climbed a 450-foot-high millennium memorial in London. In Los
Angeles, religious groups are preparing protests against the sanctions and
other causes during next week's Democratic National Convention.

At yesterday's Washington rally, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph
Nader was one of several speakers who took aim at Clinton and his
secretary
of state, Madeleine K. Albright, who have consistently defended the
sanctions. She said last week that Saddam Hussein is trying to portray his
regime as a victim of sanctions, masking the fact that his country's
misery
is his fault.

"He hopes his people's suffering will worsen so that the pressure for
lifting sanctions will heighten and the revenues he needs to rebuild his
weapons of mass destruction will once again begin to flow," Albright wrote
in an op-ed piece in the Financial Times of London.

Hussein has lied to U.N. weapons inspectors and concealed his ability to
build weapons of mass destruction, U.S. officials say. Jim Lawson Jr., a
Methodist minister from Los Angeles long active in the civil rights
movement, took offense yesterday at Albright's comments, saying she was
suggesting the anti-sanctions activists were being duped.

Scanning the crowd in Lafayette Square, Lawson said: "If she thinks these
housewives, clergy and young people are being influenced by Saddam, she's
out of her mind. We're here because we know our nation has more to export
than bombs and sanctions."

In 1996, the Iraqis were allowed to export oil to buy food, medicine and
other items, a program that State Department officials say should provide
the means to feed the Iraqi people. "The U.N. sanctions have never
prohibited or limited the amount of food or medicine Iraq could import,"
Albright wrote in the op-ed piece. But the program has failed to supply
much
of the country with adequate health care, water and electricity, the
protesters say.

"The children of Iraq are not our enemy," Dear said. "They're suffering
more
from us than the Iraqi government."

Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.



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Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:31:33 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) URGENT! - If your organisation hasn't yet signed star wars letter please sign

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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 09:01:23 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NAS Report on Cleanup at DOE

Hi Friends,
Here's a letter to the editor I sent in last night about the National Academy
of Science Report on the toxic mess at the nuclear weapons complex.  Alice
Slater

Editor
New York Times
BY FAX: [phone]


The conclusion of the National Academy of Sciences, (öNuclear Sites May Be
Toxic in Perpetuityö, 8-8-00) that 109 of the 144 contaminated nuclear weapons
sites across our land can not be adequately cleaned up because of
ôinsufficient
money, technical skill or political will to do the jobö,  is a reflection of
the skewed priorities of our nationÆs leadership. This year, Congress has
approved the PresidentÆs request for $4.6 billion to the Department of
EnergyÆs
weapons labs which will fund the design of new nuclear weapons, and both major
Presidential candidates propose a program which will cost at least $60 billion
to revive ReaganÆs ill-conceived Star Wars.

Our Doctor Strangeloves continue to create new sources of toxic waste with
sub-critical underground tests of plutonium mixed with high explosives at the
Nevada test site and plans to fabricate 6,000 toxic new plutonium pits for
nuclear bombs at Los Alamos.  Tens of thousands of IQ points are devoted to
these provocative programs which threaten to start a new arms race with Russia
and China and encourage nuclear proliferation in other countries.  Yet, the
scientists donÆt seem to have a clue about how to protect our earthÆs future
from the lethal residue of their careless weapons work.

We can only hope that the AcademyÆs recommendation to establish a long-term
program that ôactively seeks out and applies new knowledgeö will be heeded.
 It
has been estimated that the US spent $5.5 trillion on its nuclear weapons
program which left us in the mess we in are today.  Just as we had a Manhattan
project to build the bomb, we need, perhaps,  a ôBronxö project to clean up
the
toxic legacy of the nuclear age which will devote the intelligence,
willingness, and resources commensurate with those that were used to cause the
disgraceful state we find ourselves in today.

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 08:38:41 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/08/08 - Daybook etc.

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1) Washington Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, August 8, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200089212653.htm

     Nagasaki commemoration =97 7 a.m. ... [last of] Hiroshima/Nagasaki 55th
anniversary commemoration events. Location: Pentagon [South Entrance].=
 Contact:
518/589-5103.

[Insert from Fellowship of Reconciliation Calendar,
http://www.forusa.org/109.htm:
    Vigil for Disarmament & Peace, 7:00 a.m.,  Pentagon, South entrance,
procession to the River entrance shortly after 9:00 a.m. 510-655-6169.=20
Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
    People's Campaign for Nonviolence Closing  Activity: Interfaith Prayer
Service with  Religious Leaders, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Pentagon, Lower Parade
Grounds, rain or shine. FOR invites  all people of faith to join us at the
Pentagon to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and  to affirm our
commitment to creating a culture of nonviolence, through prayers of=
 confession
and prayers of hope. Please come prepared for all  weather conditions (bring=
 an
umbrella, raincoat, etc). If you are arriving via metro, plan to arrive no=
=20
later than 11:40 a.m. as it takes approximately 10 minutes to walk from the
metro to the parade grounds. Directions are available from the Washington DC
FOR office. Please call 202-244-0951 or 202-270-3379 (cell phone) for
directions, more information or to RSVP.]

      Weapons technology meeting =97 8 a.m. =97 National Academy of Science=
 hosts a
Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for
Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: Phase II meeting. Location:
National Academies Building, 2100 C St. NW. Contact: 202/334-3527.

    Naval industry conference =97 all day =97 National Center for Advanced
Technologies and Office of Naval Research holds a naval industry
research-and-development partnership conference, "Breaking Through the
Barriers." Location: Renaissance Washington, DC, Hotel, 999 Ninth St. NW.
Contact: 202/371-8458.
 =20
    Film =97 noon =97 The Institute for Policy Studies presents a film,=
 "Chile,
Obstinate Memory," and a discussion, "The Pinochet Precedent." Location:=
 IPS,
733 15th St. NW, Suite 1020. Contact: 202/234-9382.
 =20
    Turkish energy briefing =97 2:30 p.m. =97 U.S. Energy presents a Turkish=
 energy
regulatory briefing. Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW,
First Amendment Room. Contact: 202/312-1230.
  =20
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

Al Gore - Tennessee

Attends town meeting and reunion with family and hometown friends, Carthage,
Tenn.

George W. Bush - California

 11:25 a.m. -  Oxnard, California Rally=20
Location: Oxnard Amtrak Station, Oxnard Blvd. And 4th Street, Oxnard, CA=20
  6:25 p.m. -  San Luis Obispo, California Rally=20
Location: San Luis Obispo Amtrak Station, 1011 Railroad Ave., San Luis=
 Obispo,
CA 805/541-0505=20
Secretary Cheney - St. Louis MO
1:05 p.m. - Secretary Dick Cheney and wife Lynne,
Sunshine Ministries, 1520 North 13th St., St. Louis, MO  314/231-8209=20

Ralph Nader news interviews today

8:20 am Live interview with E.D. Donohey of FOX News Channel
9:10 am Interview with FOX News
12:20 pm Live interview with Greta Van Susterin with "Burden of Proof"
9:00 pm Interview with Forrest Sawyer of "The News with Brian Williams"=20
on MSNBC




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Quick Route to U.S. Congress:
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http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -=
 http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp
Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm
Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html
(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)

Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites -
Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders
DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch

Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -
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<b>1) Washington Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, August 8, 2000<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200089212653.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200089212653.h=
tm<br>
<br>
</a></b>     <b>Nagasaki commemoration =97 7 a.m.</b>
... [last of] Hiroshima/Nagasaki 55th anniversary commemoration events.
Location: Pentagon [South Entrance]. Contact: 518/589-5103.<br>
<br>
<b>[</b>Insert from Fellowship of Reconciliation Calendar,
<a href=3D"http://www.forusa.org/109.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.forusa.org/109.htm</a>:<br>
<b>    Vigil for Disarmament & Peace, 7:00 a.m.,
Pentagon,</b> South entrance, procession to the River entrance shortly
after 9:00 a.m. 510-655-6169.  Buddhist Peace Fellowship.<br>
    <b>People's Campaign for Nonviolence Closing
Activity: Interfaith Prayer Service with  Religious Leaders, 12:00 -
1:30 p.m., Pentagon, Lower Parade Grounds,</b> rain or shine. FOR
invites  all people of faith to join us at the Pentagon to
commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and  to affirm our
commitment to creating a culture of nonviolence, through prayers of
confession and prayers of hope. Please come prepared for all
weather conditions (bring an umbrella, raincoat, etc). If you are
arriving via metro, plan to arrive no  later than 11:40 a.m. as it
takes approximately 10 minutes to walk from the metro to the parade
grounds. Directions are available from the Washington DC FOR office.
Please call 202-244-0951 or 202-270-3379 (cell phone) for directions,
more information or to RSVP.<b>]<br>
<br>
</b>      <b>Weapons technology meeting =97 8
a.m.</b> =97 National Academy of Science hosts a Committee on Review and
Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled
Chemical Weapons: Phase II meeting. Location: National Academies
Building, 2100 C St. NW. Contact: 202/334-3527.<br>
<br>
    <b>Naval industry conference =97 all day</b> =97 National
Center for Advanced Technologies and Office of Naval Research holds a
naval industry research-and-development partnership conference,
"Breaking Through the Barriers." Location: Renaissance
Washington, DC, Hotel, 999 Ninth St. NW. Contact: 202/371-8458.<br>
  <br>
    <b>Film =97 noon =97 The Institute for Policy Studies
presents a film, "Chile, Obstinate Memory,"</b> and a
discussion, "The Pinochet Precedent." Location: IPS, 733 15th
St. NW, Suite 1020. Contact: 202/234-9382.<br>
  <br>
    <b>Turkish energy briefing =97 2:30 p.m.</b> =97 U.S.
Energy presents a Turkish energy regulatory briefing. Location: National
Press Club, 14th and F streets NW, First Amendment Room. Contact:
202/312-1230.<br>
   <br>
<b>PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES<br>
<br>
Al Gore - Tennessee<br>
<br>
</b>Attends town meeting and reunion with family and hometown friends,
Carthage, Tenn.<br>
<br>
<b>George W. Bush - California<br>
<br>
 11:25 a.m. -  Oxnard, California Rally <br>
</b>Location: Oxnard Amtrak Station, Oxnard Blvd. And 4th Street, Oxnard,
CA <br>
  <b>6:25 p.m. -  San Luis Obispo, California Rally <br>
</b>Location: San Luis Obispo Amtrak Station, 1011 Railroad Ave., San
Luis Obispo, CA 805/541-0505 <br>
<b>Secretary Cheney - St. Louis MO<br>
</b>1:05 p.m. - Secretary Dick Cheney and wife Lynne,<br>
Sunshine Ministries, 1520 North 13th St., St. Louis, MO
314/231-8209 <br>
<br>
<b>Ralph Nader news interviews today<br>
<br>
</b>8:20 am Live interview with E.D. Donohey of FOX News Channel<br>
9:10 am Interview with FOX News<br>
12:20 pm Live interview with Greta Van Susterin with "Burden of
Proof"<br>
9:00 pm Interview with Forrest Sawyer of "The News with Brian
Williams" <br>
on MSNBC<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<font size=3D2><a href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</a> (Senators'=
 Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</a>=
 (Representatives' Websites)<br>
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 eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</a> (Pending Legislation -=
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<br>
</font>Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):<br>
<font size=3D2>George W. Bush - <a href=3D"http://www.georgewbush.com/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.GeorgeWBush.com</a> - <a=
 href=3D"http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp</a><br>
Pat Buchanan - <a href=3D"http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm</a><br>
Al Gore - <a href=3D"http://www.algore2000.com/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.algore2000.com/</a><br>
Ralph Nader - <a href=3D"http://www.votenader.org/press.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/press.html</a><br>
<i>(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)<br>
<br>
</i>Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites -<br>
</font>Downwinders - <a href=3D"http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders</a><br>
<font size=3D2>DOE Watch - <a href=3D"http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch</a><br>
<br>
</font>Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - <a=
 href=3D"http://www.petitiononline.com/prop1/petition.html"=
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:28:43 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/08/10 - Daybook etc.

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1) Washington Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, August 10, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200081021368.htm

Hiroshima Nagasaki commemoration =97 1:30 p.m. =97 Atomic bomb survivors
participating in Hiroshima/Nagasaki 55th anniversary commemoration events.
Location: Perry School, 128 M St. NW. Contact: 518/589-5103.

State Department briefing =97 3:30 p.m. =97 State Department holds a=
 briefing on
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright's upcoming travel to Santa Fe,=
 N.M.,
to attend the third U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trilateral Meeting and her subsequent
trip to Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. Location: State Department,=
 Press
Briefing Room 2118, 2201 C St. NW. Contact: 202/647-6607.

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2)  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

George W. Bush - California
        10:05 a.m. - National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St, Salinas, CA,
831/775-4720=20
        11:20 a.m. -  Salinas, California Rally, Salinas Amtrak Station , 11
Station Place, Salinas, CA, 831/422-7458=20
        5:25 p.m. - Lodi, California Rally, Lodi Amtrak Station, 24 South
Sacramento St., Lodi, CA, 209/333-6800=20

Dick Cheney - Ohio and Kentucky
        8:45  a.m. - Tussing Elementary School, 7117 Tussing Rd.,=
 Pickerington,
OH 43147, 614/759-3400=20
        2:40  p.m. -  Anderson County High School, 1 Bearcat Dr.,=
 Lawrenceburg,
KY, 502/839-5118=20
        5:45  p.m. - Holland, Michigan Airport Arrival, Tulip City Air, 1581=
 S.
Washington St., Holland, MI, 616/392-7831=20

Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman - Atlanta today, St. Louis 8/14

* Today - Gore and Lieberman will be joined in Atlanta by Roy E. Barnes,
Governor of Georgia; James B. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina; Paul E.=
 Patton,
Governor of Kentucky; and Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama. The event will=
 be
carried via live webcast starting at 12:30 EDT. To watch, log on to
http://www.alore2000.com. You'll need a RealPlayer or a Windows Media=
 Player.

August 14 - Convention kick-off rally with Al & Tipper Gore and Joe &=
 Hadassah
Lieberman on Monday, August 14, 2000, in downtown St. Louis. The gates will
open at 4:00 p.m. and the program begins at 5:15 p.m. For specific details,=
=20
call the ticket distribution locations listed below.

Holden for Governor Campaign Office=20
[phone]=20
[phone] fax=20
Weekday hours: 9:00am =AD 5:00pm=20

Carnahan for Senate Campaign Office=20
[phone]=20
[phone] fax=20
Weekday hours: 9:00am =AD 8:00pm=20

The People=92s Loan Store=20
[phone]=20
[phone] fax=20
Weekday hours: 9:00am =AD 6:00pm=20
Saturday hours: 9:00 =AD 2:00pm

Tri-County Legislative Club=20
[phone] or [phone]=20
[phone] fax=20
Weekday hours: 10:00am =AD 5:00pm=20
Saturday hours: 10:00am =AD 5:00pm=20
Sunday hours: 12:00pm =AD 5:00pm

Ralph Nader

Sunday, August 13, 12:00 pm EDT - NBC: Interview One on One with John
McLaughlin. Not all NBC affiliates carry this show. Local listings can be
obtained at the TV Guide website.

Pat Buchanan,
Thursday, August 10, 2000
MSNBC The News with Brian Williams
REFORM PARTY  CONVENTION Begins=20

3)  World Scene Washington Times, August 10, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/world/worldscene-200081021501.htm

Nagasaki remembers day of second bomb=20

TOKYO =97 A thousand lanterns were sent floating down a river in Nagasaki
yesterday, casting a glow on banks where residents died 55 years ago as they
sought solace from the heat generated by the world's second atomic bomb=
 attack.
The luminous paper flotilla commemorated those who were driven to the river=
 in
a desperate search for water in the aftermath of the blast on Aug. 9, 1945.
Amid growing concern that tensions between India and Pakistan =97 the=
 world's
newest nuclear powers =97 could lead to atomic warfare, Nagasaki Mayor Itcho=
 Ito
urged renewed efforts to eliminate such weapons of mass destruction.  "The
people of the Earth must not forget that there are approximately 30,000=
 nuclear
weapons still in existence," Mr. Ito said.

Indigenous people offer peace prayer=20

      NEW YORK =97 A Lakota Indian chief performed a sacred pipe ceremony on=
 the
grounds of the United Nations and offered a prayer for world peace yesterday=
 to
mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous People.  The event
highlighted U.N. efforts to raise the profile of indigenous people and treat
their suffering as more than just a footnote in the wider struggle for human
rights. It was also the first time the annual day was celebrated since the=
 U.N.
Economic and Social Council decided late last month to establish a permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues. The forum will have 16 representatives and for=
 the
first time give indigenous people a separate voice within the U.N. system.



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<b>1) Washington Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, August 10, 2000<br>
</b><a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200081021368.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200081021368.h=
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<br>
<b>Hiroshima Nagasaki commemoration =97 1:30 p.m.</b> =97 Atomic bomb
survivors participating in Hiroshima/Nagasaki 55th anniversary
commemoration events. Location: Perry School, 128 M St. NW. Contact:
518/589-5103.<br>
<br>
<b>State Department briefing =97 3:30 p.m.</b> =97 State Department holds a
briefing on Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright's upcoming travel to
Santa Fe, N.M., to attend the third U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trilateral Meeting
and her subsequent trip to Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.
Location: State Department, Press Briefing Room 2118, 2201 C St. NW.
Contact: 202/647-6607.<br>
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<b>2)  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES<br>
<br>
George W. Bush - California<br>
</b><x-tab>        </x-tab>10:05
a.m. - National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St, Salinas, CA, 831/775-4720
<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>11:20 a.m.
- -  Salinas, California Rally, Salinas Amtrak Station , 11 Station
Place, Salinas, CA, 831/422-7458 <br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>5:25 p.m.
- - Lodi, California Rally, Lodi Amtrak Station, 24 South Sacramento St.,
Lodi, CA, 209/333-6800 <br>
<br>
<b>Dick Cheney - Ohio and Kentucky<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab></b>8:45 =
;
a.m. - Tussing Elementary School, 7117 Tussing Rd., Pickerington, OH
43147, 614/759-3400 <br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>2:40
p.m. -  Anderson County High School, 1 Bearcat Dr., Lawrenceburg,
KY, 502/839-5118 <br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>5:45
p.m. - Holland, Michigan Airport Arrival, Tulip City Air, 1581 S.
Washington St., Holland, MI, 616/392-7831 <br>
<br>
<b>Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman - Atlanta today, St. Louis 8/14<br>
<br>
</b>* Today - Gore and Lieberman will be joined in Atlanta by Roy E.
Barnes, Governor of Georgia; James B. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina;
Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky; and Don Siegelman, Governor of
Alabama. The event will be carried via live webcast starting at 12:30
EDT. To watch, log on to
<a href=3D"http://www.alore2000.com/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#000=
0FF"><u>http://www.alore2000.com</a></font></u>.
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<br>
August 14 - Convention kick-off rally with Al & Tipper Gore and Joe
& Hadassah Lieberman on Monday, August 14, 2000, in downtown St.
Louis. The gates will open at 4:00 p.m. and the program begins at 5:15
p.m. For specific details,  call the ticket distribution locations
listed below.<br>
<br>
Holden for Governor Campaign Office <br>
[phone] <br>
[phone] fax <br>
Weekday hours: 9:00am =AD 5:00pm <br>
<br>
Carnahan for Senate Campaign Office <br>
[phone] <br>
[phone] fax <br>
Weekday hours: 9:00am =AD 8:00pm <br>
<br>
The People=92s Loan Store <br>
[phone] <br>
[phone] fax <br>
Weekday hours: 9:00am =AD 6:00pm <br>
Saturday hours: 9:00 =AD 2:00pm<br>
<br>
Tri-County Legislative Club <br>
[phone] or [phone] <br>
[phone] fax <br>
Weekday hours: 10:00am =AD 5:00pm <br>
Saturday hours: 10:00am =AD 5:00pm <br>
Sunday hours: 12:00pm =AD 5:00pm<br>
<br>
<b>Ralph Nader<br>
<br>
</b>Sunday, August 13, 12:00 pm EDT - NBC: Interview One on One with John
McLaughlin. Not all NBC affiliates carry this show. Local listings can be
obtained at the TV Guide website.<br>
<br>
<b>Pat Buchanan,<br>
</b>Thursday, August 10, 2000<br>
MSNBC The News with Brian Williams<br>
REFORM PARTY  CONVENTION Begins <br>
<br>
<b>3)  World Scene Washington Times, August 10, 2000<br>
</b><a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/world/worldscene-200081021501.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/world/worldscene-200081021501.h=
tm</a><br>
<br>
Nagasaki remembers day of second bomb <br>
<br>
TOKYO =97 A thousand lanterns were sent floating down a river in Nagasaki
yesterday, casting a glow on banks where residents died 55 years ago as
they sought solace from the heat generated by the world's second atomic
bomb attack. The luminous paper flotilla commemorated those who were
driven to the river in a desperate search for water in the aftermath of
the blast on Aug. 9, 1945. Amid growing concern that tensions between
India and Pakistan =97 the world's newest nuclear powers =97 could lead to
atomic warfare, Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito urged renewed efforts to
eliminate such weapons of mass destruction.  "The people of the
Earth must not forget that there are approximately 30,000 nuclear weapons
still in existence," Mr. Ito said.<br>
<br>
Indigenous people offer peace prayer <br>
<br>
      NEW YORK =97 A Lakota Indian chief performed
a sacred pipe ceremony on the grounds of the United Nations and offered a
prayer for world peace yesterday to mark the International Day of the
World's Indigenous People.  The event highlighted U.N. efforts to
raise the profile of indigenous people and treat their suffering as more
than just a footnote in the wider struggle for human rights. It was also
the first time the annual day was celebrated since the U.N. Economic and
Social Council decided late last month to establish a permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues. The forum will have 16 representatives and for the
first time give indigenous people a separate voice within the U.N.
system.<br>
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:04:31 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: WAND Capitol Hill Action

>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:55:51 -0400
>Subject: WAND Capitol Hill Action
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Welcome to the WAND Capitol Hill E-mail Action for the week of August 7,
>2000.  The House and Senate are in recess for the month of August and will
>be returning to Washington after Labor Day.
>
>SENATE MINI-NUKE PLAN COULD LEAD TO NUCLEAR TESTING - TAKE ACTION BELOW!
>
>The Defense Authorization Bill has passed both the House and the Senate.
>During the recess staff are being the conference process in working
>through the differences of the two bills.  One provision WAND is
>particularly concerned about is Section 1018 in the Senate version.
>
>The Senate version of the defense authorization bill for Fiscal Year 2001
>contains a provision to allow development of a new nuclear weapon, a
>"mini-nuke" with an explosive yield of less than 5 kilotons. Senators John
>Warner (R-VA) and Wayne Allard (R-CO) placed this provision in the bill.
>
>This plan, if implemented, would lead to increased nuclear weapons design
>and development activities at the Energy Department weapons labs.  Further,
>this provision pushes the U.S. closer to a renewal of nuclear testing as
>the
>scientists seek to prove to the military that their new designs work. That
>would wreck the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and could promote a new arms
>race, greatly increasing nuclear dangers.
>
>Senators Warner and Allard acted in response to an Air Force request that
>would require the weapons labs to develop an earth-burrowing nuclear
>warhead
>that could be used in regional wars, such as the Gulf War or Kosovo, to
>destroy underground bunkers. The aim would be to kill national leaders,
>such
>as Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic, or to destroy stocks of biological
>or chemical weapons held by so-called "rogue" states.
>
>Such a weapon would undermine the 50-year taboo on using nuclear weapons in
>war.  The military would regard it as "usable," given the relatively small
>5
>kiloton (KT) explosive yield (the Hiroshima bomb was a 15 KT weapon).  The
>United States has condemned India and Pakistan for going to the brink of
>nuclear war, but now the Dr. Strangeloves in Congress and the Air Force
>want
>the United States to be able to wield atomic weapons on the battlefield.
>
>Development of a "mini-nuke" has been banned since 1993 when Reps.
>Elizabeth
>Furse (retired) and John Spratt (D-SC) ensured passage of a measure
>preventing the labs from doing design and development work on "mini-nukes."
>The House and Senate Armed Services Committees supported this 1993 ban and
>the Warner-Allard language threatens to reverse the good that they
>accomplished.
>
>The House version of the FY 2001 defense authorization bill does not
>contain
>this "mini-nukes" clause. This presents an opportunity to strike the
>provision altogether when the House-Senate conference committee meets in
>September.
>
>
>ACTION:  Write and call your Representative and/or Senator listed below.
>All will be on the conference committee.  Make clear your opposition to
>development of a "mini-nuke."  Ask her/him to support removal of the
>Warner-Allard provision from the final language of the FY 2001 defense
>authorization bill.
>
>
>State  Representative  Defense Aide        Phone     Fax
>                                             Area code (202)
>AR-2   Snyder          Mike Casey          225-2506  225-5903
>CA-1   Thompson        David Flanders      225-3311  225-4335
>CA-10  Tauscher        Jeff Cohen          225-1880  225-5914
>HI-1   Abercrombie     Mike Velasquez      225-2726  225-4580
>IL-17  Evans           Tom O'Donnell       225-5905  225-5396
>MA-5   Meehan          Bob Schubert        225-3411  226-0771
>ME-1   Allen           Todd Stein          225-6116  225-5590
>MO-4   Skelton         Jim Schweiter       225-4158  225-3623
>MS-5   Taylor          Stephen Peranich    225-5772  225-7074
>SC-5   Spratt          Hugh Brady          226-7200  226-7233
>
>
>State  Senator         Defense Aide        Phone     Fax
>                                             Area code (202)
>MA     Kennedy         Menda Fife          224-4543  224-2417
>ME     Snowe           Thomas Vecchiolla   224-5344  224-1946
>MI     Levin           Richard Fieldhouse  224-3871  228-0036
>NM     Bingaman        Wayne Glass         224-5521  224-2852
>VA     Robb            Bill Sutey          224-4024  224-8689
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Kimberly Robson, WAND Director of Policy and Programs
>
>Women's Action for New Directions, WAND
>110 Maryland Avenue, NE
>Suite 205
>Washington, DC 20002
>Phone: [phone]
>Fax: [phone]
>[e-mail]
>http://www.wand.org
>
>WAND's mission is to empower women to act politically to reduce violence
>and militarism and redirect military resources toward human and
>environmental needs.
>

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