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1. Daily Brief 960711
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:33:27 -0700
From: rkimker <rkimker@MAIL.COOS.OR.US>
Subject: Re: Daily Brief 960711
did you mean end of your aprt of the E-mail or the entire thing? End of
news digest says message truncated and I don't find any directions. This
looks great and I would like to get it. Thanks Dick Kimker
On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Christopher McLeod wrote:
> This is a great daily email I receive. It is a nice summary of world
> news events. It includes US and world news, financial news,
> entertainment news, and sports.
>
> If you would like to subscribe to it (free of charge), follow the
> directions at the end of this email.
>
> Enjoy! :-)
>
> Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _______________________________
__
> Subject: Daily Brief 960711
> Author: incinc (Intelligent Network Concepts, Inc.) {NAME:Intelligent Network
> Concepts, Inc.|EMS:INTERNET|MBX:incinc@tiac.net}
> Date: 11/07/96 08:19
>
>
> THE DAILY BRIEF
> from
> INTELLIGENT NETWORK CONCEPTS, INC.
>
> THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1996
>
>
> A public service message from Intelligent Network Concepts, Inc.:
> ____________________________________________________________________
> The National Children's Leukemia Foundation's main objective is
> to improve and save the lives of children with blood cancers; to
> encourage expectant parents to collect & store their baby's
> umbilical cord blood as "biological insurance"-a possible cure:
> if leukemia or cancer occurs in the family in the future it
> replaces the frightening need for a bone marrow donor.
>
> NCLF programs: Cord blood collection; fulfilling a child's dream;
> VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NATIONWIDE: e-mail:info@nclf.com WWW.NCLF.COM
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
>
> TOP STORIES
>
> * US officials in Saudi Arabia have issued warnings to Americans
> in that country, saying that there have been threats of further
> attacks on official and unofficial US facilities.
>
> * Russian troops continued attacks on a village in Chechnya
> yesterday, killing 20 people.
> - Russian military says attacks began because rebels were trying to
> kill members of pro-Moscow government.
> - Russian military reported that no civilians were killed.
>
>
> NATIONAL
>
> * Hurricane Bertha has skirted the Florida coast and is now
> headed for the coastal areas of the Carolinas.
> - the storm has sustained winds of up to 100 mph.
> - location as of 6 am. EST was 400 miles south of
> Wilmington, North Carolina.
>
> * At least seven people were injured and one is thought dead
> following an avalanche yesterday on a Yosemite National Park
> hiking trail.
>
> * President Clinton is scheduled to make an announcement today
> concerning proposals to improve the educational infrastructure
> in the US.
>
> * The Senate yesterday approved a labor bill yesterday which
> gives companies more options when setting up employer-employee
> discussion groups.
> - President Clinton has criticized the measure, saying that it
> will undermine unions.
>
> * An additional 300 US troops have reportedly been sent to the Gulf
> region following last month's truck bombing of a US air base.
>
> * Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole is set to meet
> with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today in
> New York.
>
> * Ross Perot has once again announced he would accept the Reform
> Party's presidential nomination if chosen in a ballot in August.
> - Perot received 19% of the vote in the 1992 presidential
> election.
>
> * Several large wildfires are burning in western US states,
> including Oregon, Nevada, California, Colorado, and Utah.
>
> * In Louisiana yesterday, David Duke announced that he is running
> for the US Senate.
> - Duke has encountered political problems before due to his
> prior association with the Ku Klux Klan.
>
> * A statue of black tennis player Arthur Ashe was erected in
> Richmond, Virginia yesterday among statues of that state's many
> well know Confederate leaders.
>
> * US Sec. of Commerce Mickey Kantor is in Bosnia today to resume
> trade talks which were postponed following the death of former
> Sec. of Commerce Ron Brown.
> - Kantor will also visit Croatia to discuss trade relations
> with leaders of that country.
>
> * Arkansas banker Herby Branscum has denied any wrongdoing in
> connection with then-Governor Clinton's election campaigns in
> Arkansas.
>
>
> INTERNATIONAL
>
> * Today is the second day of a US-Mexico conference to discuss
> plans to fight drug trafficking at the countries' mutual border.
>
> * A bomb exploded in Moscow this morning aboard a bus, wounding
> at least five people.
> - investigators say the evidence seems to show that this
> was a "terrorist act."
>
> * Colombian police and soldiers have confiscated assets worth
> hundreds of millions of dollars from nation's top drug lords.
> - largest seizure of its kind in Columbia.
>
> * Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to US Congress
> yesterday.
> - said Israel was ready to resume negotiations with PLO on
> interim peace accords.
>
> * PLO spokesman accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
> of lying to US Congress yesterday about Israel's intentions for
> Jerusalem.
> - Syria likened him to Hitler.
> - Netanyahu said Israel would not "allow a Berlin Wall to be
> erected within Jerusalem."
>
> * UN investigators have unearthed remains of up to 20 people thought
> to be Bosnian Muslims killed by Serb forces near Srebrenica.
> - exhumation expected to last several more days.
>
> * World Wide Fund for Nature reports that global warming may be
> damaging economies of central African countries.
> - also said lowland diseases could spread to big African cities.
>
> * Mexican Army arrested 4 men suspected of being in a new rebel
> group that surfaced last month by calling for the overthrow of
> the government.
> - arrested last night in state of Guerrero.
> - confessed to membership in Popular Revolutionary Army.
>
> * Grandson of Munich's last king, Ludwig, to be buried in Bavaria
> this weekend.
> - like his father, Crown Prince Albrecht never renounced his
> claim to the one of Europe's oldest thrones.
>
> * 9 people were injured in Pamplona, Spain's famous running of the
> bulls.
> - 28 runners have been treated for injuries during 4 days of
> bull runs
>
>
> BUSINESS
>
> * Market summary from yesterday:
> DJIA 5603.65 +21.79
> NYSE Volume 423.375 Mil
> Transports 2106.99 -19.12
> Adv-Decl 1002 1371
> Utilities 216.46 +0.07
> NASDAQ 1141.18 -12.41
> S&P 500 656.06 +1.31
> Value line 613.32 -3.16
>
> * World Markets:
>
> Wednesday Tuesday
> Frankfrt (dx) 2567.43 2562.18
> Hong Kong 10911.76 10929.63
> London (100) 3765.80 3752.30
> Mexico (ipc) 3087.48 3085.68
> Milan (m) 10437.00 10427.00
> Paris (cac40) 2081.85 2076.57
> Sydney (o) 2201.10 2195.30
> Tokyo (ndj) 21778.94 21919.82
> Toronto (t) 5098.30 5076.66
> Zurich (sm) 3788.00 3773.40
>
> * Motorola dropped 8 3/8 to end at 57 7/8 beaten by lower 2nd
> quarter earnings report.
> - profits fell to 58 cents a share from 79 cents in same period
> last year.
>
> * Investment Company Institute says cash flowing into mutual funds
> was down by 39% in June.
> - estimated $15.5 billion compared with
>
> Message was too large for MHS... truncated.
>
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