Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1995, World Beat 5

Description:	The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration blaststhe tobacco companyexecutives at acongressional hearingin March 1994 fordenying that nicotine,a drug found incigarette smoke, isaddictive. Tobaccoindustry workers fearlosing their jobs ifthe FDA succeeds inclassifying andrestricting cigarettesas a drug.The Flint River overflows, washing coffins out of a Georgiacemetery after torrential rains from tropical storm Albertoflood Georgia and the Florida-Alabama panhandle.Thirty-two people die, 40,000 are temporarily homeless, and10,000 square miles are underwater, causing $100 million incrop damage.Former football starO.J. Simpson ischarged with theJune 12th stabbing death ofhis ex-wife Nicole and herfriend Ronald Goldman,causing a non-stop mediaavalanche. Thesensational case familiarized watchers withspouse abuse, a televised ride in a whiteFord Bronco, KatoKaelin, and DNA testing.Simpson faces the juryin January.A rare white buffalonamed Miracle drawscrowds to the humbleWisconsin farm where it wasborn August 20. NativeAmericans believe the calf isthe fulfillment of a LakotaSioux prophecy. Five hundredyears ago, White BuffaloWoman told her people thatshe would return as a whitecalf to usher in a new age ofharmony between all racesof mankind.P1JL iI resident Clinton, withRepublican leaderBob Dole, signslegislation implementing theU.S. role in an expandedGeneral Agreement on Tariffsand Trade (GATT), one of themost sweeping trade liberalization pacts in history. Thelegislation makes the U.S. amember of a new 125-memberWorld Trade Organization.Protectionists worry that GATTmay promote world trade butwont sufficiently protectAmerican jobs.The Secret Service considers restricting publicaccess to the White House after a gunman fires 27rounds at the buildings facade in October. InSeptember, a small Cessna airplane crashes on theSouth Lawn and comes to rest at the base of theWhite House below President Clintons bedroom,killing the pilot.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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