There is one message totalling 211 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Daily Brief 960711 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:33:27 -0700 From: rkimker 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. > ------------------------------ End of COMMODOR Digest - 12 Jul 1996 to 13 Jul 1996 *************************************************** =END=