U.S. Newswire back issues from June 2002:
2 Girls Missing In Takoma Park; Family Pleas For Community Help In Finding Two Takoma Park Middle School Girls, Suspect Abduction
Jun 01, 2002 ... TAKOMA PARK, Md., June 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Last seen walking homefrom Sligo Avenue near Piney Branch Road around 7 p.m. on Friday, May31 two 8th grade girls have disappeared -- parents, friends andfamily suspect abduction and foul play. The missing girls areRoxana Marquez and Betty ...
President Bush's June 1 Radio Address to the Nation
Jun 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the text ofPresident Bush's radio address to the nation today: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. It's graduation time on many collegecampuses. Members of my administration are traveling around thecountry to challenge the class of 2002 ...
Remarks by President Bush in Telephone Message to Race for the Cure Participants
Jun 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript ofPresident Bush's remarks in a telephone message to Race for the Cureparticipants today: West Point, New York 8:22 a.m. EDT AMBASSADOR BRINKER: Mr. President, we are honored that you wouldtake time ...
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature For June 3
Jun 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily"Profile America" feature for June 3 from the U.S. Census Bureau: MONDAY, JUNE 3: MAINE BANS ALCOHOL Profile America, Monday, June 3. With the controversy over theproblems caused by alcohol, Maine became the first ...
Two-Thirds of Former State Prisoners Rearrested for Serious New Crimes
Jun 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sixty-seven percent offormer inmates released from state prisons in 1994 committed at leastone serious new crime within the following three years, the JusticeDepartment's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Thiswas a rearrest rate 5 ...
Statement by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Executive Vice President on Vermont's Higher Cigarette Tax
Jun 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement byWilliam V. Corr, executive vice president, Campaign for Tobacco-FreeKids: -- Vermont's Higher Cigarette Tax Will Save Lives, Reduce HealthCare Costs and Raise Much-Needed Revenue "Vermont leaders have taken an ...
War Hero to Visit Minnesota's Crusader Program, June 6; News Conf. With Gen. Barry McCaffrey Following Visit to United Defense
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Four-Star General Barry McCaffrey (ret.) will hold a newsconference at United Defense in Fridley, Minn., to discuss theCrusader Artillery System and its future. Media will be able toobserve displays of important aspects of the Crusader. McCaffrey isa supporter of ...
NPA Members Give OTS Chairman the Pink Slip
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Hundreds of communityleaders "fired" Office of Thrift Supervision's chairman JamesGilleran for failing to enact measures to modernize the CommunityReinvestment Act during the current rulemaking process whiledemonstrating at the OTS offices Monday ...
OVAC To Gather On Capitol Hill; Coalition Members Join Tommy Thompson, Steve Case in Testifying for Greater Research Funding
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC), a coalition of more than 40national and community-based organizations will bring hundreds ofadvocates to Washington, DC, next week to urge lawmakers forincreased funding for cancer research. OVAC members are scheduled totestify at ...
World Bank President James Wolfensohn to Outline Blueprint to Increase Aid and Trade to Africa at InterAction Forum
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn will lay out a blueprintfor the world's wealthiest nations to redress what he considers"decades of economic neglect in Africa." In a speech June 4 toInterAction, the largest American alliance of NGOs ...
Second Home Sales Eased But Prices Jumped In 2001, National Association of Realtors Reports
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sales of second homes,including both vacation homes and investment property, declined lastyear but remained above historic norms, according to the NationalAssociation of Realtors(r). At the same time, prices of second homesrose sharply. Data ...
Applications Now Accepted for Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: Applications Now Accepted for Paul Miller WashingtonReporting Fellowships. Free Monthly Seminars for Washington-basedRegional Reporters, September 2002 - May 2003 The National Press Foundation is accepting applications for the2002-2003 Paul Miller ...
Study Shows Positive Results From Early Head Start Program
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G.Thompson today released results of a seven-year national evaluationof the federal Early Head Start program showing that 3-year-oldchildren completing the program performed better in cognitive andlanguage development than ...
Clean Air Trust Memo on Oil Industry: Industry Under-Reports Pollution; EPA Mulls Weakening Diesel Truck Rule
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a memo toreporters and editors from Clean Air Trust: -- Enterprise Reporting on Oil Industry and Dirty Air -- Industry Under-Reports Pollution -- EPA Mulls Weakening Diesel Truck Rule We want to call to ...
National Press Foundation Presents 'Uncovering The Next Enron: Fact and Fiction in Financial Reporting'
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: "UNCOVERING THE NEXT ENRON: Fact and Fiction in FinancialReporting" WHO: Bethany McLean, Fortune Magazine, David S. Hilzenrath,Washington Post, and Howard Schilit, C.P.A., president of Center forFinancial Research & Analysis, Inc. WHEN: Monday, ...
National Restaurant Association Board Elects Burton 'Skip' Sack Treasurer
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National RestaurantAssociation announced that Burton "Skip" Sack, chairman of ClassicRestaurant Concepts, Longboat Key, Fla., was elected treasurer of theBoard of Directors for the 2002-2003 term during the Association'srecent Board meeting and ...
National Restaurant Association Elects 10 New Directors
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National RestaurantAssociation announced the election of 10 new members to theAssociation's Board of Directors. The new directors, who represent across-section of the $408 billion restaurant industry -- the nation'slargest private-sector ...
National Restaurant Association Board Elects Regynald G. Washington Vice Chairman
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National RestaurantAssociation announced that Regynald G. Washington, FMP, vicepresident and general manager of Disney Regional Entertainment inBurbank, Calif., was elected vice chairman of the National RestaurantAssociation Board of Directors ...
New Department of Labor Web Site Debuts; Access To Union Reports Eased
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new Web site (http://www.union-reports.dol.gov) that eases access to union annualfinancial reports is open to the public, the U.S. Department of Laborannounced today. The new Web site is maintained by the Department's Office of ...
Labor Department and Home Depot Launch National Partnership to Recruit Workers; Conference Call to Discuss New Partnership
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor for Employment and TrainingEmily Stover DeRocco and Home Depot Executive Vice President forHuman Resources Dennis Donovan will hold a conference call for themedia to discuss the new partnership between the Labor Department andHome ...
Food & Friends Hosts 12th Annual Chef's Best Dinner & Auction; Area Chefs to Help Feed People With Life-Challenging Illnesses
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This evening, more than 60Washington metropolitan area chefs will join special guests at theHilton Washington & Towers for Food & Friends' 12th Annual Chef'sBest Dinner & Auction presented by Choice Hotels InternationalFoundation. The annual event ...
Family Farmers Take Over Offices of Trade Association Representing Factory Farms
Jun 03, 2002 ... ARLINGTON, Va., June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Family farmers andmembers of a national grassroots organization commandeered theoffices of the American Meat Institute in Arlington, Va., to protestthe trade association's support of corporate factory farms on Monday,June 3. The charge ...
CEO of Allegiance Telecom to Speak About Competition in the Telecommunications Business at NPC Newsmaker News Conference
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Royce Holland, the CEO of Dallas-based Allegiance Telecom, mayfeel a bit like David. His company is battling the phone goliaths,many having fallen on troubled times themselves. Allegiance is one of the last of the small telecommunicationscompanies, ...
National Portrait Gallery Launches First Exhibition in Washington, D.C. Since 1999; 'American Women' Opens June 7
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: Press Tour -- Take a tour through American history with 65groundbreaking women who have influenced the history and developmentof our national culture. "American Women: Selections from theNational Portrait Gallery" includes portraits of women of ...
New Book on U.S. Merchant Wreck Compared to 'Perfect Storm' and 'Civil Action'
Jun 03, 2002 ... NEW YORK, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new book about the wreck ofan American merchant ship and how three men miraculously survivedonly to fight a crucial courtroom battle has been criticallyacclaimed by three major newspapers and compared to "The PerfectStorm," the best-selling book by ...
Bond Urges $17 Million Funding To Help Federal, Local Authorities Fight Electronic Crime, Identity Theft
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Kit Bond has urged theChairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee to authorize $17million in funding for the Secret Service Electronic Crime TaskForces. Bond said the effort not only will strengthen the nation'sdefense against terrorism but ...
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature For June 4
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily"Profile America" feature for June 4 from the U.S. Census Bureau: TUESDAY, JUNE 4: FIRST SYNTHETIC RUBBER TIRE Profile America, Tuesday, June 4. How do you make a tire withoutrubber? Well, this week back in 1940, ...
Assistant Secretary of Interior Lynn Scarlett Holds Press Availability in Bozeman Tuesday
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Who: Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management, andBudget, U.S. Department of the Interior What: Press Availability FOR CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY Where: Foyer of GranTree Inn Convention Center, 1325 N. Seventh ...
Gephardt to Speak on Building a New Long-Term Strategy for American Leadership and Security
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The Council on Foreign Relations and the Woodrow WilsonInternational Center for Scholars will present Richard Gephardt,minority leader, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mo.), speaking on"Building a New Long-term Strategy for American Leadership andSecurity" on ...
HHS Study Shows Poverty, Welfare Dependence Drop; Findings Underscore Importance Of Work In Welfare Reform
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G.Thompson today released a new study showing that a sharp reduction inthe poverty rate coincided closely with the historic drop in thenumber of people dependent on welfare in the years immediatelyfollowing the landmark 1996 ...
D-Day Event: WWII Code Talker Featured on Intrepid
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: A national D-Day event to celebrate the Veterans History Project,a program of the Library of Congress through its American FolklifeCenter, that calls on American veterans to record their wartimestories. The event will honor America's veterans from all ...
Census Bureau to Brief Utah Reporters on Census 2000 Long-Form Demographic Profiles
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: What: The Census Bureau's Denver regional director and state and localofficials will brief reporters on the release of Census 2000demographic profiles containing social, economic and housingcharacteristics for Utah, Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City ....
Leading U.S. Child Abuse Prevention Organization Available to Respond to Bishops' Proposed Sexual Abuse Policy
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Prevent Child Abuse America, the leading child abuse preventionorganization in the country, will be prepared on Tuesday to respondto the Catholic Bishops' proposed sexual abuse policy. The Ad HocCommittee on Sexual Abuse of the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...
New Study Reveals Citigroup Redlines Low-Income Borrowers Across The Nation
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new study reveals thatCitigroup has reinvented redlining by pushing high-interest loans incommunities ignored by Citibank and its prime lending operations. Today, National People's Action (NPA) released a study, whichshows that three out of ...
Hoffa to Testify at Judiciary Antitrust Immunity Reform Hearing; Sensenbrenner Legislation Would Repeal Antitrust Immunity Provision
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: Legislative hearing on H.R. 1253, the "Free Market AntitrustImmunity Reform (FAIR) Act of 2001." WHO: Full Committee on the Judiciary - F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), chairman WHEN: Wednesday, June 5 10 a.m ....
Bolling Air Force Base Announces New Gate Hours
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Due to an ongoingconstruction project, Bolling Air Force Base's South Gate entrance isclosed to all traffic. The Main Gate at Exit 2 off I-295, Martin Luther King Jr. Ave,has reopened, and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for ...
Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs to Discuss Investor Confidence at Press Club
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHO: Henry M. Paulson, Jr., chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. WHAT: National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon "Restoring Investor Confidence: An Agenda for Change" WHEN: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 12 - 2 ...
Carlos A. Silva Elected President of the American Society of General Surgeons at Annual Conference in San Diego
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Society ofGeneral Surgeons has named Dr. Carlos Silva, M.D., F.A.C.S., as theirpresident-elect, to begin his term in April 2003. Dr. Carlos Silva, a clinical professor of Surgery, received hisM.D. from The George Washington ...
Caregivers Of Alzheimer's Patients Who Wander Turn To The Alzheimer's Association Nationwide Safe Return Program For Help
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The following is a satellite newsfeed advisory. The contact abovecan provide additional information to print and broadcast media. STORY SUMMARY: June is National Safety Month, and the Alzheimer's Association iseducating the public and family caregivers ...
SBA Administrator Appoints Nuby J. Fowler As Administrator For Region IV
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Nuby J. Fowler, anaccomplished, dynamic business manager, was selected by AdministratorHector V. Barreto to direct the U.S. Small Business Administrationprograms in its Region IV, which comprises the states of North andSouth Carolina, Georgia, ...
Michael Hull Appointed Office Of Advocacy Region IX Advocate; Will Work Closely with Small Business, Legislators and Local Governments
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Michael T. Hull, who hasserved as president and CEO of MT Horizons International, Inc., acompany involved in small business management, financial services andPR consulting, is the new Office of Advocacy Regional Advocate forthe federal government's ...
Manning Appointed Office Of Advocacy Region I Advocate; Will Work With Small Business, Associations, Legislators, Local Governments
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Barbara H. Manning, who hasserved as SBA's acting associate administrator for communications andpublic liaison, is the new Office of Advocacy Regional Advocate forthe federal government's Region I, covering Connecticut, Maine,Massachusetts, New ...
Homeownership Alliance Report Shows Housing Blocked Recession In Nation's Top Metro Areas
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The Homeownership Alliance will kick-off National HomeownershipMonth by releasing a groundbreaking report that shows how housing andhomeownership has cushioned many local economies - as well as thenational economy -- last year, and is positioned to help lead ...
Oklahoma City Attorneys File Suit in Muskogee County District Court on Behalf of Victims Killed In I-40 Bridge Collapse
Jun 03, 2002 ... OKLAHOMA CITY, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Oklahoma City trialattorneys John Merritt, Ann Brooks and Gary Brooks announced thatthey filed suit today in Muskogee County District Court in Oklahomaon behalf of victims who were killed in the I-40 bridge collapse nearWebber Falls, Oklahoma ...
EnergyNewsLive.com Takes Viewers on Exclusive Tour Of U.S. National Landmark Hoover Dam
Jun 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: Dean Acosta, EnergyNewsLive.com's traveling correspondent, beginsa three-part series on Hoover Dam this afternoon at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.ET. Acosta gives EnergyNewsLive.com viewers an in-depth look at thelargest U.S. public works project ever completed, taking them on ...
Global Momentum Builds with Japan's Decision to Ratify Kyoto Climate Treaty; Momentum Contrasts with U.S. Inaction
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- World Wildlife Fund hailedJapan's decision today to ratify the Kyoto Protocol as a "welcome andessential step" towards turning the climate treaty into internationallaw this year. The decision by the Japanese Cabinet follows six months ...
Salvation Army To Develop Training Program For Disaster Volunteers; Program Enabled by Grant from Lilly Endowment
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Salvation Army announcedrecently a $4.66 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., to developand implement a training program for volunteers from faith-basedorganizations working in domestic and international disasters. The comprehensive ...
New Record Firming For Home Sales This Year, NAR
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- New records are expectedthis year for both the existing- and new-home markets, according tothe National Association of Realtors(r). David Lereah, NAR's chief economist, said all the major indicatorsare up. "It's clear from the leading ...
Brady Campaign/MMM: Bob Ehrlich is Wrong for Maryland; Groups Unveil Radio Ad to Educate MD Voters on Ehrlich's Gun Record
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Brady Campaign toPrevent Gun Violence together with the Million Mom March, todayunveiled one of its early issue advocacy radio advertisements of the2002 campaign season. The ad campaign will inform Marylanders aboutU.S. Rep. Bob Ehrlich's record ...
Ralph Nader, James Love Urge OMB Director to Address Competition Issues in Market for PC Client Software
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today Ralph Nader and CPTechDirector James Love wrote OMB Director Mitch Daniels to ask thefederal government to use its power as a big consumer to addresscompetition issues in the market for PC client software. These are some of the practices ...
New National Fiscal Survey Reveals More Stress on State Budgets
Jun 04, 2002 ... DENVER, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- States collected 21 percent lessin personal tax revenues during the year's most important month ofcollections compared to last year, according to a new national surveyreleased today. The significant drop in personal income tax collections ...
CBPP Presents Conference Call on Charitable Deductions for Non- Itemizers
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities will hold conferencecall briefings Wednesday, June 5, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (ET) todiscuss current tax issues before Congress. The House will take upmeasures this week to make permanent the repeal of the estate tax,the ...
NWLC Weighs In on Wrestlers' Case Today, Defending Long-Standing Title IX Policies
Jun 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Women's LawCenter (NWLC) today filed a friend-of the-court brief in the Title IXcase, National Wrestling Coaches Association vs. United StatesDepartment of Education, on behalf of four coaches associations, theWomen's Sports Foundation, ...
Iraqi Opposition Leaders to Meet at American University Conference, June 8
Jun 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Iraqi opposition leaders from the Supreme Council for IslamicRevolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the Iraqi National Congress (INC), theIraqi National Accord (INA), the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the Constitutional ...
CETO To Hold Seminar On Child Soldiers And Implications For U.S. Forces
Jun 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: Examining ways that U.S. forces can deal with the phenomenon ofchild soldiers is the aim of an upcoming seminar on June 11. TheCenter for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) is sponsoringthe seminar being held at Liversedge Hall, Marine Corps Base,Quantico, ...
U.S.-Sudan Policy in the Wake of Danforth Report; Hyde Schedules Wednesday Oversight Hearing on Peace Process
Jun 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: What: Oversight Hearing: "Following the Danforth Report: Defining theNext Step on the Path to Peace in Sudan" When: 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, June 5 Where: 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, DC ...
Letter Carriers Deliver 62.7 Million Pounds of Food In Annual Drive to 'Stamp Out Hunger' in America
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Letter carriers collected62.7 million pounds of food donations along their postal routes inthe 10th annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive and delivered it tolocal food banks and pantries to help needy families, the NationalAssociation of Letter ...
HHS Awards $30 Million To Address Emerging Nurse Shortage
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G.Thompson today announced a series of grants totaling more than $30million to increase the number of qualified nurses and the quality ofnursing services across the country. The awards will help to easethe shortage of nurses ...
National Environmental Trust Statement On Japanese Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statementby Philip Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust, onthe Japanese ratification of the Kyoto Protocol: President Bush is likely to hear some very harsh words from hisallies at the second Earth Summit in ...
As Security Crisis Heightens, Greater Local-Federal Coordination Needed in Immigration Enforcement, Says FAIR
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With both Vice PresidentDick Cheney and FBI Director Robert Mueller issuing dire warnings ofeven more devastating attacks being planned by internationalterrorists against the United States, the need for greatercooperation between local police and ...
Government Study Finds Early Head Start Works; Current Funding Allows Only 3 Percent of Eligible Children to Participate
Jun 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Children who attended EarlyHead Start made significant gains in language and problem-solvingskills, according to a government funded study conducted byMathematica Policy Research, Inc. released yesterday. Furthermore,participation in Early Head Start ...
Conservation Organizations Unite To Protect Endangered Butterflies; 35 Accredited Zoos And Aquariums Sign On As Founding Members
Jun 04, 2002 ... SILVER SPRING, Md., June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Zoo andAquarium Association (AZA) today announced the formation of theButterfly Conservation Initiative (BFCI), a program designed to bringtogether non-governmental organizations and government agencies toaid the recovery of ...
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, Washington Redskin Darrell Green to Announce Funds to Assist Faith- and Community-based Organizations
Jun 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson will be joined by WashingtonRedskin Darrell Green to announce the availability of the firstfederally appropriated funds targeted specifically to assist faith-and community-based organizations. The announcement will be made atthe ...
League Of Conservation Voters To Launch South Dakota Campaign, Unveil Television Spot
Jun 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: At a news conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Thursday,June 6, Deb Callahan, president of the League of Conservation Voters(LCV), will launch a LCV campaign in the South Dakota U.S. Senaterace. LCV will also preview a television spot scheduled to ...
Prevent Child Abuse America Statement in Response to Bishops' Proposed Sexual Abuse Policy
Jun 04, 2002 ... CHICAGO, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by A.Sidney Johnson III, president & CEO, Prevent Child Abuse America: "We are very encouraged that the Catholic Bishops appear to havetaken a serious step toward resolving two critical issues: thereporting of suspected ...