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Bryan resident Dwayne Jones, an employee of a local sign company, repairs a sign outside the Loupot’s Bookstore on University Drive Tuesday. The
sign is being repaired to prevent vandals from stealing the letters.
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Cuba ease
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Clinton admq
named New York and Los Angeles yesterdays
cities” for direct charter flights to Cuba under a pi^
nurturing increased contact between the Mar
Cuban people. Until now, only Miami has been®
direct charter flights.
The State Department said the move did not;
easing of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, notingtw
standing U.S. ban on tourism to Cuba remain;
Nevertheless, lawmakers opposed to the Cud;:
mem criticized the decision.
Consistent with current rules governingcna-
from Miami, Americans eligible for flights from ;
Kennedy International Airport and Los Angele;
tional Airport will be limited to journalists, scte
resentatives of human rights groups and others"
fessional interest in Cuba. Current rules al;
once-a-year humanitarian visits by U.S.-based';
Cubans on the island. Americans allowed to visik
spend up to $195 per day there.
Cuba has long advocated unrestricted access:
icans because it would boost the island’s foreign®
earnings. It has said those eligible to visit Cubaai;
by Washington largely to Americans “consider®
nient for political purposes,” including hu®
groups. President Fidel Castro once said U.S.rules
ing travel to Cuba are aimed at creating countersJ
ary groups.
Court questions rebuttal
WASHINGTON (AP) — An the District of Colif
appeals court ordered the
Federal Communications
Commission yesterday to
justify continuing to make
broadcasters give air time
to opposing viewpoints, giv
en the skyrocketing growth
of other media outlets.
The National Association
of Broadcasters and the Ra
dio-Television News Direc
tors Association asked the
U.S. Court of Appeals for
scrap the decades-:
requiring peopled!
on-air opportunifcf
spend to persona ;!
and political editor®’
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