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| North America:The forty first Democratic national convention meets in New York to nominate Bill Clinton.
The thirty fifth Republican national convention meets in Houston to nominate George Bush. |
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| Governor Edwards creates the Louisiana Airport Authority to examine the feasibility of building a new airport between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Last year New Orleans International Airport began the 11 year buy out of 1,100 homes in noise sensitive areas nearby. It completed a 1,272 foot extension of an east-west runway, but Kenner City Council begins legal actions to stop further expansion. | Hurricane Andrew whips through Southern Florida and moves on to the central Louisiana coast to become the costliest storm in U. S. history. |
1st Congressional District: Bob Livingston (R) 73%, Anne Thompson 10%, Vincent Bruno 7%, Others 10%; 2nd Congressional District: William Jefferson (D) 73%, Wilma Knox Irvin 15%, Roger C. Johnson 11%; 3rd Congressional District: Billy Tauzin (R) 82%, Paul Boynton 18%; 4th Congressional District: Cleo Fields (D) 70%, Charles Jones 30%; 5th Congressional District: Jim McCrery (R) 63% , Jerry Huckaby 37% 4%; 6th Congressional District: Richard Baker (R) 51% Clyde Holloway (D) 19%; 7th Congressional District: Jimmy Hayes (R) 73%, Fredric Hayes 21%, Robert Nain 6%; 8th Congressional District: Louisiana lost one House seat after the 1990 Census. Louisianian Olympians in Barcelona, Spain: Ashley Tappin, gold, swimming; Karl Malone, gold, basketball. |
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