BRIEFLY PANEL ENDORSES VETS-HOME FUNDS.The state Senate Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. Committee has approved state Sen. W.J. ``Pete'' Knight's legislation appropriating $12 million toward building a state veterans home in Lancaster. The committee unanimously approved the bill after hearing stories from former prisoners of war prisoners of war, in international law, persons captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but extends protection only to combatants. , including a survivor of the Bataan death march Bataan Death March (April 1942) Forced march of 70,000 U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war (World War II) captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. From the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, the starving and ill-treated prisoners were force-marched 63 mi (101 km) to a , Knight said. The bill now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either:
A similar bill passed the state Legislature last year, but was vetoed by Gov. Gray Davis. The money would come from the $50 million veterans home bond act approved by California voters in March 2000. - Daily News Four teens escape after stealing CDs PALMDALE - Four teen-agers stole music compact discs from a Best Buy store and then pulled a knife on a security guard who confronted them, sheriff's deputies said. The four sped away in a gold 2000 Lincoln Town Car The Lincoln Town Car is a rear wheel drive full-size luxury sedan and serves as the flagship of Ford's Lincoln luxury car division. Often referred to as a traditional American luxury sedan, the Town Car features a V8 engine, rear wheel drive, very generous exterior and interior , which deputies later learned had been reported stolen. About 30 minutes after the 11:30 a.m. Tuesday theft, deputies stopped a similar car on Avenue L but determined its occupants were not involved, officials said. Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call the Palmdale sheriff's station at (661) 267-4300. - Daily News |
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