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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1997
Page
2
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei opens the OIC summit in Tehran denouncing the United States and Israel as threats to the region. He says Iran has faced plots by the global arrogance since 1979 and favors outreach to rivals like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Richard Branson, 47, faced massive disappointment as his white balloon unexpectedly lifted off without him near a military air base outside Marrakech. After a small explosion during inflation, technicians watched the capsule drift away while Branson pledged a search to locate the craft.
A 54 page cockpit transcript from TWA Flight 800 shows Capt Kevorkian remarking the jet climbed faster than normal and seemed like a homesick angel six minutes before it exploded after takeoff from JFK on July 17 1996. The NTSB hearing probes a mechanical cause for the center fuel tank explosion that killed 230 aboard Paris bound Boeing 747, with testimony continuing.
Washington reports House Republicans press Att ney General Reno to appoint an independent counsel over fund raising calls by Clinton and Gore. Reno faces questions on her defiance of a subpoena demanding an FBI memo objecting to the independent counsel. Freeh was to testify as well amid new controversy over late Oval Office notes from 1996 about Clinton money coffers.
Delegates at the Kyoto conference, with the United States showing flexibility, pressed toward a historic treaty to curb greenhouse emissions among industrialized nations. US negotiators signaled willingness to deeper cuts, while notes reveal fundraising details tied to White House aides and Clinton-era figures. Talks expected to wrap by Wednesday with a draft calling for major reductions, though emissions targets would vary by country.
The widow of former Ambassador Larry Lawrence seeks removal of his remains from Arlington National Cemetery claiming the waiver that allowed burial there was improper. Representative Terry Everett's subcommittee will probe how the waiver was granted while Lawrence’s role as a Democratic donor and ambassador to Switzerland remains central. The widow told President Clinton she would relocate his body to San Diego where Hotel del Coronado stands.
National roundup notes a juror citing the absence of new bombings since Theodore Kaczynski's 1996 arrest as a potential guilt indicator, while prosecutors warn such argument risks mistrial and cannot be mentioned in court. Community housing evictions rise under Clinton policy. A witness in the Nichols trial identifies a man resembling John Doe 2. LeAnn Rimes dominates Billboard Awards winning multiple country honors while Elton John and Bernie Taupin receive a Diana tribute award.
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