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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1997
Page
2
Typhoon Paka blasted Guam with 175 mph winds and gusts over 175 mph, injuring residents and causing major damage. Guam fire officials said units handled numerous injury calls north of the island. no deaths were reported as power and phones were unevenly affected.
United Nations inspector Richard Butler left Baghdad after talks failed to gain access to Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces for search of biological chemical and nuclear programs. Iraq mocked Washington on anthrax vaccines while Butler reported progress at other sites. He heads to Bahrain and then New York to brief the Security Council on the standoff.
In a defamation case against Rev. Al Sharpton and advisers, State Supreme Court Justice S Barrett Hickman allowed jurors to consider the truth or falsity of Tawana Brawleys claim that six white men raped her in 1987. Pagones, once exonerated, sues for defamation. Brawley testified in 1991 and has since been identified as Maryam Muhammad.
President Clinton appoints Lee as acting chief civil rights enforcer, bypassing Congress, drawing praise from supporters and concern from critics who warn of race-based quotas. Senate leaders predict heavy scrutiny as Lee undertakes enforcing anti-discrimination laws at the Justice Department.
President Clinton plans to thank US troops in Bosnia as Sen. John Warner returns from the region and says a continuing US presence of at least two more years is needed. Reno faces decision by Feb 11 on potential outside probe. Babbitt case cited. FCC reports cable rates rose sharply from 1996 to 1997, regulated 8.5 percent and unregulated 9.6 percent.
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