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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1998
Page
2
Thai businessman Soroj Theekasathien faced charges for fabricating a publicity stunt about finding $140,000 in a taxi and returning it, claiming a Good Samaritan deed as he neared opening a Bangkok nightclub. He posted $550 bail after police charged him with false statements.
Iraq declared it would not extend the oil for food program and plans to ask about 400 UN monitors to leave. The move follows the US and UK bombing campaign and longstanding tensions with the UN Security Council. Baghdad condemned the attacks as unjust aggression and urged sanctions to be lifted.
Washington lawmakers from both parties press for a quick impeachment trial as the 106th Congress meets on January 6. Some say proceedings should start by the next day with aims to conclude within two months. Republicans propose censure only after voting on removal articles.
In Houston, Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi mourn their week-old daughter Chijindu Chidera Louis Odera who weighed less than a can of soda at birth and died of heart and lung failure. The octuplets were born December 8, with seven more via Caesarean section 12 days later, the world’s only living octuplets.
Six inmates bolted from Riverbend maximum security prison by using a predawn Ramadan meal and climbing 12-foot fences. Two were captured near a residential area about 18 hours after the break. another was found early today. Three prisoners remain at large, including two convicted killers, with officials unsure if they are armed.
Barbara Walters recalls her interview with Monica Lewinsky in TV Guide, saying she would have advised ending the relationship with President Clinton but acknowledges how hard it is to stop a daughter in love. Walters found Lewinsky warm and intelligent and lively.
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