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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1997
Page
2
Brazilian authorities report inmates agreed on a Tuesday night to release 17 guards and 621 visitors held during a three day uprising in Sorocaba, in exchange for transferring 20 inmates to less crowded facilities. Riot police entered the compound as a 9 am transfer deadline passed without action.
President Clinton opens Renaissance Weekend in Hilton Head Island with his new chocolate Labrador Buddy aboard Air Force One and a playful claim of being “in charge” while the family awaits discussions on virtue financial management and other topics. The event highlights include a plan to visit St Thomas and the closing of his legal defense fund amid dwindling contributions as legal bills mount. Clinton seeks White House counsel guidance on funds to cover lawyers amid Whitewater and campaign finance probes.
Elton John joins the knighthood list with Sir title after decades of fame. The 50-year-old rocker, famed for Candle in the Wind tribute to Princess Diana, is cited for services to music and charitable work. Also honored are Arthur C Clarke Petula Clark and the Diana hearse driver.
Two Cuban baseball players Orlando Hernandez and Alberto Hernandez Perez were picked up by the US Coast Guard with six others after a raft drifted near Nassau. They were turned over to Bahamian immigration officials. Orlando is the half brother of Livan Hernandez, star pitcher for the Florida Marlins.
Orville Lynn Majors, a 36 year old nurse, pleads innocent to six murders at Vermillion County Hospital and remains jailed without bond as doctors review experts to challenge the case. He is suspected in more than 100 patient deaths during 1988 1989 in the intensive care unit. Relatives express relief at the handcuffed court appearance, and a crowded Vermillion County courtroom marks the hearing.
Snow from lake effect bands deepens in Syracuse while Buffalo sees light flakes. Downstate snow totals from Tuesday’s storm push 2 feet in parts of upstate New York as travel remains difficult and roads stay buried.
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