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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1998
Page
2
Yaounde Cameroon trains derailed and collided near Yaounde central oil depot causing a massive blast. Up to 100 people were killed as bystanders and cab drivers rushed to oil spills and were engulfed in flames. Fire remained after mid afternoon blast with billowing smoke seen citywide.
Rioters looted shops and set fires across Indonesia as troops restored order after a day of violence that left at least three dead. Police arrested over 200 rioters while clashes and looting continued in several towns amid economic crisis and rising tensions with ethnic Chinese traders.
A man sought as a material witness has been named a suspect in the first fatal abortion clinic bombing in Birmingham Alabama. Federal agents posted a $100000 reward for Eric Robert Rudolph urging him to surrender after an explosion at the New Woman All Women Clinic killed an off duty guard and wounded a nurse.
Wind and rain again lash northern California driving landslide fears and swollen rivers at warning levels. Ten people are dead in last month’s storms, with preliminary damage at 300 million across 22 counties and 31 counties now under emergencies. A federal grant of 25 million funds up to 2000 workers displaced by floods.
President Clinton outlined a plan to cut illegal drug use by 50 percent in ten years while House Speaker Newt Gingrich dismissed it as half measures. Gingrich pledged a House resolution urging withdrawal of the plan, calling it a failure. The address followed other political sparring and remarks on the Civil War era.
A 17-year-old girl in Illinois exchanged sexually explicit Internet messages with police officers nationwide, leading to disciplinary actions. In Wake County North Carolina eight deputies were disciplined last month for on duty messages. CBS faces criticism over Nike logo on Olympic coverage outfits drawing claims of endorsement.
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