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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1998
Page
2
The Mir space station suffered a main computer failure that disabled the gyroscope system, reducing its power supply and affecting solar panel orientation. The issue, not considered life threatening, marks the seventh such incident in 1997 affecting the crew of two Russians and one American.
In Newport Township Pennsylvania a Jeep with six friends slid into a 15 foot deep water-filled mine pit after a night of joy riding. All five occupants died. survivor Joseph Ruse, 24, escaped after using his head to break the ice. The group had traveled from Philadelphia area. police said no charges expected. Names of the deceased include Steve Nowak 22 and Jennifer Dragon 18, plus Richard Ammons 42, William Fishburn III 25, William Vincent 31.
Orville Lynn Majors, a Vermillion County Hospital nurse praised for tenderness, is jailed on six murder charges tied to patient deaths. Court papers allege he used and sold drugs stolen from the hospital pharmacy, amid a years long probe into 147 deaths at West Central Community Hospital in Clinton.
Former federal drug czar Lee P. Brown was sworn in as Houston's first black mayor. He pledged to make City Hall more responsive, aiming to give every resident a voice in decisions for the city's future.
CHICAGO Chris Farley died at age 33 from an accidental overdose of morphine and cocaine in his Chicago apartment. The Cook County medical examiner labeled the death accidental and linked it to his intense comedic career and inspirations from John Belushi.
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