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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1998
Page
2
Hong Kong health scare centered on a medical fluid drew criticism from Nycomed Amersham PLC. Spokesman Alan Huw Smith said there was no evidence of contamination and accused officials of overreacting by advising patients with symptoms to seek medical care.
Clinton administration steps up Mideast role with talks in Europe between Netanyahu and Arafat, Albright urging credible West Bank pullback and phased troop withdrawal tied to Palestinian actions. In George, Botha appears before a black judge as affairs around apartheid crimes continue. Six dead in a Bangladeshi ferry collision with about 100 missing.
On his first full day in Cuba Pope John Paul II urged openness and human rights while criticizing abortion policy and Catholic schools. A private meeting with Fidel Castro led to a pledge to consider freeing some prisoners. He celebrated Mass in Santa Clara urging morality and education by family, school, and church. Castro presented a Varela biography. Vatican events are televised as the regime projects openness.
Oprah Winfrey rested after testifying in a beef defamation suit filed by Texas cattlemen. The case centers on her 1996 show claiming mad cow disease links and harm to cattle prices. Plaintiffs seek 10.3 million plus punitive damages while Winfrey later attended a star studded performance in Amarillo.
A Pew poll shows about half of Americans aged 55 to 64 support early Medicare eligibility and 71 percent back a tax credit to help working parents with child care. Two‑thirds favor spending any budget surplus rather than tax cuts or debt payoff. Younger Americans want funds for social issues while older voters seek Social Security and Medicare security through 2090. President Clinton was to propose both ideas in the State of the Union.
A broad roundup covers dealers reluctant to install air bag cutoff switches, with 16 percent willing, 62 percent refusing, and 22 percent awaiting guidance. It also reports Theodore Kaczynski pleading guilty to 13 federal charges tied to five bombings, Mary Bono announcing a run for her late husband Sonny Bono’s House seat, and the 8th Circuit blocking FCC efforts to force Bell local networks to open markets at set prices.
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