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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1996
Page
2
John F Kennedy Jr speaks on Howard Stern denying engagement or pregnancy rumors with Carolyn Bessette. He blames media hysteria for creating the dispute and says little about his future plans.
Pope John Paul II improves after illness and trims duties. He postponed a central Italy trip and limits public greetings to his apartment window as Easter events approach. Vatican officials offer no detailed condition updates, fueling speculation while stating he is recovering.
In Dayton Ohio negotiators from General Motors and the United Auto Workers union met for about ten hours under a news blackout during the ongoing strike that has halted GM production. The walkout by 2700 workers centers on outsourcing and parts made by outside plants. A Dayton union member declined to be named when questioned.
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Gerry Adams attended New York's St Patrick's Day Parade, saying the celebration should focus on peace and urging restoration of the peace process. He walked Fifth Avenue amid cheering crowds and police, flanked by US Rep Peter King, while protesters from the Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization faced arrests for exclusion.
Refugees flee the Sarajevo area as Serbs abandon Grbavica and other suburbs ahead of transfer to Muslim Croat control. Radovan Karadzic says Serbs will not live in a multiethnic federation, urging division of Bosnia along ethnic lines. Fear and forced relocations mark the final suburs under Dayton.
Susan Weiss in Weyauwega Wisconsin wept as a propane derailment caused evacuation for 1700 residents. On the eleventh day she was reunited with her cat Kynda after strangers defied safety lines to reach her home. National Guard and railroad workers drained derailed tankers to ensure safe return, inspections by heating and utility officials to begin Monday, and Weiss recalled a bizarre rescue.
President Clinton unveils a 1.64 trillion dollar budget plan for 1997 to bolster economic security and living standards ahead of re election. The package combines tax cuts for families, Medicare savings, and boosts for education environment and high tech with a goal to balance the budget by 2002. The 2000 page package also frames government as a campaign vision with 99 billion in tax cuts, about half of GOP proposals.
The Education Department would receive 25.6 billion dollars, up 1.5 billion from this year. The Environmental Protection Agency would get about 7 billion, an increase of 300 million from its unfinished 1996 budget. The federal workforce would shrink by 31,000 more jobs, leaving 245,000 positions erased since 1993.
In a Chicago Sun Times interview Powell reiterates he will not run for any elective office, despite Cole’s optimism that Powell could join Bob Dole’s ticket. Powell cites personal attacks and family concerns, saying no campaign is in his plans. Cole remains hopeful Powell would “suit up again” if persuaded.
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