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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1998
Page
2
Margarine tubs bearing Diana’s signature and a “thanks” message go on sale to raise funds for the Diana memorial fund amid criticism of using the princess in a safety campaign. Critics say the plan trivializes tragedy and distracts from the Paris crash survivor details.
President Clinton opened a five nation Africa swing in Accra Ghana declaring Africa not free from peril yet ready for US partnership to boost trade and democracy He spoke to tens of thousands at Independence Square noting sub-Saharan gains in elections and growth while warning of ongoing troubles and poverty.
Pope John Paul II ended his Nigeria trip with a call for a new reality built on human dignity and rights. He urged the military rulers to loosen control and spoke to gatherings of about 100,000 at an outdoor Mass near Abuja. He met Muslim leaders and warned that violence in the name of religion distorts true faith.
In Florida, Gerald Stano, a 46 year old former short order cook, was executed in the electric chair for the December 1973 murder of a 17 year old hitchhiker. He confessed to 41 murders in Florida and other states, many of them prostitutes and runaways.
A mountain cabin fire in Miles Township near State College killed 11 campers including high school and college students. Line Mountain High School offered counseling as authorities released names withheld by coroner. The blaze began about 5 20 a m with no survivors and investigators probed the cause.
Police say remains of 12 year old Juan Delgado were encased in two concrete blocks found on separate homes in La Habra. Seven people were arrested as investigators seek to prove murder. The blocks surfaced after a man reported a 200 pound block tossed on his property oozing blood and flies.
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