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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1997
Page
2
Tehran radio reports Mohammad Khatami leading with more than six million votes out of about nine million counted Friday. Arch-conservative Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri trails with roughly 2.5 million. Both 54, clerics, their rival visions mark a pivotal clash for Iran's Islamic Republic.
A 22 hour public safety spree ended with 15 dead in northeastern Brazil. Francisco de Assis dos Santos, 22, confessed to aiding former soldier Genaldo Ferreira de Franca in the killings, saying he laughed after each incident. Dos Santos described as a drug addict helped by holding victims before they were struck. They were close friends, police said.
Edenton North Carolina prosecutors drop all charges against the last two defendants in the Little Rascals day care scandal. Robert F Kelly Jr and Kathryn Dawn Wilson avoided retrial after long investigations. Kelly had previously served six years. Wilson four.
Oklahoma survivor Danna Bradley, who lost eight relatives and a leg in the 1995 bombing, testified she cannot recall details and admits years of treatment. She described seeing a Ryder truck before the blast and a man with olive skin, then altered her account to include a second man, a light skinned figure, amid memory lapses.
The Senate backed a Clinton administration and congressional budget plan by 78 to 22 to balance the budget and cut taxes by 2002. The measure awaits final approval after Memorial Day recess due to a dispute over disaster relief legislation. Domenici praised the vote as evidence that lawmakers will work together.
A Cobra AH-1 helicopter on a flight to North Carolina crashed near Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Hutchins, killing both aboard. Eyewitness Velva Washburn described strange noises before the crash, saying the pilot seemed to struggle to stay airborne as the craft burned in a wooded area.
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