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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1997
Page
2
Dario Fo, an Italian dramatist, won the Nobel Prize for Literature for texts that amuse and engage while offering perspectives. The $1 million award cited his strong craft and political theater, with among his noted works Mistero Ruffo and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
Nahum Admoni, former Mossad head, will ask to resign from the three member panel investigating the Amman operation after publicly supporting the botched September 6 attempt to kill a Hamas leader in Jordan. Danny Yatom, the current Mossad chief, faces pressure amid the probe’s rocky start.
Taxpayers covered more than $1,000 for eight 1994 White House health care fund breakfasts where President Clinton hosted Democratic donors. The Democratic National Committee sent a $1,000-plus check to the Treasury after AP reports showed no reimbursements. White House calls it an honest oversight amid a Justice Department probe into possible misuse of government resources for fund raising.
Morale among IRS rank and file remains low as Senate investigations accuse pressure to meet goals of prompting abuses. Workers nationwide report distress, while Acting Commissioner Dolan pledges reforms and some defend the agency as enforcing Congress’s laws.
In a NASA briefing, Pathfinder's data confirm Mars has crust mantle and an iron core mirroring Earth. While this supports a once warmer, wetter Mars, researchers say proof of life requires water. They also note signs of ancient flowing streams and rock conglomerations formed by moving water.
Stanford athletic director Ted Leland apologized to Catholic school officials after the football pre game and half time shows mocked the Irish famine and called the Irish “stinking drunks” during the Stanford Notre Dame game. Band manager Scott McKissen declined to apologize, saying the bit mocked the mascot, not people, and noted some overreaction.
In Adelphi near the University of Maryland campus a bicyclist Alajandra Jose Grant 26 of Silver Spring Maryland was charged with first degree murder after shooting Joy Estrella Enriquez 19 of Oxon Hill following a left turn collision. The fatal confrontation occurred Wednesday afternoon when Grant approached Enriquez after a bumper incident.
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