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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1997
Page
2
European leaders agreed to ban human cloning and the death penalty and to establish a new European court of human rights during a two day summit in Strasbourg. The final declaration emphasized aid for the continent's downtrodden and illtreated and outlined a new plan of action.
An Austral Airlines DC aircraft en route from Posadas to Buenos Aires crashed near Nuevo Berlin in eastern Uruguay during a severe storm. All 75 aboard died, including three infants, with most victims Argentine and some Uruguayan and one Swiss. Authorities cited terrible weather as a major factor.
Two Republican leaders seek a broad IRS overhaul to shift power toward taxpayers. House Ways and Means Chair Bill Archer says the plan would expand taxpayer rights and bring in new leadership while retaining a temporary fix rather than full abolition. Rep. Rob Portman adds the bill would install new managers to hold the agency accountable and force it to serve the taxpayer.
Police in Saalfeld and Rudolstadt, Thuringia, arrested about 160 leftists and neo-Nazis as they moved toward a banned chaos day. In Heilsberg police briefly detained 56 neo-Nazis and seized 60 clubs 60 knives and six axes. Over 100 leftists were taken into custody in and around Saalfeld while 200 used four buses to block a Berlin Nuremberg autobahn and rally. State Interior Minister Dewes defended the action saying Thuringia must not become a marching field for trouble-makers.
President Clinton launched a 195 million anti drug ad campaign and blamed pop culture for glamorizing illegal drugs. He urged governors to act to reach children with the right message as drug use rises among 8th graders and anti drug ads decline. He said movies music videos and magazines depict a dream world where drugs are cool.
The son of Jorge Mas Canosa said his father, 58, remains alert and “full of fight” after a lung infection at Pan American Hospital. He denied reports of life support and said Mas Canosa hopes to be out soon.
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