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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1997
Page
2
In St Bernard Quebec a town of 2100 prepares the largest funeral in its 150 year history a public Mass for 42 killed when a tour bus plunged off a hillside. Relatives returned from Quebec City after identifying bodies at a makeshift morgue. Bus carried 47 passengers all from the St Bernard Golden Age Club.
Queen Elizabeth cancels a planned Madras speech after a request by Indian hosts noting state visit protocol. British spokesperson Judith Slater said speeches are typically made in the federal capital during such visits and no offense was implied.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan 4B rocket on a seven year, 2 billion mile journey to Saturn. The mission, powered by 72 pounds of plutonium, faced prior protest but proceeded with safety measures. The probe will reach Saturn in 2004 after gravity assists by Venus and Earth.
Commerce Department data indicate a 0.3 percent rise in September total retail sales to 215.5 billion with furniture and auto showrooms leading gains while department and clothing stores fell. Auto and furniture sales up 0.6 percent while hardware stores declined 0.5 percent.
Two American physicists and a French colleague win the Nobel prize in physics for laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Steven Chu of Stanford University William D. Phillips of NIST Gaithersburg Maryland and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji of France are cited for cooling atoms to near absolute zero with laser light. Their work enables precise atomic clocks and advances in measuring radiation matter interactions.
The IRS halted about 500 planned job cuts after a Senate investigation into abuses and a Clinton administration pledge of taxpayer service improvements. The move followed Republican pressure to shrink the agency, which officials say would hinder outreach and aid to taxpayers.
Justice Department investigators have until early December to review Clinton Gore fund raising calls while Republicans urge an independent counsel. Reno must decide if the 30 day inquiry justifies a preliminary inquiry beyond the scope of the initial review.
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