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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1997
Page
2
A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev 134 crashed on final approach to Phnom Penh International Airport in heavy rain. Sixty-six aboard were reported dead with three survivors. The jet from Ho Chi Minh City struck palm trees and exploded in a rice paddy near the runway.
Paris police released new evidence in the Diana crash case. Investigators say paparazzi pushed past an officer at the scene while the victim remained visible only as a blonde head. Six photographers and a motorcycle driver are named as official suspects. Trevor-Rees Jones, the sole survivor, is hospitalized in Paris in critical condition.
Walter Cronkite says paparazzi are getting a bum rap after Paris pursuit of Princess Diana and her companion. He blames the driver for the crash while urging tabloid editors to take public responsibility to curb indecent pursuit.
Atlantic City officials loosen rules for Miss America contestants for the first time since 1978. Contestants 21 or older may gamble in casinos but cannot smoke in public or drink alcohol. Chief executive Leonard C. Horn says the change respects the contestants as adults. They arrived in Atlantic City to prepare for the September 13 televised pageant.
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission warns the Miss America pageant may alter Atlantic City relations as casinos offer free rooms for contestants and chaperones during preparations. Some industry sources complain of a holier than thou stance while 32 of the 51 contestants are of legal gambling age. several say they do not intend to gamble.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 257 points returning from the summer break, to 7,879.78, wiping out most of last week's loss and marking the biggest point gain in nearly seven years amid signs of tempered economic jitters. Blue chips including General Electric and Coca Cola led the rise.
Major tobacco companies raised wholesale cigarette prices by 7 cents a pack, about 7.5 percent, with a 4 percent retail impact. The move follows a 5 cent increase in March and aims to cover first year costs of Medicaid-related settlements in Mississippi and Florida.
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