22 Mar 1999
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1999
Page
1
The Daily News notes Bette Midler is busy with her new album Bathhouse Betty and hints at a upcoming TV sitcom and a potential First Wives Club sequel. The coverage highlights her active schedule and continued media presence.
Former AP correspondent Terry Anderson, held hostage for six plus years in Lebanon, plans a $100 million lawsuit in U S District Court in Washington naming Iran and its information ministry as defendants. His wife Madeleine Bassil and daughter Salome join the suit seeking compensatory and punitive damages for emotional distress and separation.
Investors like Galen O Kane fell for a Boston area Electro Optical Systems scheme after a glossy Internet promo. Regulators probe online fraud as stock promoters boost prices then cash out, with the SEC filing a 1998 civil suit alleging multi million dollar fraud in Stow Massachusetts based Electro Optical Systems. The Senate hearing highlights cyber anonymity attracts scammers while ordinary investors face losses.
In Los Angeles Shakespeare in Love swept seven Academy Awards including best picture and actress for Gwyneth Paltrow. Saving Private Ryan earned director and four other prizes while Life is Beautiful star Roberto Benigni won best actor for a foreign language film. Major upsets and notable moments followed with Kazan receiving a lifetime achievement award amid mixed reactions.
Congress accelerates a multibillion dollar push to field a national missile defense with a goal of deployment by 2005 but tests remain unproven. The Pentagon has spent about 50 billion over 30 years and expects more than six years and 10 billion more, with the first interceptor tests due this summer and a final test not until 2003. Officials acknowledge the system’s most immature element faces high risk, and Cohen notes the cost could rise dramatically if tests fail.
A 28 year old woman died and 11 others were hospitalized after a large round boat on the Roaring Rapids ride overturned at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Veronica Cartwright of West Helena Ark died after being pulled from waist-deep water. Several riders escaped or were treated for injuries. Authorities probe possible cause as ride operators tried to account for the overturned craft and missing person.
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