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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1998
Page
3
The National Organization for Women considers joining Paula Jones’ lawyers to appeal a federal judge’s dismissal four years after her harassment suit. NOW leadership says 500 chapters will decide on formal support.
At a Marine hearing in North Carolina a civilian lawyer argued politics drove the decision to charge four crew members of an EA-6B Prowler after it severed a gondola cable in Italy, killing 20. The admin hearing begins the Article 32 process ahead of possible court-martial.
Wang Dan, freed on medical parole after a Detroit hospital checkup, says he hopes to return to China soon because China is in his heart. The Tiananmen figure was once jailed on subversion charges and was flown to exile in a deal linked to a U.S. Beijing summit. He is due for discharge and plans to fly to New York.
The Maryland Toleration Act passed in 1649 granting worship freedom to Christians. John Adams became the first U S vice president in 1789. Mark Twain died in 1910 at Redding Connecticut. The Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen fell in 1918. In 1986 Geraldo Rivera opened a Chicago hotel vault linked to Al Capone, finding it mostly empty.
President Clinton urged lawmakers to pass strict anti smoking legislation now, focusing on stopping 3000 daily new smokers and criticizing tobacco firms. The McCain bill would codify last year’s settlement to help states recover illness costs but would cost cigarette makers about 516 billion over 25 years, drawing industry opposition.
Lynn Beasley, executive at R.J. Reynolds, testifies about plans to soften Camel's harsh image as the 75th anniversary nears. She recalls testing a British poster showing a camel bursting through a barrier, which reportedly prompted adults to light up.
Gun control advocates press a reluctant Republican Congress to act after the Jonesboro Ark school shooting. Proposals would ban magazines over 10 rounds and criminalize improper safe storage when a child could access a firearm. President Clinton issued an executive order banning imports of 58 modified assault style weapons. NRA criticizes tying violence to politics.
Jesse Jackson considering an exploratory committee for a possible 2000 Democratic presidential run his Rainbow PUSH Coalition said. spokesman Ken Jakubowski notes Jackson will decide in November and test appeal in Ohio next weekend.
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