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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1997
Page
3
Chicago cab drivers protest a new ordinance aimed at harsher penalties for refusals to pick up or drive in unsafe areas. Six cabbies have been killed in the past year, prompting the walkout by drivers.
Attorney General Janet Reno confronts Republican critics over fund raising probe as FBI Director Louis Freeh questions whether all evidence has been turned over. Reno rejects claims of hiding and vows to base decisions on law and evidence. Both officials clash with lawmakers over a potential independent prosecutor.
Janis Kearney’s 1995 200 page diary records private staff meetings and campaign pressure at the White House as fund raising accusations surface. The notes describe the president and aides as the principals, with donors labeled by wealth and the staff instructed not to respond to media inquiries. Clinton is noted as often late to donor coffees.
Hackers calling themselves PANTS/HAGIS break into Yahoo and demand the release of imprisoned hacker Kevin Mitnick. They threaten a World Wide Web virus on Christmas Day 1998 unless Mitnick is freed, while Yahoo confirms the ransom note appeared briefly online.
In Dallas the American Medical Association faces backlash after approving a Sunbeam Corp endorsement loan. Delegates vote to form a committee to probe how the deal entered without board approval and to restore trust in AMA integrity. The August five year pact gave Sunbeam products a seal of approval.
In Baltimore at NTSB hearings, Joseph Shepherd of Caltech said cooler jet fuel slows ignition risk. He noted increasing vapor temperature from 86 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit raises ignition odds dramatically, a key finding in the TWA 800 investigation into the July 17 1996 crash that killed 230.
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