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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1998
Page
3
An Amtrak passenger train carrying 199 people derailed in Arlington Texas after leaving twelve cars off the tracks just after 7 p.m. Police reported unknown injuries as crews investigated near warehouses south of Six Flags Over Texas and The Ballpark in Arlington.
Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders James Lovell and Frank Borman reflect on the lunar mission during Christmas 1968. They discuss reading from Genesis aboard the orbit, postflight lives, and near mishaps including Lovell erasing navigation data on Apollo 8. The year 1968 is noted for riots and assassinations.
Mamdouh Salim, alleged finance chief of Osama bin Laden, was turned over to U.S. officials in Munich for extradition. He faces charges in New York for murder conspiracy and WMD use in an international plot. Three other alleged al Qaeda associates are jailed in the United States. The 224 killed in Kenya and Tanzania attacks included 12 Americans.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks parliamentary backing for conditions tied to the Wye River peace accord before another West Bank troop withdrawal. If defeated, he vows early elections. Cabinet endorses five points while Palestinians call the move an election tactic.
Arlington memorial cairn marks Pan Am 103 victims from Lockerbie as detectors and screening expand at U.S. airports. Airlines quiz passengers, baggage is tracked to travelers, and detectors operate at 74 airports. Critics say progress is slow and safety lessons remain unlearned.
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