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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1997
Page
3
Flooding from the San Joaquin River breached a 90 foot gap in a levee near Manteca, part of sweeping Northern California damage that has destroyed or damaged about 12,800 homes with losses expected above 2 billion dollars. Six deaths are reported as summer-like floods worsen.
Weather conditions included icing at Detroit area flights as a Comair Embraer 120 failed to land in a snowstorm and crashed in a field near the airport killing all 29 aboard. NTSB planned analysis of two black boxes and wreckage recovery continued.
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze said he will lift the diplomatic immunity of Gueorgui Makharadze, the Georgian Embassy official charged after a high speed crash that killed a 16 year old Maryland girl. He will order Makharadze to stay in the United States and cooperate with authorities.
Republican leaders urged Attorney General Janet Reno to open a Justice Department investigation into the interception and disclosure of a December 21 tape of a Gingrich telephone call. The New York Times published the transcript and Hyden Hyde called for criminal division review.
Karen Nelson, 51, was stranded for nearly 40 hours after sliding into a ditch on a road from Roslyn to Webster. Snowmobilers found her cellphone signal with heat sensing jets aiding the search. She was warmed and transported to Webster hospital as Gov. Janklow coordinated the response. Wind chills dropped to below minus 70 all across the state as the storm continued.
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