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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1997
Page
3
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a California case about liability for accidental deaths in police chases. A Sacramento County deputy killed a teenager during a high speed chase, prompting a civil rights suit and potential limits on immunity.
After at least 17 deaths and 800 illnesses linked to ephedrine in supplements, the FDA will cut allowable doses and ban advertising as weight loss or bodybuilding aids. Warnings will note risks including heart attack and stroke, urging consumers to avoid use if heart disease or high blood pressure is present. Bayer pulls Phillips' Gelcaps laxative amid cancer concerns over phenolphthalein.
In Ottawa the Liberal Party keeps a reduced majority amid regional defeats. Reform Party emerges as main opposition in the House of Commons, winning Western seats while making gains in Alberta and British Columbia. Chretien narrowly survives in Quebec as Bloc Quebecois gains momentum.
In Concord California a four story Banzai Pipeline slide failed during a Napa High School gradation trip. A guard warned single riders but a large group of seniors went down together causing one death and 32 injuries including six critical.
Betty Shabazz, 63, is critically burned over 80 percent of her body after a fire allegedly set by her 12 year old grandson. The grandson, named Malcolm, faces juvenile delinquency charges and is held in a juvenile detention center. The boy's mother Qubilah Shabazz travels from Texas as court hearings are postponed.
Jazz trumpeter Adolphus Doc Cheatham died at 91 two days after performing at a Georgetown club. He suffered a stroke Sunday in his hotel room and died Monday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. His career spanned Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, and later young artists.
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