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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1997
Page
3
Amy Fisher, 22, was denied parole after five years in prison for the 1992 shooting of Joey Buttafuoco’s wife, a case that made her the “Long Island Lolita” in national headlines. She must serve longer before any release.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 21 to 17 against Rep. Jim Nussle's amendment to restore ethanol tax credits. The move would phase out incentives by 2000 and likely halt new ethanol plants, signaling the end of a 450 million bushel corn to 1.1 billion gallon industry. Nussle called the outcome encouraging as a signal to Congress.
Jurors were unable to hear testimony as Judge Charles Miel granted a mistrial following an inflammatory opening statement by Geoffrey Fieger. Fieger accused the prosecutor of harassing the deceased’s family and altering the death certificate, while noting Kevorkian’s prior acquittals. The retrial faces questions of double jeopardy and fault for the mistrial.
President Clinton on a yearlong race relations initiative appoints a diverse five member board chaired by John Hope Franklin to advise him. A 15 to 20 member staff will run the effort as he prepares a nationwide push including a Saturday commencement address and multiple town halls.
The Treasury reveals a new fifty dollar note with a large back 50 for the visually impaired. The change follows the 1996 series for the hundred and precedes redesigns of the ten five and one bills. Old notes will be withdrawn gradually as deposits move through Federal Reserve banks.
Washington Post reports Jere Nash, campaign manager for Ron Carey, refused to testify to federal investigators about illegal campaign financing in Careys reelection bid. A U S appeals panel allowed Carey campaign lawyers to disclose Nash’s statements about funding.
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