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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1999
Page
3
In a 10 minute clash in the Yellow Sea, South Korea said 35mm guns hit one of three North Korean torpedo boats, the Koo Bon-hak, which later sank. A South Korean ship was damaged. no casualties reported.
The Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that a federal ban on television and radio casino ads violates free speech in states where gambling is legal. Justice Stevens led the opinion noting exemptions weakened the law and consumers should judge speech themselves. States with casino gambling include Nevada New Jersey Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana Louisiana Mississippi Colorado South Dakota. Michigan expected to join this fall with 22 states hosting tribal casinos. The Clinton administration had argued the ban curbed social costs tied to compulsive gambling.
A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled a program giving public money to private schools for instructional materials violated the establishment clause. Parents defending the program argued the lower court ignored Supreme Court rulings that aid to religious schools can be neutral in administration.
British troops inspecting a roadside grave near Kacanik Yugoslavia found 81 bodies likely from a Serb crackdown on April 9 against ethnic Albanians. Local accounts describe a systematic massacre with shootings and roundups as Serb forces moved through the creekside district. NATO officials see the grave as pivotal corroboration amid conflicting claims.
In Cape Town the parliament elected Thabo Mbeki as the new president, with Mandela signaling the transfer of power. Mbeki was nominated unanimously and hailed by Mandela and lawmakers as the era of white minority rule ended and democratic leadership began.
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