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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1995
Page
3
A man armed with an ice pick hijacked an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Hakodate with 365 aboard and threatened harm unless Shoko Asahara, head of the Tokyo subway gassing sect, was freed from jail. The plane landed and parked away from the terminal as negotiations continued.
A House Appropriations subcommittee backed lifting the 14 year offshore drilling moratorium, a move opposed by President Clinton. The 7 6 vote signals party driven energy policy shifts but faces many hurdles before becoming law. Clinton warned against drilling near sensitive coastlines as the White House vowed a veto.
The Republican led House created a Corrections Days mechanism to fast track the repeal of seemingly silly rules. The plan limits debate, curtails amendments, and assigns final agenda power to Speaker Newt Gingrich with Senate and presidential review. Democrats warn of rushed decisions and erosion of checks and balances.
A study reported in the Archives of Ophthalmology ties vigorous sexual activity to temporary vision loss from tiny retinal vessel rupture or tissue tears. Six patients ages 24 to 53, five men and one woman, recovered within weeks to months, with one needing laser treatment. Researchers caution such events are rare and advise doctors take sexual histories in sudden vision loss cases.
The deeply white Southern Baptist Convention voted to apologize to Black Americans for condoning racism, with 20 000 members approving. The resolution repudiates historic evil like slavery and pledges to eradicate racism while acknowledging failure to support civil rights. Gary Frost accepted on behalf of Black Southern Baptists, as President James Henry embraced.
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