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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1998

Page

3

Nuclear waste ship faces welcome from Japan's wary governor

A British registered ship carrying 30 tons of high level Japanese nuclear waste may be barred from Mutsu Oga­wara port as Aomori's governor presses Tokyo to advance a permanent storage site. The Pacific Swan, a 50 000 ton vessel, arrives Tuesday after a two month voyage from France.

Tokyo Aomori Japan France Mutsu-Ogawara Rokkasho

Veteran shoots and explosives standoff ends with surrender in Waco

A 49 year old man Jason Leigh crashed a car through a VA center gate in Waco Texas and held police for 14 hours before surrendering shirtless with hands up. He demanded money and claimed grievances with VA and authorities. Police evacuated six blocks around the Veterans Affairs Regional Center as negotiators worked to resolve the scene. An Army bomb squad and federal officers supported local police at the command posts set near a church and convention center. Evacuees were sheltered at the Waco Convention Center.

Waco Texas Veterans Affairs Jason Leigh Veterans Affairs Regional Center Leigh Waco Police Department Marcia Bourque Patrick Swanton Congress U.S. Senate

Currie Back Before Jury in Clinton Lewinsky Case

The grand jury hears Currie again as prosecutors compare her testimony with Clintons Jan 17 deposition. Clinton says Currie may have asked Vernon Jordan to help Lewinsky find New York work, a move he does not recall approving. Jordan testified Currie called him. his lawyer says Jordan inferred Clinton backing. Currie, 58, has long served the president and is seen as central to the inquiry.

Washington Post Washington Betty Currie Grand Jury Clinton Monica Lewinsky Currie Kenneth Starr Paula Jones Lewinsky White House West Wing Jones Oval Office Vernon Jordan New York Jordan

Colombia voters pick new Congress amid graft and guerrilla threats

Colombians chose representatives for Congress with disillusionment over guerrilla activity and vote buying. President Samper's Liberal Party faced an expected Senate majority, though opposition candidates topped early totals. House race results were still unclear.

Bogota Colombia Congress Ernesto Samper Liberal Party

1975 start of Alaskan oil pipeline work

In 1975 construction began on the Alaskan oil pipeline. By 1977 the Hanafi Muslim group seized three Washington buildings, killed one person, and held over 130 hostages in a high profile crisis.

Washington, D.C

Study finds Social Security and EITC lift many from poverty

A Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study shows Social Security keeps 12.1 million seniors above the poverty line while the Earned Income Tax Credit lifts 1.2 million children out of poverty. The report argues against cutting the EITC as Congress debates budgets and highway spending.

Newsday Washington Congress Robert Greenstein Center On Budget and Policy Priorities Clinton Center Census Bureau EITC

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