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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1998
Page
3
In Agness Oregon two whitewater rafters are killed after a foaming surge roars through a narrow 1800 foot gorge on the Illinois River. Rescue helicopters evacuated survivors as authorities warned hundreds may be missing based on launch permits.
In Herndon Pennsylvania 11 young friends died in a mountain cabin fire as they gathered for a weekend. The two story structure burned to wreckage leaving only a bent tin roof as investigators search for the cause. Many victims were from Line Mountain High School or had recently graduated. Community leaders and displaced mourners recalled Paris bound TWA Flight 800 victims from nearby Montoursville who shared the same sorrow.
A Denver town hall on race relations turned chaotic as about 20 protesters with handkerchiefs and ski masks challenged the exclusion of Native Americans from President Clinton's race advisory board. Edward James Olmos pressed for indigenous voices while officials defended the seven member panel appointed last June.
President Clinton greets a massive crowd in Accra opening a six nation Africa tour. He calls Africa the new face of Africa praising reforms while noting dangers from heat and dense throngs as barriers crowd control is stretched.
Whitewater prosecutors press Monica Lewinsky's young friends to corroborate her claimed affair as part of the Starr investigation. A college friend flown from Japan and two others from California testified, while a fourth traveled from the White House area. Lewinsky's family and attorneys criticize the tactics as coercive and costly for the witnesses.
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