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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1997
Page
3
Garry Kasparov prepares in a hotel suite as the world chess champion challenges Deep Blue on the 35th floor of a New York skyscraper. The six game match begins Saturday with a $700000 prize from IBM out of a $1100000 purse. Deep Blue can calculate up to 200 million moves per second.
Labour wins a sweeping victory gaining 342 seats in the 659‑seat House of Commons and making Tony Blair the youngest British prime minister in 185 years. Conservatives slump to 57 seats, Liberal Democrats 24, with Blair securing Sedgefield and pledging reform.
Tony Blair moves into 10 Downing Street to take over from John Major as Queen Elizabeth II oversees a smooth transition. Blair forms his cabinet with Prescott Cook and Brown. UK faces inflation pressures and potential rate rises as Labour sets tough crime measures.
Defense officials told workers at McClellan Sacramento and Kelly San Antonio bases there are no guarantees for jobs as Pentagon seeks funds for new weapons. A forthcoming strategy review may endorse additional base closures. Deputy Secretary John White testified to the Senate Armed Services readiness panel Thursday.
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