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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1997
Page
5
Powerful gusts drove the 368 foot freighter Kuroshima aground near Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. 16 crewmen were rescued after hours afloat. two were killed. The captain is Japanese and most crew are Filipino.
Strong winds disrupted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, injuring four people as 17 balloons struggled against gusts of up to 40 mph. The Cat in the Hat knocked into a lamppost, damaging the float and causing two head injuries two women hospitalized in serious and stable conditions.
An Associated Press survey of 1,014 adults shows only 12 percent will spend more on gifts this Christmas, with 31 percent planning to spend less and 56 percent maintaining past levels. Economic outlook appears mixed, though most expect more family money next year.
Smithsonian researchers analyzed over 10 000 specimens from 246 species in the Turkana Basin in Ethiopia and Kenya and found no evidence that abrupt Pliocene climate cooling 2.8 to 2.5 million years ago accelerated evolution. They caution sampling bias may explain perceived evolutionary bursts and stress careful interpretation of fossil records.
President Clinton called from Camp David to praise the Columbia crew for recovering the $10 million satellite and to thank them for their sacrifice. Commander Kevin Kregel said the crew shared a working Thanksgiving while enjoying turkey and science experiments aboard the shuttle.
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