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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1997
Page
3
Former governor Jerry Brown announces candidacy for Oakland mayor promising to be a catalyst for change. He joins City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente and others in the race as Elihu Harris era looms.
Ontario students spend day off from public schools as 2.1 million children face closures. Government weighs injunction to force teachers back to work next week. Disputes center on provincial control over class size work hours and education funding. Shops and arcades report heavier crowds as youth pass time.
Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrives at Andrews Air Force Base for the first U.S.-China summit in eight years. He meets with President Clinton at the White House residence for informal talks. A 20 car motorcade passes Blair House amid pro Tibet protests as Jiang plans a tour of American historic sites before meetings in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Los Angeles.
Scientists fear an unrecoverable problem has halted Pathfinder and its rover Sojourner on Mars. Last contact was October 7 as extreme cold and harsh conditions threaten the $266 million mission funded through August 1998. Engineers pursue options for a few weeks before concluding the effort.
The autopsy and toxicology tests found no alcohol or drugs in John Denver. He died Oct. 12 when his experimental plane fell 500 feet into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove. his body was cremated. NTSB investigators recovered most of the aircraft, finding no sign of catastrophic failure, with a final report expected later. Denver had bought the plane for $56,000 and faced two prior drunk driving arrests in Colorado.
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