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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1997

Page

3

Miami Abolition Plan Defeated in City Election

Miami voters rejected a proposal to abolish the city and fold governance into Dade County. With half precincts reporting the measure had 1,149 votes (16 percent) and retention supporters 5,817 (84 percent). Voter turnout was about 23 percent.

Miami Dade County

Bomb blasts kill seven in Jerusalem crowd

Three suicide bombs exploded on Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda Street killing seven people including the bombers. At least 192 wounded many tourists. Hamas claimed responsibility as Israel pressed for crackdown on militants and tightened borders. Probed link to Lebanon raid reported with casualties.

Jerusalem Hamas Israel Lebanon Ben Yehuda Street Bob Hellman Detroit Yasser Arafat West Bank Gaza Strip U.S Madeleine Albright

Scientists create viruses to destroy HIV cells

Researchers craft virus killing viruses that target only HIV infected cells. The approach works in lab tests but has not been tried in animals or humans yet. If successful it could act as an anti virus by attacking HIV infected cells while sparing healthy ones.

Boston Ronald Desrosiers New England Regional Primate Center Rose Garry Nolan Stanford University

Nuns admit destroying documents tied to cash for Gore event

Nuns from the Hsi Lai Temple in California testified before a Senate panel under immunity that they panicked and destroyed or altered records to hide temple donations and reimbursements tied to a July 1996 Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles where Al Gore spoke. They said Clinton knew nothing of the reimbursements or document destruction.

Newsday Washington California Senate al Gore Hsi Lai Century Plaza Los Angeles Clinton Gore Temple White House Janet Reno Martha’s Vineyard Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Man Ho Yi Chu Democratic National Committee Fred Thompson R-Tenn

Gene map of E. coli promises new drugs and vaccines

Researchers led by Frederick Blattner at the University of Wisconsin Madison decoded the genome of a common E. coli strain, sequencing 4 288 genes in 4 6 million base pairs. The map enables studying deadly versus harmless strains and could aid drug and vaccine development. The team edged a Japanese rival to publish first.

Washington Frederick Blattner University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin Science

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