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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1997
Page
3
Ouyang Kangyen, Taiwan Matsu island control tower weatherman, poured gasoline and set himself ablaze after Formosa Airlines Dornier 228 crash near the island killed 16. He survived with burns over 70 percent, while officials cited public outcry from the deadly incident.
NATO led peacekeepers will ban special police units in Bosnia except for protecting senior officials. Any unverified by UN police by August 31 will be deemed illegal, a NATO spokesman said. The move could isolate indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, as these forces have shielded Serb controls.
About 120 Conservative Jewish men and women were expelled from the Western Wall plaza by police for praying together, challenging Ultra Orthodox norms on the eve of Tisha B’Av. Some worshipers fell during the removal as Reform and Conservative movements press for recognition in Israel.
Washington AP report on a White House mail clerk and President Clinton’s welfare to work push. An advisory group cautions firms to set achievable goals as the partnership expands, with over 750 companies joined and a St. Louis event celebrating progress.
An honest evaluation is urged to determine hiring capacity and needed support services for welfare recipients. Many firms show few welfare to work programs a year after Clinton’s welfare law, despite calls for champions within companies to hire at least one recipient. Ada Possey, acting administrator, notes her own effort hiring six welfare staff in the White House complex.
A University of Houston study estimates 1,185 undocumented migrants died crossing the 1993 to 1996 period, with 851 drownings. The Texas Mexico border accounted for 844 fatalities, most by drowning in the Rio Grande, while San Diego County had 193 deaths mainly from vehicle and river drownings.
In a NASA led effort from Cape Canaveral the ultraviolet telescope on a trailing satellite reports hydroxyl rich air over high northern latitudes implying water vapor at 43 to 56 miles may come from large space snowballs. Researchers cite meteorites or snowball comets as possibilities while noting other factors.
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