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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1997
Page
2
President Clinton will reveal the name of his recently adopted three month old chocolate Labrador retriever at a White House news conference. He noted a family meeting narrowed the suggestions to two and chose one, joking about Advise and Consent and Top Secret.
The FCC's annual survey shows regulated cable rates up 8.5 percent and unregulated rates up 9.6 percent from 1996 to 1997. Both groups gain channels, with unregulated customers averaging 47 channels in 1997 versus 38 in 1995, and regulated customers averaging 49 channels in 1997 versus 44 in 1995.
A severe cold in northern and central Mexico has killed over a dozen people and damaged coffee crops in at least four states. Most fatalities occurred in rural and low income neighborhoods due to heater fumes, with other deaths from respiratory illness hypothermia and icy road accidents. The cold may persist until Wednesday per the National Meteorological Service.
President Clinton bypassed the Senate to name NAACP attorney Bill Lan Lee as civil rights chief, defying GOP threats of reprisal. Lee was sworn in as acting assistant attorney general for civil rights, with Clinton hoping to remove the acting tag later. Republicans decried the move as bias on affirmative action while Lee faced scrutiny over quotas and enforcement.
A Tajikistan owned Tu-154 crashed nine miles from Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates killing 85 onboard. One survivor was reported as rescue workers worked under floodlights and bodies were layed in bags. The plane had departed Khudzhand Tajikistan with 77 passengers and nine crew.
A Marist Institute survey finds 60 percent of Americans say there is intelligent life on other planets, with 47 percent of believers rating that life as more intelligent than humans. The public broadly favors space exploration funding yet splits on overall government spending and investment value. The telephone poll was conducted Oct. 5-7.
Prince William and Prince Harry met the Spice Girls before the Spice World premiere at Leicester Square. Ginger Spice joked Charles as manager, and the group shared a private five minute meeting with the princes before the film. The $26 million movie follows the glamorous lives of Britain’s pop sensations.
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