26 Dec 1998
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1998
Page
1
Pulitzer winner Russell Baker retires from The New York Times after 36 years of Observer columns. He began in 1962, closing with a humorous self portrait about newspapers and himself.
South residents faced a white Christmas with freezing rain and snow that left hundreds of thousands without electricity. Power restoration rolled into Friday evening in Tennessee, with Virginia Mississippi Louisiana and North Carolina reporting outages. Shelters opened, while families adapted with warmth and shared meals as crews labored to reconnect lines.
In Date City Virginia an early morning blaze killed six people including three children in a two year immigrant family home. Investigators say the basement started fire with seven others treated or rescued. Santa Clara California fire killed a father and two children with a separate home tragedy.
The world's only living octuplets arrive after a two week birth. Mother Nkem Chukwu remains in stable condition amid bed rest. Father Louis Udobi calls the children gifts from God as relatives from Connecticut and Houston's Nigerian community flood the family with donations including diapers tires and cribs while early reports say all eight babies are in critical condition and expected to stay that way for weeks.
The Queen urges younger generations to value advice from elders while celebrating family milestones and royal life. A Beatles star ceremony and Hollywood nostalgia accompany reports from entertainment and public figures.
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