17 Feb 1997
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1997
Page
1
Riot police in Tehran dispersed a Sunday protest by oil refinery workers, detaining hundreds as demonstrators outside the Oil Ministry chanted for rights. Witnesses linked the march to an oil refinery in southern Tehran. officers blocked the scene with baton-wielding police and buses for detentions.
Rebel chief Laurent Kabila agreed Sunday to delay an attack on Zaire's largest refugee camp after a UN plea. He said the reprieve gives UNHCR time to separate armed Rwandans from genuine refugees at the 150000 person camp near the rebels' northern front. He spoke in Kalemie and said he would stay in contact with UN officials.
Elizabeth Taylor marked her 65th birthday with a star studded Los Angeles gala to benefit an AIDS foundation. Hugh Grant opened the show praising her career and life as Michael Jackson escorted her in a violet carpet arrival.
Discovery astronauts Gregory Harbaugh and Joe Tanner conducted a fourth spacewalk to cover peeled insulation on the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA scheduled a fifth spacewalk that night to finish repairs, aiming to prevent overheating of electronics and unbalancing of mirrors on the $2 billion instrument.
Heavily armed police protected South Korea’s Beijing consulate where North Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop sought asylum. Police linked the standoff to the shooting of prominent defector Lee Han young in Seoul, who remained brain dead with a bullet in his head. North Korea blamed by Seoul. Beijing talks ongoing.
Madeleine Albright, in her first overseas trip as secretary of state, pressed NATO expansion to Russia while voicing concern over Italy’s dealings with Iran Libya and Cuba. She drew common ground with Italy on NATO but saw no narrowing of trade disputes.
Carroll O'Connor runs Carroll O'Connor's Classics in Newbury Park after his son Hugh's death, turning their shared passion for vintage cars into a business. Hugh's suicide in March 1995 ended their plans, but O'Connor keeps the shop open to honor his memory. In nearby Greensboro, Jesse Jackson returns to accept the Alston Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award from Sit-In Movement Inc., citing historic sit-ins at Woolworth's and the fight for civil rights. The piece also notes Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael Bacon forming the Bacon Brothers, performing at the Troubadour in West Hollywood following their rise from a Philadelphia club.
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