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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1998
Page
2
An armed intruder seized Masahiro Abe, a Finance Ministry official, at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and barricaded with him in a main office. Police reported a shot but did not confirm the shooter as stocks continued trading for two more hours before closing higher.
Tyson Foods Inc will pay 4 million dollars in fines and face four years of probation or risk loss of government business after pleading guilty to providing favors to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. The plea covers tickets, a scholarship, travel, and inaugural dinner tickets linked to Espy.
Washington AP reports health care expenditures reached a record 1.035 trillion dollars in 1996, with per person spending averaging 3759 dollars. Growth slowed to 4.4 percent as managed care and cost controls take hold, shifting share to nursing homes and home care.
In Watertown New York residents endure freezing conditions six days after a killer ice storm that knocked out power for tens of thousands across four states. Emergency shelters house hundreds as National Guardsmen and helicopter crews aid rescue and relief efforts.
Theodore Kaczynski, held on murder and bombing charges, starts a weeklong psychiatric evaluation to assess his fitness for trial as debates continue on possible guilty pleas to spare his life and save taxpayer money. The case hinges on appellate outcomes, sentencing, and allowed appeals, with questions about the 1996 cabin search and future earnings from possible book proceeds.
Inductees include the Eagles Fleetwood Mac Santana the Mamas and the Papas Gene Vincent and Lloyd Price at the Waldorf Astoria ceremony. Santana opened with Black Magic Woman and Carlos Santana thanked his mother while noting he is the first Hispanic honored. Opera star Simon Estes cancels Iowa Tosca performances due to sinus surgery and a tooth extraction complication. Queen Elizabeth II portrait by Justin Mortimer provokes debate as the Royal Society for the Arts marks 250 years.
Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov visits Riga to honor his grandmother amid his 50th birthday plans, noting his distant memory of Latvia. Former prosecutor Christopher Darden lists his Ladera Heights house for 480000 dollars, renovating with marble floors and Berber carpet since 1996. The item also lists several actors and public figures with ages.
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