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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1997
Page
2
Frank Sinatra 81 returned home Friday from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was treated for an apparent uncomplicated heart attack. Spokeswoman Susan Reynolds said his prognosis is good and he is delighted to be home. He was stricken at his Beverly Hills residence on January 9.
Former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker remains in stable condition at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota following a Christmas Day liver transplant related procedure to remove a biliary tube. Tucker, with chronic liver disease since 1984, was readmitted Thursday and is expected to stay two or three days.
Former senator and presidential candidate Paul Tsongas remained seriously ill at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where pneumonia is complicating recovery from liver surgery. Officials said his condition worsened from stable to serious the prior night. Tsongas, 55, has undergone two bone marrow transplants for cancer.
NASA reported a faulty navigation unit aboard Atlantis during an in orbit docking, the first failure on a mission previously smooth. Separately a crack on the Discovery launch platform delayed pad readiness but engineers said repairs at the pad would allow a February liftoff and continued Hubble service.
In Greensboro North Carolina jurors could not decide on punitive damages against ABC Inc for PrimeTime Live hidden camera reports on Food Lion. Judge Carlton Tilley called a retry after the holiday weekend. Food Lion seeks from 52.5 million to 1.9 billion in punitive damages.
In Santa Monica the judge ruled that OJ Simpson's counsel may suggest police planted and contaminated evidence and that damaging photos may have been faked. The jury will not be told of Simpson's murder acquittal. Judge Fujisaki said defense may argue broadly without naming specific frameers, marking a win in the wrongful death case brought by Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman's relatives.
The Commerce Department reports the November goods and services deficit at 8.4 billion dollars, up 4.9 percent from October. Farm product shipments pushed exports to a record level, while industrial output rose 0.8 percent in December, helped by auto plant gains and offset by mild December weather reducing power demand.
The government’s monthly trade report shows a overall deficit in goods and a smaller surplus in services. The figures reflect month-by-month changes in both goods and services trade, highlighting the split between goods shortfall and services gains in the U.S. trade balance.
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