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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1998
Page
2
The Spice Girls first movie Spice World opened at No 2 during a slow Super Bowl weekend, earning about 11 million while Titanic stayed atop the domestic box office with 25 million. Titanic has risen to No 10 all time with 274.3 million, surpassing Jaws.
Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti fainted with light headedness during the first act finale of a Metropolitan Opera benefit in New York City. He sat out the second half after Met General Manager Joseph Volpe announced the episode and had medical staff assess him. No further condition details were released.
Rough seas and mechanical failure forced four Cuban exiles to abandon their attempt to sail to Cuba without permission. Group leader Ramon Saul Sanchez said he would try again, asserting a right to go despite opposition to Fidel Castro's government. He spoke of exhaustion but not defeat upon returning to Miami.
A new KPMG Peat Marwick study shows U.S. cross border mergers rose 21 percent to a record 333 billion dollars while spending on U.S. targets fell 15 percent to 60 billion. The dollar gained against the German mark and yen, aided by Asia’s crisis and U.S. growth, with U.S. outbound deals up 21 percent to 79 billion, the strongest by any country.
American astronaut Andrew Thomas moved into the Russian space station Mir after space suit issues delayed his stay aboard the shuttle Endeavour. NASA and the Russian Space Agency debated whether to keep him aboard Mir or return him, finally allowing him a night on Mir with David Wolf on the shuttle.
In Maine the latest snow and ice storm left about 36,000 Central Maine Power customers without electricity plus 900 Bangor Hydro customers. Gov. Angus King toured York and Cumberland counties as outages rose to 71,000. Linemen worked outside for days restoring lines while concern grew over a Super Bowl blackout risk. Central Maine said most customers would be back by this morning.
Congress faces an election year with Democrats and Republicans shaping public faces. Pryce leads GOP messaging on the tobacco settlement while Waters pushes back on quotas and affirmative action. Thomas drives Medicare reform and campaign finance oversight, and Coverdell promotes school choice and safety. Lautenberg headlines budget critique as Clinton outlines policy. Nickles will front health care media tie ins, while Craig heads child care policy and tax cut responses.
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