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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1997
Page
2
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about 95 points to 7071 on Friday, boosting the week’s rise to 332 points and closing within 15 points of its record. Nasdaqs 35 point surge marked its best move in 16 years, lifting tech stocks and returning the index to positive for the year.
A 16 year old in custody for robbery claims he can place 18 year old Mikail Markhasev and another teen in Tijuan a Mexico on Jan 16 the night Ennis Cosby was killed. Border authorities may verify residency documents for the third teen per KCAL TV.
In Denver, jurors heard moving testimony from Amoco employee Brian Espe and Federal Highway Administration worker Bruce Lind. Espe described escaping a fifth‑floor conference room by a ladder with a firefighter guiding him as the Murrah Building collapsed on April 19, 1995. Lind recalled a slow, rainlike fall of debris and finally seeing the sky as the building gave way.
Tony Blair, Britain's new prime minister, moves quickly to assemble a 21-member cabinet at 10 Downing Street after Labour secured a historic 179-seat majority in the 659-seat House of Commons. John Major resigns, Conservatives suffer their worst loss since 1832 as Sinn Fein gains seats.
State police closed in on Republic of Texas leader Richard McLaren and six followers at a mountain hideout in Fort Davis Texas. Radio traffic captured shoot-to-kill directives while McLaren pleaded mayday and taunted authorities. One escapee surrendered on day six, while five others including McLaren prepared wills.
Chelsea Clinton dumps the Ivy League to attend Stanford, with Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky saying the idea she chose Stanford for a boy is unfounded. Margolies Mezvinsky notes Chelsea and Marc Mezvinsky, a Stanford freshman, are just good friends. A Jan 22 Washington Post item mentioning “cozy chats” is described as rumor by the Marin family friend.
Philip Morris president James Morgan testified that pharmacologically cigarettes are not addictive and likened behavioral addiction to Gummy Bears. The remarks, filmed for CBS 60 Minutes amid a $5 billion class action by flight attendants, drew sharp backlash from New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco who warned they could edge toward perjury.
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