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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2000
Page
2
The Environmental Protection Agency plans a proposal to cut truck and tractor trailer emissions by over 90 percent and mandate cleaner diesel fuel. Refineries would must produce low-sulfur diesel to prevent interference with new pollution controls, marking the strictest limits yet on heavy duty trucks.
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled 4 to 3 that a broad class action against the tobacco industry cannot proceed. Smokers and survivors must sue individually, ending a long bid to consolidate thousands of claims in one suit nationwide. The Florida case looms with a possible multibillion-dollar punitive verdict.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, cheered by 5,000 New York Democrats and her husband, accepted the party’s Senate nomination with a rallying speech at Pepsi Arena. She praised Moynihan, outlined Democratic policy priorities, touted unity, and urged an end to mean-spirited politics while addressing NYs poverty, tax cuts, school funding, and HMOs regulation.
The report notes rising drug money in Haiti with planes landing at night and new gas stations and mansions amid slums. U.S. officials call Haiti a key cocaine conduit, accounting for about 14 percent of U S cocaine and 75 tons moving through in 1999, up from 1998, despite fragile enforcement and political instability.
Elizabeth Taylor was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for services to entertainment and AIDS charity. She wore a mauve silk frock coat and a large diamond ring from Richard Burton, who died in 1984, and said she misses him. Julie Andrews also became a dame, calling the honor the greatest of her life.
Los Alamos residents stream back to fire damaged homes as smoke lingers and stores reopen sparsely. A 46,000 acre blaze, 35 percent contained, forced 405 families from their homes and left large parts of the town without gas or electricity. Fire began at Bandelier Monument from a controlled burn gone awry and moved toward unburned forest as residents weigh staying to rebuild or leaving.
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