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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2000
Page
3
AT&T paused its plan to raise basic per-minute rates to 29 cents and will study rate restructuring. The company will freeze current basic rates while reviewing options targeting low-use customers, following strong FCC criticism over access-fee savings.
A national survey shows 2 to 17 year olds logging into cyberspace tripled since 1997. More than 25 million U.S. children are online, up from 8 million in 1997, with projections to rise another 70 percent by 2005. Peter Grunwald of Grunwald Associates led the study from San Mateo, California.
Rain offered little aid as Florida wildfires spread with new blazes sparked by lightning. In Orange County near Orlando, a 100acre blaze forced evacuation of about two dozen homes, destroyed a fire truck, and trapped crews who were rescued by a sheriff helicopter. Arizona crews reported a 13,600acre fire northeast of Williams, 75 percent contained, burning since May 24, with additional fires sparked in the Coronado National Forest.
Jackson AP report notes Ernest Avants, 69, indicted by a federal grand jury for the murder of Ben Chester White on June 10, 1966, in Homochitto National Forest. Acquitted in Mississippi in 1967, prosecutors say confession not presented at trial. The case, linked to a broader plot against Martin Luther King Jr., is revived amid past prosecutions of Sam Bowers and Byron De La Beckwith.
At a United Nations women's conference panel, participants urged including women as primary victims in all peacemaking stages from talks to democracy restoration. Noeleen Heyzer of UNIFEM said women have the right to sit at the peace table. The call aligns with Beijing 1995 goals now reviewed by delegates from 188 countries.
Thousands gathered in Tokyo to honor Keizo Obuchi the late prime minister who died May 14 after a stroke. President Clinton arrived for diplomatic meetings as Yoshiro Mori praised Obuchi for his dedication to rejuvenating Japan's economy and guiding the nation toward the new century.
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