Hashimoto resigns as Japan primes for new premier
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto announces resignation after Liberal Democratic Party defeats in the upper house elections. Amid recession and high unemployment, jockeying begins for a successor, with Keizo Obuchi and Seiroku Kajiyama as top contenders. Market turmoil and dollar yen shifts accompany political uncertainty.
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Modest Brooklyn Scholar Leaves $800 Million Estate
Quiet couple Donald and Mil Othmer left a vast fortune to Wall Street veteran Warren Buffett, with Polytechnic University in Brooklyn receiving $190 million. Dr. Othmer, a 60 year Polytechnic teacher and co editor of the Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia, died at 91 in 1995 after a life of patents and chemical engineering research.
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Nebraska
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Federal aid taps 155 million for rural water relief
In a White House ceremony with Vice President Gore, President Clinton announced 155 million dollars in federal loans and grants to aid rural communities. The New York town of Binghamton will receive 1.3 million to fund a water development project after a resident’s letter to the president.
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Carole Buckland
New York
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Coretta King backs affirmative action in America
Coretta Scott King urged continuity of affirmative action saying blacks face sick bigots and subtle racism. She framed it as a good faith effort to share opportunities, not guilt for past sins, amid criticism that such policies amount to giveaways.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Coretta Scott King
GM recalls nearly 1 million cars over air bag deploys
General Motors recalls 863000 Cavalier and Sunfire models from 1996 and 1997 and 30000 Cadillacs from 1995 after hundreds of complaints of inadvertent air bag deployments. NHTSA investigates similar issues across Chrysler, Subaru, Mazda, and Volvo models. GM will fix software in the air bag computer and notify owners by mail.
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General Motors
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Kyle Johnson
Ford Motor Co
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Canada
Inuit Bowhead Hunt Revival Strikes Arctic Debate
In Pangnirtung two dozen Inuit hunters launch an explosive tipped harpoon bowhead hunt in the Canadian Arctic. Supporters frame it as cultural right, while opponents warn it endangers a threatened species and could fuel renewed conflict over Nunavut self government. The 1996 Repulse Bay launch set mixed public reactions as this generation seeks to counter prior negative publicity.
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New IRS records access bill could open archives
Congress passed an IRS overhaul allowing the National Archives to review more IRS files and decide what to preserve and publish. Public access remains limited to avoid exposing individual returns, with potential releases on Capone era tax probes and past abuses highlighted in Senate hearings.
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