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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1998
Page
3
In a heated scene on Fifth Avenue during the 29th Annual Gay and Lesbian Pride March, new arrests followed protesters chaining themselves to block Mayor Giuliani from marching. They charged disorderly conduct, criticizing the administration over anti gay violence, AIDS education, and adult business closures.
Pakistan foreign minister Gohar Ayub urged the United Nations to swiftly mediate the Kashmir dispute or risk a fourth India Pakistan war. He met UN envoy Advaro De Soto and cited alleged cross border attacks killing 26 civilians, though India denies civilian deaths.
Ivory Coast officials confirm U N envoy to Angola Alioune Blondin Beye of Mali dies with seven others when a small charter plane crashes Friday night east of Abidjan. President Bedie calls the loss a great blow to Africa and international civil service.
Elizabeth Dole's presidential bid remains unconfirmed while a national committee backs her in 2000 and unveils its first billboard in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Burrell Haselrig calls it the first in America as his group promotes Dole for president 2000 though she has said she has no plans to run. Dole is president of the American Red Cross and wife of Bob Dole the 1996 Republican nominee.
A bear and two cubs forced entry into a home as a family slept. An environmental officer shot and killed the adult bear as it charged. The cubs, 5 months old, climbed a tree and were taken to a conservation center for release back into the wild. The 125-pound animal had a history of being a problem in the area and had been shot previously with rubber bullets.
Across the Midwest and East storms unleashed floods and a tornado in Ohio. At least 18 people were reported dead or missing as rivers rose, homes were washed away, and vehicles swept off roads from Clendenin West Virginia to Owen County Indiana. Emergency crews described record flooding and rescues as a baby and a wheelchair user were swept away in West Virginia and bridges collapsed in New Hampshire and Indiana.
CEYHAN Turkey AP Rescuers digging with backhoes shovels and hands found an 11 year old survivor among the flattened buildings of this southern city more than 24 hours after a 6.2 magnitude quake killed at least 112 people. Five downtown buildings collapsed leaving heaps of cement and twisted metal as rescue workers searched for the boy s mother and relatives.
President Clinton urged China’s next generation toward reform and prosperity during a Beijing stop, praising signs of openness after talks with Jiang Zemin. He toured the Great Wall and Forbidden City, addressed Peking University, and prepared for a Shanghai radio call‑in. Albright previewed the remarks.
Linda Tripp arrives at the U S Courthouse to testify before the grand jury investigating the Clinton White House affair. prosecutors seek details on the secretly recorded conversations and the talking points she says Lewinsky gave her.
Delegates from more than 100 nations meet in Montreal under the UN Environmental Program to pursue a legally binding treaty by 2001 targeting persistent organic pollutants including DDT toxaphene chlordane and PCBs. The talks aim to curb cross border spread and reduce health risks from these toxins.
Paris AP report notes a policeman and a pedestrian heard Princess Diana cry My God My God as she lay injured after the Aug 31 crash. Witness Sebastien Dergee recalls her agitated state and pain while around 10 to 15 photographers continued shooting, hindering aid to Diana, Dodi Fayed, and Henri Paul. Rees-Jones survived with memory gaps.
Census figures show 29.3 percent of women 25 to 29 earned four years or more of college in 1997, vs 26.3 percent for men, while high school graduation for blacks 25 to 29 reached 86.2 percent compared with 87.6 percent for whites, signaling narrowing racial gaps in schooling.
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