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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1996
Page
3
Across the United States candidates for Congress largely refuse to debate, with figures like J C Watts and Patrick Kennedy cited. Critics argue debates sharpen issues, while some lawmakers such as Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms skip debates, trusting voter judgment. The piece notes various past and recent examples and quotes from politicians and analysts.
The nation’s average gasoline price dropped 1.64 cents a gallon over three weeks led by declines on the West Coast. The Lundberg Survey reported an all grades price of 1.28 dollars per gallon on Friday at 10,000 stations, with prices having fallen since late May and briefly bottomed in mid-September.
A cable car broke loose in Quebec City's historic lower town injuring 15 and killing a British tourist. Helen Tombs, 46, of London, died after the cable snapped and the emergency brake failed, sending passengers into a wall where the booth for boarding and alighting is located.
A USAir flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles diverted to Dayton after a passenger claimed a bomb. Richard Allan Josephson, 37, of Wilmington, Del., was arrested on a bomb threat charge, facing up to 20 years. No device was found. 109 aboard with eight injuries from evacuations.
Archer Daniels Midland plans to plead guilty to two counts and pay 100 million dollars in penalties to end the four year federal price fixing investigation. The deals cover lysine and citric acid sales with 70 million and 30 million penalties respectively.
President Clinton signed a bill outlawing Rohypnol and similar drugs used to incapacitate victims. The measure adds 20 years to sentences for rapists who use narcotics, making using a drug a weapon illegal. Clinton spoke on a Denver tarmac before heading to Albuquerque for three days of events and planned debates with Bob Dole. Inevitable GOP attacks framed the campaign as a national clash over direction for the country.
In Cairo Egyptian President Mubarak said Israel’s Ezer Weizman assured him that Israel will implement the Palestinian peace agreements. Weizman, in Cairo to ease tensions, urged progress, while Netanyahu warned his mandate limits. The talks touched Hebron redeployment amid Palestinian dismay over delays.
More than 300 AIDS activists from ACT UP demonstrated near the Capitol and White House, tossing urns with ashes over the fence to press for access to medicines, research funding, and needle exchange programs. One participant said the urns contained ashes of a lover who died of AIDS.
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