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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1998
Page
6
A 46 year old Indiana woman, reported by multiple drivers, led five police agencies in a car chase wearing only a seat belt. Reaching speeds up to 110 mph in a borrowed Ford Escort, she was arrested after pulling into a parking lot and taken to a hospital psychiatric ward.
Boston recorded 71 degrees by 8 am and reached a March high of 89 by early afternoon as thermometers climbed across the East. While the West endured a weekend cold wave bringing snow to Arizona, the East enjoyed unseasonably warm weather prompting outdoor activity.
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spouted ash rocks and steam three thousand feet high on Tuesday with experts predicting smaller eruptions to follow. National Center for Disaster Prevention director Roberto Melli called activity moderate exhalations and explosions posing risk to nearby residents but little danger beyond seven miles. In Jerusalem, 18 year old Israeli hacker Ehud Tenenbaum, known as The Analyzer, will be drafted into the army and seeks a computer related posting if infantry is declined.
Emily Rosa, a 9 year old from Loveland, and her parents report in JAMA that 21 practitioners could only identify the near hand 44 percent of the time in a blinded test, suggesting no health benefit from therapeutic touch. The study, which sparked criticism from supporters, calls the method groundless and unjustified.
U N arms experts report no clues of weapons of mass destruction at Saddam Hussein palaces after initial surveys. Charles Duelfer says visits aim for baseline access with 15 minute per building checks, eight palaces to be covered this week.
A study led by Devra Lee Davis links a slight drop in the male birth ratio in the United States and Canada from 1970 to 1990 to environmental exposures such as pesticides and industrial chemicals. The analysis notes increases in male birth defects and cancer risks, with the overall global male-to-female birth ratio around 106 to 100. In the U.S. the share of male births fell from about 51.34% to 51.21% over the period, equating to roughly 38,000 fewer male births.
Moscow AP reports two cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin plan the first of five April spacewalks to repair Mir’s exterior. They will try to open Mir’s exit hatch after a failed March 3 attempt that broke three wrenches and halted the mission.
CAPE TOWN AP The family and friends of Steve Biko call amnesty for five police suspects a lie. They accuse the officers of hiding truth as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission holds a hearing on confessions for apartheid era crimes.
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