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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1998
Page
6
In Eau Claire and two other counties an E coli outbreak has sickened 27 people, 11 of them hospitalized, with confirmed 10 cases and others suspected dating back to June 9. Ages range from 2 to 79. Officials investigate party foods as a potential common link with no source yet identified.
Miami cousins Diptsy Molina Tamayo and Maritza Villavicencio faced charges after a customs agent found 9000 documents in their trash including fictitious invoices and letters of credit. They were held on attempted trade with the enemy and conspiracy. In Detroit, a fatal love triangle sparked a firebombing killing six people as police hunted a man after a threat from a feuding woman.
Democrats accuse the Republican Freedom to Farm overhaul of removing safeguards that protected farmers from low prices. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt cites wheat and corn prices slashed since the 1996 farm law, with farm income reductions reaching as much as 98 percent in some states.
Albanian President Rexhep Meidani condemned a new Yugoslav artillery and sniper attack across the Kosovo border as fierce fighting raged in the embattled province. Fehmi Agani, a Kosovo Albanian negotiator, rejected Milosevic’s talks unless Serbian forces leave, amid international pressure on Moscow to resume negotiations.
Palestinian relatives mourn Abdel Majid Abu Turki after a teenage Jewish settler in a Beit Hagai van struck him with wood as he walked home in Hebron. Netanyahu calls the attack horrible while Palestinian police warn of wrecking peace talks. Two teens face a magistrate, one admitting the blow but not intent to kill.
In Elton England residents greet Louise Woodward's return after Massachusetts freed her following her conviction in the death of 9‑month‑old Matthew Kappen. A quiet life back home looms as locals debate anonymity and her future at university while recounting her U.S. scandal and media-fueled notoriety.
Moscow officials announced about 60000 will be drawn from city reserves to aid reconstruction of the Maryina Roshcha synagogue damaged by a May 13 bomb. The blast occurred minutes after a holiday celebration ended, shattering windows and toppling a wall while injuring two nearby construction workers.
George Bond, 54, failed to prove discrimination after Northampton College allegedly favored women nude models. The college cited Bond's unreliability and past pornographic work as grounds, while denying sexism claims. Separately Iran’s Revolutionary Guard faced turmoil as students protested the Islamic government, a State Department official said, ahead of Madeleine Albright's Asia Society speech in New York.
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said movement in the stalled peace process should come within weeks. He expected a rapid breakthrough and a deal in days to release Lebanese prisoners and bodies held by Israel, in exchange for Hezbollah surrendering Israeli soldiers remains.
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