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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1998
Page
5
Detroit counts on street people to keep population above one million for federal and state funding. Officials map gathering spots to guide 2000 census workers amid an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 homeless. A shortfall could cost Detroit about 170 million dollars and enable higher local taxes.
Defense Secretary William Cohen directed an independent review of the competition for jobs at McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento after GOP claims of political meddling. Acting Air Force Secretary F Whitten Peters had proposed pressuring Lockheed Martin to favor private-sector job gains, prompting Cohen to step back from decision authority.
A 1996 EPA funded study by the National Park Service and Mexico's air protection agency found the milky haze over Big Bend National Park may come from both sides of the border. Air samples were taken at 10 Texas sites and nine in Mexico.
A fisherman trapped below deck when his boat sank off a small island survived two hours in icy water after a passing boat with a crane raised the vessel. A 16 year old school girl notified police, triggering the rescue. The man, 45, was pulled free unconscious but breathing. In a separate note, toxic algae is killing fish along Norway’s southwest coast, with 400 tons of farmed salmon dead at nine stations.
Cedrick Tornay a 23 year old Swiss Guards noncommissioned officer shot Col Alois Estermann and his wife Gladys Meza Romero in their Vatican City apartment before turning the pistol on himself. Pope John Paul II expressed sadness as officials described the act as a fit of madness driven by bitterness over a reprimand and a failed decoration.
Thousands of rioters in Medan and across northern Indonesia attacked vehicles and stores in the worst outbreak since the economy faltered. Police fired shots to disperse looters as two homes and 14 cars were set ablaze, hundreds of storefronts pelted with stones. at least 94 people were detained and several dozen injured.
London report says Madeleine Albright pressures Benjamin Netanyahu to accept Washington's 13 percent West Bank withdrawal plan by next Monday. If rejected, the United States may reassess its peace mediation while pressing for a restart of Oslo talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Yasser Arafat has agreed to the US initiative, with Dennis Ross and Netanyahu aides to broker a deal as Netanyahu faces domestic backlash from far right lawmakers.
Beijing says China and Russia have opened a secure direct line between presidents Jiang Zemin and Boris Yeltsin to discuss bilateral relations and international issues at any time. The move marks a notable improvement in ties after decades of Cold War rivalry and border skirmishes.
Forest fires raged out of control across Alberta Manitoba and Ontario prompting the evacuation of Swan Hills Alberta housing 2500 residents while oilfield work paused. A dry warm winter and spring fueled the blazes with over 30 fires in Alberta two dozen in Manitoba and a major blaze in Ontario.
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