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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1998
Page
6
The Coast Guard reports 82 percent of 34 recreational boater fatalities in the Northeast from January to July occurred on inland state waters. Most of these deaths, 64 percent, happened in canoes kayaks or other manually powered craft and 95 percent were not wearing life jackets.
A 32 year old recreational diver from Sea Inn surfaced unconscious 46 miles south of Nantucket near the Andrea Doria wreck. Crew CPR and Coast Guard helicopter transport to Cape Cod Hospital failed. the diver died on arrival. The Andrea Doria sank after a collision and remains a famed deep dive site.
Mayor Thomas Menino ordered health benefits for domestic partners and dependents of Boston city employees, extending coverage to homosexual and unmarried heterosexual partners. The executive order lasts only while he remains in office, joining a growing number of Massachusetts cities with similar programs.
Former Green Beret colonel James Bo Gritz, a conservative presidential candidate, said he would aid fugitive Eric Rudolph with legal and physical protection if Rudolph surrenders. He plans to travel to Western North Carolina once he gets a signal, while federal agents in Andrews, NC continued their hunt and had not heard of the offer.
Jazmyn Hope Stumpf, a baby girl born to a 35 year old mother in Milwaukee area, has ectopia cordis with the heart partly outside the chest. She remains in critical but stable condition at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and will undergo surgery to place a temporary cover for the heart.
Percy the orphan kangaroo, abandoned by his birth mother near Salina Kansas, was saved by Rolling Hills Annual Refuge workers who fashioned a pouch and nursed him back to health. Now a few months old, he spends days with other kangaroos in the Australian exhibit while recalling his old caregivers who still share milk during coffee breaks.
Paula Johnson, who raised Callie Marie, learns genetic testing shows Callie is not her biological daughter. Rebecca Grace Chittum, believed to be Paula’s other daughter, is with the grandparents who refuse certain genetic tests. Families negotiate to keep both girls with current homes while allowing visitation, amid hospital and police investigations into a potential baby switch.
Attorney General Janet Reno resisted House subpoenas for internal memos on appointing an independent counsel in the campaign finance probe. Rep. Dan Burton’s committee planned a contempt vote, while Reno held a news conference after a raucous hearing. FBI Director Freeh acknowledged a possible conflict for Clinton and Gore.
Backers of a sweeping overhaul pressed to keep their plan alive as House votes on a rival freshman bill could derail Shays Meehan. The Shays Meehan bill would ban soft money to national parties. the freshman measure bans soft money to national groups but allows state party flow. Clinton and Allen, Rhodes scholars, have shown support but have not taken a firm position. Senate leaders vow to block the McCain Feingold plan if House action undermines reform efforts.
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