Whitman targets New Jersey taxes and auto insurance
Governor Whitman urged relief from high property taxes and auto insurance costs in her state address. She set a March 30 deadline for a bill to lower auto insurance rates, proposed voter approval for tax increases beyond inflation, and endorsed Civil Service reforms. She also urged a statewide referendum on merging some of New Jersey’s 616 school districts to curb school costs.
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Trenton
N.J
Christie Whitman
New Jersey
Whitman
New Flu Strain Threatens Vaccine Effectiveness
Atlanta report notes a new flu strain named Type A Sydney causing about 40 percent of U S flu cases studied by the CDC since October. The elderly and chronically ill may face higher illness risk as vaccines target Wuhan Bayern and Beijing strains, with Sydney in same family but differing DNA. Ostroff says vaccines remain protective though not perfect against Sydney.
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Atlanta
United States
Sydney
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Wuhan
Bayern
Beijing
Ostroff
Whitewater witness Hale to be released early in June
In Little Rock Arkansas David Hale a key government witness in the Whitewater case is moved to a halfway house and expected to be freed about 342 months early for good behavior He was imprisoned May 31 1996 after the fraud convictions of then Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Whitewater partners James and Susan McDougal Hale testified Clinton might help repay an illegal loan Hale said Clinton was at a meeting where the loan was discussed Clinton denies the allegations
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Little Rock
Ark
David Hale
Whitewater
Hale
Jim Guy Tucker
Hillary Rodham Clinton
James
Susan McDougal
Clinton
Smoking accelerates artery hardening says Wake Forest study
A Wake Forest led study finds cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke speed arterial stiffening, with possible permanent damage. It estimates 30,000 to 60,000 US deaths yearly from passive smoke and links exposure to carotid artery narrowing feeding the brain. Researchers call for stronger smoke free protections.
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Chicago
United States
George Howard
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem
N.C
American Heart Assoration
Stanton A. Glantz
University of California-San Francisco
Spacewalk Planned by Wolf and Solovyev to Inspect Mir Exterior
U S astronaut David Wolf and cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev were cleared for a four hour spacewalk to inspect wear and tear on the Mir space station exterior. The mission, postponed multiple times since late November, was set to begin at 3 45 p m after NAS approval following cross border discussions over a small leak in Mir s primary airlock for spacewalks.
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Houston
Russian Space Agency
David Wolf
Mir
Warren High vice principal gunned down at home
George Blackwell a 46 year old vice principal at Warren High School was shot multiple times in his Downey California home in what police describe as an apparent robbery. A parolee Gilbert Rubio 36 on parole was arrested and booked for murder after the incident. Students at Warren High School cried upon hearing the news via public address system.
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Downey
Calif
Warren High School
George Blackwell
Blackwell
Maria Mendez-Lopez
Gilbert Rubio
Ballot stuffing alleged in soap opera awards vote
In Los Angeles an alleged attempt to fix the Soap Opera Digest Awards emerged after new ballots were issued for 1997. A suspect tied to an ABC daytime drama was not named. NBC threatened to pull the show unless a recount occurred as Soap Opera Digest distributed a replacement ballot in its January issue. the Feb 27 ceremony remained scheduled.
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Los Angeles
Soap Opera Digest
ABC
NBC
Scientists create a fountain of youth in cells
A Menlo Park biotech firm and the University of Texas report that telomerase drops can rewind cellular clocks, extending life of skin, retinal and vascular cells in vitro. The finding, to be published in Science, may aid aging research and disease treatment while not implying human immortality.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Biotech Company
University of Texas
Geran Corp
University of Texas Southwest Medical Center
Dallas
Science
Kennedy family ski football dispute over fatal Colorado accident
The Herald's Journal reports conflicting accounts of a ski slope football game linked to Michael Kennedy's death. A Kennedy family friend and witness dispute resort officials' stance while Boston Globe details Castle Fleetwood and Court Hay with opposing claims about eyewitness status and involvement. Hay accuses Fleetwood of sensationalism and questions official responses.
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Kennedy
Michael Kennedy
Colorado
Kennedys
Boston Globe
Blake Fleetwood
New York
Fleetwood
Time Magazine
Court Hay
Hay
Rocky Mountain News
Ethel Kennedy
Turner tops Fortune list as top philanthropist in 1997
Ted Turner leads Fortune magazine's 1997 ranking with a $1 billion gift to the United Nations. Bill Gates ranks No. 4 with $210 million, Warren Buffett is omitted, Kathryn Albertson donates $660 million, and George Soros gives $540 million. Universities receive about 60 percent of gifts from living donors to not-for-profit targets.
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Ted Turner
Fortune Magazine
United Nations
Turner
Bill Gates
Gates
Microsoft Corp
Billlionaire
Warren Buffett
Kathryn Albertson
Joe
Albertson
Idaho
George Soros
Internal Revenue Service
Most Generous Donors of 1997 Revealed in Million-Dollar Figures
The list shows top philanthropists led by Ted Turner of Atlanta and Kathryn Albertson with 2 million each, followed by figures for George Soros in New York and Bill Gates in Seattle. Other names include Paul Allen, Eugene Lang, Robert Dedman, and Michael Ovitz among many in major U.S. cities.
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George Soros
Bill Gates
Ted Turner
Michael and
Jane Eisner
Atlanta
Kathryn Albertson
New York
Seattle
Leonard Abramson
Blue Bell
Michael
Los Angeles
Mitchell Wolfson Jr
Miami
Phyllis Wattis
San Francisco
Raymond Nasher
Dallas
Dwight Opperman
Dellwood
Minn
Leslis Gonda
Baverly Hills
Calif
Roberto Goizueta
Gordon Marshall
Pasadena
Cali
Eugene
Mary Frey
Naples
Fla
Paul Allen
Mercer Island
Wash
Eugene Lang
Robert
Nancy Dedman
Dal
William
Joan Schreyer
Princeton
N.J
Dean
Rosemarie Buntrock
Hinsdale
Early drinking linked to higher alcoholism risk
A NIH study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that starting to drink before age 15 quadruples the risk of later alcoholism compared with starting at 21, and also doubles the likelihood of abuse versus later starters. The NIH operates under the Department of Health and Human Services.
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National Institutes of Health
National Institution
NIH
The
Department of Health and Human Services
Geron reports long life for engineered human cells
Geron and researchers announce that engineered human cells producing telomerase extend life without harming them. Some cells continue to divide with a normal appearance, while aging cells die. experts say the finding supports aging research and could enable more work with telomerase-enhanced normal cells. Stock reacted strongly as details leaked before a formal release.
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Calvin Harley
Geron
Iraq blocks U.N. weapons inspections again
U.N. chief inspector Richard Butler cites documentary evidence of chemical weapons testing claims by Iraq. Scott Ritter’s American led team is blocked by Iraqi escorts for a second day as Baghdad insists inspections halt due to security constraints and perceived bias.
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Baghdad
U.N
Scott Ritter
Iraq
United Nations
New York
Richard Butler
Ritter
Security Council
Nizar Hamdoon
Butler
Lunar Prospector in near perfect orbit gathers lunar data
Scientists report Lunar Prospector now orbits the moon nearly perfectly and collects excellent surface data. Engineers executed thruster burns to place the craft on a pole to pole track between 56 and 93 miles above the lunar surface. Mission manager Scott Hubbard says instruments operate superbly and have detected phosphorous and rare earth elements in lunar rocks.
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Lunar Prospector
Moon
Lunar
Scott Hubbard
San Francisco
Woman defaces White House sculptures on tour
A woman touring the White House sprayed brown paint on two historic marble busts of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci dating to 1815. Secret Service noted the paint can in her purse, and officials declined to identify her. Press secretary Mike McCurry called the damage to the priceless statues.
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White House
Secret Service
Mike McCurry
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Moving deposition delays Paula Jones at White House
President Clinton's legal team moved the weekend deposition away from the White House to avoid cameras. Two unnamed sources confirmed the change to deny news photographers access while adhering to a court ban on discussing depositions.
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Paula Jones
White House
Clinton
Jones
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