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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1998
Page
2
Health officials announce July effective regulations to standardize organ transplant lists, reduce regional disparities, and improve center data access. Donna Shalala urges uniform criteria, increased center transparency, and control over waiting list fees as nationwide patients wait years for organs.
President Clinton delivered a radio address from Cape Town urging national unity after the Jonesboro Arkansas school shooting killed four students and a teacher. He offered condolences to victims families and noted similar deadly incidents in Paducah Pearl and broader concerns about youth violence. Two Arkansas boys aged 11 and 13 were arrested in connection with the West Side Middle School attack.
In Jonesboro Arkansas mourners gather for Paige's funeral while families seek comfort and begin forgiving the accused shooters. Reverend Gary Cremeens urges healing through forgiveness as Shannon Wright’s visitation shows flowers and support. A husband mourner notes the killings were cold blooded and deliberate. Also a tornado alert arrives with no injuries or damage.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer s Viagra the first pill to treat impotence after trials showed about two thirds of men improved sexual function. It will ship to pharmacies within two weeks at seven dollars per pill with a maximum one daily dose. Viagra does not cause an erection by itself and requires arousal to work.
Jurors in Wheaton Illinois urged the death sentence for Jacqueline Annette Williams 31 convicted of killing Debra Evans 28 and two of her children 10 year old Samantha and 7 year old Joshua and removing the unborn fetus from Evans womb. They said the crime sickened them and prosecutors say Williams pretending to be pregnant masterminded the killings to obtain the baby.
The Opryland USA theme park in Nashville shuts down for the summer as Gaylord Entertainment plans a new Opry Mills complex. Attendance waned from a peak of 2.4 million in the mid 1980s to below 2 million, though the Grand Ole Opry show remains unaffected.
Dave Powers, a close friend and devoted aide to John F. Kennedy throughout the White House years and a keeper of the Camelot legend after Kennedy's assassination, died Friday in Boston at age 85.
Federal jury in New York absolved Wayne and Sylvia Daniel of liability for the murder of 16 year old Aaron Halberstam on the Brooklyn Bridge. The case marked the first civil suit against a gun manufacturer over a crime committed with its weapon to go to trial.
President Clinton announces a three fund plan totaling 650 million dollars for Africa via Overseas Private Investment Corp. The funds aim to back U.S. firms building roads airports and ports as he wraps up a 12 day African visit. He later travels to Botswana and Senegal and dedicates a center in Johannesburg memorializing Ron Brown.
A Syracuse weather data notice lists phone codes for forecasts, travel advisories, warnings, and tips. It includes toll-free numbers for Auburn Weedsport Oswego and Pulaski, plus special codes for Dave Eichorn forecasts, winter Red Cross tips, a weather trivia prompt, and an online Syracuse weather home page with Nexrad links.
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