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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1998
Page
7
The Mesa Arizona Tribune reports that Barry Goldwater, the conservative Republican who ran for president in 1964, is near death at age 89 after months of declining health. Goldwater retired from the Senate in 1986 following five terms.
Investigators say they have a sense of the device used in the Sunday church bombing at a Danville, Illinois, church. Twenty had serious injuries, including 14 year old Nikki Brehm Lewis and 15 year old Elizabeth Russian, both discharged on Tuesday while two remain in fair condition.
An informational hearing is planned for June 5 to examine nine photographers and a press motorcyclist linked to Princess Diana's death. Trevor Rees-Jones will not attend, having declined a closed session invite. Diana's former boyfriend's father is among those expected.
At a public meeting a plan to honor Princess Diana with a Kensington Palace memorial garden faced criticism from about 250 attendees. A government committee backed a 46 acre garden to welcome millions yearly, but locals fear congestion and crowding.
A study by Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. says El Niño altered westerly winds enough to slightly slow Earth's rotation to balance atmospheric forces. Researchers led by David Salstein note the longest day Feb 5 was eight tenths of a millisecond longer than normal, discussed at an American Geophysical Union meeting in Boston.
Alice Walton, worth about $6.3 billion, rejects a plea offering $650 in fines for a drunken driving case. She seeks trial with a public relations expert and a Arkansas defense team ready to call 16 witnesses. Judge Stanley Ludwig sets Thursday as trial date and imposes a gag order. Walton, 48, declined a blood alcohol test after a Jan. 27 accident.
Historian Yuri Zhukov, granted access to classified files, says Sergei Kirov's 1934 assassination was carried out by a jealous husband, not ordered by Stalin. The finding challenges long held conspiracy theories linking the murder to Stalin and the Great Terror.
The true number of Stalin era victims remains unknown due to inaccessible archives and unclear classifications between political and criminal prisoners. Estimates vary from 1.3 million to over 20 million, with debates sparked by works like The Black Book of Communism and competing scholarly totals.
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