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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1997
Page
2
U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell allowed jurors to sentence Theodore Kaczynski to death if convicted of a fatal bombing. The defense request to block a possible death sentence was denied. Jury selection starts Wednesday. prosecutors attribute 16 bombings since 1978 to the Unabomber.
In Beaverton Oregon an Ernst & Young audit of Tae Kwang Vina in Dong Nai Vietnam found unsafe conditions at a Nike subcontractor plant. The report cites inadequate safety gear excessive overtime and exposure to chemicals noise heat and dust while noting workers averaged 700 overtime hours per year. Nike says improvements already underway and stresses stricter overtime limits.
Public policy analyst Mark Peters son testified that under Dow Corning's bankruptcy plan women with claims might wait 240 years for litigation outcomes. He said more than 12 000 claims could remain unsettled and, at a rate of one case per week, resolutions could span over two centuries. Dow Corning proposes a settlement range from 650 to 250 000 dollars depending on injuries.
Engineers diverted the Yangtze River near Chongqing to begin construction of the Three Gorges dam. The 600 foot high, 1.2 mile wide project, costing about 24.5 billion dollars, aims to control floods and supply power while displacing about 1.2 million people. President Jiang Zemin observed as boulders were dumped to seal a temporary channel.
A tropical low with 35 mph winds forms in the Pacific south of Mexico and may strengthen into a tropical storm aimed at the southwest coast. The US National Hurricane Center says watches could start as early as today for parts of the southern Pacific shore. The system is moving north then northeast and could near Acapulco within 48 hours, following last month’s deadly Hurricane Pauline which killed almost 200 in Guerrero and Oaxaca.
Lt. Gov Betsy McCaughey Ross blasts Pataki on the eve of his six day western and southern fund raising trip to be followed by a return to New York. She questions the political motive and says she might run in the Democrat primary. Pataki's team says the trip aims to bolster his re election bid and raise as much as 400000 dollars.
The White House seeks authority to negotiate future trade treaties for straight yes or no votes. Supporters press for about 15 more votes as the bill becomes central to markets and jobs while opponents warn it erodes labor and environmental safeguards. President Clinton's quick stopgap funds measure accompanies the high-stakes political clash.
Ellison told AP Honis, a 23 year old Albany nursing student, feared Pryor but did not call police. Pryor moved from Honis' building a month earlier. authorities found Honis stabbed and suffocated in her Albany apartment. Pryor was charged with second degree murder as investigation continues.
A 17-year-old high school goaltender and team captain Andre Burgess was shot in the thigh on 138th Street in Laurelton Queens by an undercover federal marshal who mistook a Three Musketeers bar wrapper for a pistol. He was in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital with a weeklong expected hospitalization.
Weather information lines provide call in codes for forecasts warnings travel reports and tips from WIXT-TV Eichorn Red Cross and Brian Samson plus online access to forecasts summaries and Nexrad images via Syracuse dot com reflecting regional weather services and updates.
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