Cabot Prizes Awarded for Inter-American Journalism
Columbia University named 1997 Maria Moors Cabot Prize recipients for inter American understanding and press freedom. Winners include Jose de Cordoba of The Wall Street Journal in Miami Jorge Fontevecchia editor Noticias de la Semana Julia Preston of The New York Times and En rique and Hernando Santos Castillo of El Tiempo. A posthumous tribute honors Gerardo Bedoya Borrero editorials in El País of Cali calling for cartel bosses’ extradition. Awards ceremony set for October 16 at Columbia.
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Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Maria Moors Cabot
Columbia University
Bae Ae Eee
Gerardo Bedoya Borrero
el Pais
Cal
Colombia
Columbia
Jose de Cordoba
Miami
Jorge Fontevecchia
Buenos Aires
Noticias de la Semana
Julia Preston
Mexico
Enrique and
Hernando Santos Castillo
el Tiempo
Bogota
Fired employee returns and kills four at Aiken plant
Arthur Hastings Wise, 43, a former worker at the R E Phelan Plant that makes mower engine parts, opened fire after being fired. He killed four and seriously wounded three before a SWAT team captured him about two hours later. Wise was hospitalized in critical condition and a hospital spokeswoman said he appeared to have taken a drug or stimulant.
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Aiken
8.C
Fred
Arthur Hastings Wise
R.E. Phelan
Wise
Civilian reactor to produce bomb component approved
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant federal approval to test producing tritium, a key bomb component. Officials say the tritium will not be used in weapons, and the plant near Knoxville could begin within weeks, noting tritium also used in runway lights and exit signs.
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Tenn
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar
Virginia Governor Commutes Death Sentence in 1989 Case
Virginia Gov George Allen commuted the death sentence of William Ira Saunders 28 noting he is not the same violent person who was sentenced in 1989 for the back of the head shooting of Mervin Guill 41 in a botched drug deal Saunders waived all future appeals and is to life in prison In Colorado Gov Roy Romer denied clemency for Gary Davis 53 in the 1986 murder rape and kidnapping of Virginia Ginny May paving the way for the state’s first execution in 30 years scheduled next month by injection.
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Richmond
Virginia
George Allen
William Ira Saunders
Mervin D. Guill
Allen
Saunders
Aliso
Colorado
Roy Romer
Gary Davis
Ginny" May
Kaczynski lawyers challenge federal death penalty law
Federal defenders for Theodore Kaczynski file in U S District Court arguing the 1994 death penalty statute is unconstitutional and immoral. They contend federal law is legally flawed as Janet Reno moves to seek capital punishment for the Unabomber tied to bombings that include two killings. They hint at an insanity defense and seek all mental exams or profiles, while prosecutors say none exist.
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Calif
Theodore Kaczynski
U.S. District Court
Quin Denvir
Judy Clarke
U.S
Janet Reno
Kaczynski
Gregory Hollows
Robert Cleary
Texas professor attacked for racial remarks
UT Austin faces growing criticism after law professor Lino Graglia called black and Hispanic students less capable than whites and said culture shapes failure. The university defends free speech while calls for his ouster intensify as Rev. Jesse Jackson campaigns on campus. The ACLU supports Graglia, arguing removal would threaten academic freedom.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Jesse Jackson
Lino Graglia
Graglia
The
Austin American-Statesman
American Civil Liberties Union
Deaby Owarly
Jay Jacobson
Pentagon defends air show use after F-117A crash
A crash at an air show raised safety questions as Pentagon officials note 880 of 973 requests for aircraft appearances in 1997 were approved. Defense Secretary Cohen praised pilot Maj. Bryan Knight for averting a larger disaster while lawmakers push for limiting warplane displays.
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Pentagon
John Warner
R-Va
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Defense
William Cohen
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Baltimore
Bryan Knight
Knight
Cohen
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Army
Golden Knights
Warner
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
Panama
Saudi Arabia
Saddam Russein
Iraq
Daniel Kuehl
National Defense University
Maryland crash site remains closely guarded
A China air show mishap left six injured when an F-117A crashed near Middle River Maryland forcing the military to seal off the site and evacuate nine families. Army and air police seized camera gear and restricted access while investigators probe the wedge shaped Nighthawk craft.
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Maryland
Middle River
Chesapeake
Syracuse
Hancock International Airport
Roberto Borea
Associated Press
Shindle's father quits Miss America board amid conflict concerns
Kate Shindle said her father Gordon Shindle stepped down from the Miss America Organization board on April 6 to avoid conflicts of interest after her local title win and before she captured the Miss America crown. Officials noted the leave of absence, not a full resignation, and stressed board rules limit judge contact. Kate Shindle, of Evanston Illinois and Northwestern University, won Miss America 1998 after defeating 50 contestants.
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Kate Shindle
Miss America Organization
Gordon G. Shindle
New York
Jayne Bray
Shindle
Terest
Bray
Ann Harmon
Shreveport
Moorestown
Evanston
Ill
New Jersey
Northwestern University
District of Columbia
Prass
Gordon Shindle
Mir Crew Battles Computer Crash and Spacecraft Shadow
NASA spokesman John Lawrence called the near-miss with a US inoperative satellite routine. Russian official Medvedkova said the Mir crew, recovering from a Sunday computer breakdown, expects systems to be restored within a day as debates over safety and proximity to foreign craft continue.
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John Lawrence
U.S. Space Agency
NASA
Space Station
Medvedkova
Midair collision prompts search of Atlantic near Skeleton Coast
Windhoek officials report U S military C 141 Star lifter and a German air force plane collided offshore 115 miles west of Cape Fria. Nine Americans and 24 Germans are missing. wreckage including seats and papers found as international teams coordinate rescue efforts and review why the alert was delayed.
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Namibia
Skeleton Coast
Germany
United States
South Africa
Cape Fria
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