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Senate investigators have issued subpoenas to conservative tax-exempt groups to see whether they funneled campaign contributions to Republican candidates in ways that may have evaded Federal election laws. Article, page A26.
Chairman of Fiat Convicted The chairman of Fiat, Italy's biggest corporation, was convicted of having falsified company accounts, committing tax fraud and making illegal political donations. Page D1. Delay for Space Station Assembling of the international space station will be delayed by 11 months because Russia has fallen behind schedule in making a key section of it, NASA said. Page A23. Fox-Hunters Organize Advocates of fox hunting, worried their sport is threatened by the prospect of a Labor victory in British elections on May 1, have formed their own union. Page A4.
Dr Stanley S Bergen plans to retire from his post as University of Medicine and Dentistry's first and only president; Bergen, 67, will step down in June 1998 after 27 years (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Dow Chemical and G.E. Settle Suit Over Hiring Dow Chemical said it had reached a resolution of a suit in which it had accused General Electric of ''systematically and aggressively'' hiring Dow employees privy to trade secrets. Details of the settlement were not disclosed, but both Dow and G.E. said no financial consideration was involved. Dow had accused G.E. of hiring 14 engineers and executives from Dow's plastics division and putting them to work at similar tasks. $(Page D2.$) TCI Won't Spin Off Businesses Tele-Communications said late yesterday that it would not spin off three businesses -- including its programming arm, Liberty Media -- into separate companies because it could not obtain a favorable tax ruling. $(D28.$)
CONVICTED PRINCIPAL RETURNS -- A Brooklyn principal convicted of using public money to buy gym equipment for teachers is back at his old job. B3. FUGITIVE'S YEARS IN THE WOODS -- A fugitive wanted for skipping out on probation five years ago was found living in the woods. B2. FOREST RULES MAY BE EASED -- New York is considering a plan that would allow a type of clear-cutting in the Adirondacks. B5.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 9, 1997, covering April 10, 1997.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Celine Dion
Spice Girls
Soundtrack
Aerosmith
1997Claire Wineland, American activist and author (died 2018)[†]
Claire Lucia Wineland was an American activist, author, speaker and social media personality. Through her non-profit organization, Claire's Place Foundation, she provided support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis (CF). She died from a blood clot one week after receiving a double lung transplant at the age of 21.
1997Michael Dorris, American author and academic (born 1945)[†]
Michael Anthony Dorris was an American novelist and scholar who was the first Chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College. His works include the novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1987) and the memoir The Broken Cord (1989).
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]