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Harrison police, in effort to cut down on auto theft, will introduce curfew for cars and trucks on voluntary basis (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
As they opened their case in Federal District Court in Denver, prosecutors portrayed the defendant, Terry L. Nichols, as working side by side with Timothy J. McVeigh in preparing the bomb that destroyed the Federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, and killed 168 people. Prosecutors began constructing a case that includes previously undisclosed evidence and is broader than the one against Mr. McVeigh that in June led to his conviction and condemnation to death on murder and conspiracy charges.
Article on success of thoroughbred horse race trainer Patrick Byrne as he prepares for Breeders' Cup; photo (M)
Interview with Hector Feliciano, author of book The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art; says Feliciano has put spotlight on estimated 20,000 looted works whose whereabouts remain unknown; each one is owned by museum or collector somewhere; photos (L)
Alan Damsky, former accountant at Army's Fort Monmouth Communications and Electronics Command, is sentenced to year in prison for embezzling $75,000 from Defense Department (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 29, 1997, covering November 4, 1997.
LeAnn Rimes
Janet
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Fleetwood Mac
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1997Bea Binene, Filipina television actress[†]
Beanca Marie "Bea" Binene is a Filipino actress. She began her career as a finalist on StarStruck Kids in 2004. She is best known for her role as Natalie Dimaculangan in the 2010 television series First Time, as well as her performance in Hanggang Makita Kang Muli in 2016, both aired on GMA Network.
1997Richard Hooker, American novelist (born 1924)[†]
Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker. Hornberger's best-known work is his novel MASH (1968), based on his experiences as a wartime United States Army surgeon during the Korean War and written in collaboration with W. C. Heinz. It was used as the basis for the award-winning, critically and commercially successful movie M*A*S*H (1970) — and two years later, the acclaimed long running television series of the same title.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]