NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 09 October 1997
Replaying Wednesday, October 8, 1997
The October 8, 1997 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 280 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 268 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in 96 days. You have lived for 10,495 days, or about 251,886 hours, or about 15,113,178 minutes, or about 906,790,680 seconds.
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8th of October 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 8, 1997
World News Briefs; U.N. to Impose Sanctions Over Sierra Leone Coup
Date: 09 October 1997
United Nations Security Council, frustrated by lack of progress in dislodging military junta that deposed Sierra Leone Pres Ahmad Tejan Kebbah in May, votes unanimously to impose sanctions on nation; bars import of oil products and military equipment and limits international travel of junta members (S)
National News Briefs; School Leader in Dallas Quits, Admitting Guilt
Date: 08 October 1997
Yvonne Gonzalez resigns as Dallas schools superintendent and agrees to plead guilty to misusing public money to buy herself bedroom furniture (S)
NEIMAN MARCUS TO TEST CHAIN OF JEWELRY AND GIFT STORES
Date: 09 October 1997
Nieman Marcus Group Inc plans to open three stores focusing on precious jewelry, gifts and home accessories as test toward creating national chain selling those items; Nieman Marcus plans to call stores Galleries of Neiman Marcus; first store will open outside Cleveland, Ohio (S)
RECKSON ASSOCIATES ADDING STAKE IN MORRIS COMPANIES
Date: 08 October 1997
Reckson Associates Realty Corp agrees to invest $150 million and to acquire controlling interest in Morris Companies (S)
BOEING WINS AN ORDER FOR 26 737-800 AIRCRAFT
Date: 08 October 1997
Boeing Co says it has won order for 26 new 737-800 aircraft valued at $1.3 billion from Turkish Airlines, beating offer from Airbus Industrie (S)
FRONTIER ACQUIRES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BUSINESS
Date: 08 October 1997
Frontier Insurance Group Inc will acquire Western Indemnity Corp for $48.5 million to bolster its medical malpractice insurance business; Frontier is owned by Galtney Group Inc (S)
APACHE TO ACQUIRE OIL AND GAS INTERESTS FROM MOBIL UNIT
Date: 09 October 1997
Apache Corp agrees to pay Mobil Corp's Ampolex Group unit $310 million in cash for interests in oil and natural gas properties off Australia's west coast (S)
LORAL SPACE TO ACQUIRE ORION FOR $490 MILLION
Date: 08 October 1997
Loral Space and Communications Ltd agrees to buy Orion Network Systems Inc for about $490 million in stock (S)
World News Briefs; U.N. to Impose Sanctions Over Sierra Leone Coup
Date: 09 October 1997
United Nations Security Council, frustrated by lack of progress in dislodging military junta that deposed Sierra Leone Pres Ahmad Tejan Kebbah in May, votes unanimously to impose sanctions on nation; bars import of oil products and military equipment and limits international travel of junta members (S)
National News Briefs; School Leader in Dallas Quits, Admitting Guilt
Date: 08 October 1997
Yvonne Gonzalez resigns as Dallas schools superintendent and agrees to plead guilty to misusing public money to buy herself bedroom furniture (S)
NEIMAN MARCUS TO TEST CHAIN OF JEWELRY AND GIFT STORES
Date: 09 October 1997
Nieman Marcus Group Inc plans to open three stores focusing on precious jewelry, gifts and home accessories as test toward creating national chain selling those items; Nieman Marcus plans to call stores Galleries of Neiman Marcus; first store will open outside Cleveland, Ohio (S)
RECKSON ASSOCIATES ADDING STAKE IN MORRIS COMPANIES
Date: 08 October 1997
Reckson Associates Realty Corp agrees to invest $150 million and to acquire controlling interest in Morris Companies (S)
BOEING WINS AN ORDER FOR 26 737-800 AIRCRAFT
Date: 08 October 1997
Boeing Co says it has won order for 26 new 737-800 aircraft valued at $1.3 billion from Turkish Airlines, beating offer from Airbus Industrie (S)
FRONTIER ACQUIRES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BUSINESS
Date: 08 October 1997
Frontier Insurance Group Inc will acquire Western Indemnity Corp for $48.5 million to bolster its medical malpractice insurance business; Frontier is owned by Galtney Group Inc (S)
APACHE TO ACQUIRE OIL AND GAS INTERESTS FROM MOBIL UNIT
Date: 09 October 1997
Apache Corp agrees to pay Mobil Corp's Ampolex Group unit $310 million in cash for interests in oil and natural gas properties off Australia's west coast (S)
LORAL SPACE TO ACQUIRE ORION FOR $490 MILLION
Date: 08 October 1997
Loral Space and Communications Ltd agrees to buy Orion Network Systems Inc for about $490 million in stock (S)
World News Briefs; U.N. to Impose Sanctions Over Sierra Leone Coup
Date: 09 October 1997
United Nations Security Council, frustrated by lack of progress in dislodging military junta that deposed Sierra Leone Pres Ahmad Tejan Kebbah in May, votes unanimously to impose sanctions on nation; bars import of oil products and military equipment and limits international travel of junta members (S)
National News Briefs; School Leader in Dallas Quits, Admitting Guilt
Date: 08 October 1997
Yvonne Gonzalez resigns as Dallas schools superintendent and agrees to plead guilty to misusing public money to buy herself bedroom furniture (S)
NEIMAN MARCUS TO TEST CHAIN OF JEWELRY AND GIFT STORES
Date: 09 October 1997
Nieman Marcus Group Inc plans to open three stores focusing on precious jewelry, gifts and home accessories as test toward creating national chain selling those items; Nieman Marcus plans to call stores Galleries of Neiman Marcus; first store will open outside Cleveland, Ohio (S)
RECKSON ASSOCIATES ADDING STAKE IN MORRIS COMPANIES
Date: 08 October 1997
Reckson Associates Realty Corp agrees to invest $150 million and to acquire controlling interest in Morris Companies (S)
BOEING WINS AN ORDER FOR 26 737-800 AIRCRAFT
Date: 08 October 1997
Boeing Co says it has won order for 26 new 737-800 aircraft valued at $1.3 billion from Turkish Airlines, beating offer from Airbus Industrie (S)
FRONTIER ACQUIRES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BUSINESS
Date: 08 October 1997
Frontier Insurance Group Inc will acquire Western Indemnity Corp for $48.5 million to bolster its medical malpractice insurance business; Frontier is owned by Galtney Group Inc (S)
APACHE TO ACQUIRE OIL AND GAS INTERESTS FROM MOBIL UNIT
Date: 09 October 1997
Apache Corp agrees to pay Mobil Corp's Ampolex Group unit $310 million in cash for interests in oil and natural gas properties off Australia's west coast (S)
LORAL SPACE TO ACQUIRE ORION FOR $490 MILLION
Date: 08 October 1997
Loral Space and Communications Ltd agrees to buy Orion Network Systems Inc for about $490 million in stock (S)
World News Briefs; U.N. to Impose Sanctions Over Sierra Leone Coup
Date: 09 October 1997
United Nations Security Council, frustrated by lack of progress in dislodging military junta that deposed Sierra Leone Pres Ahmad Tejan Kebbah in May, votes unanimously to impose sanctions on nation; bars import of oil products and military equipment and limits international travel of junta members (S)
National News Briefs; School Leader in Dallas Quits, Admitting Guilt
Date: 08 October 1997
Yvonne Gonzalez resigns as Dallas schools superintendent and agrees to plead guilty to misusing public money to buy herself bedroom furniture (S)
NEIMAN MARCUS TO TEST CHAIN OF JEWELRY AND GIFT STORES
Date: 09 October 1997
Nieman Marcus Group Inc plans to open three stores focusing on precious jewelry, gifts and home accessories as test toward creating national chain selling those items; Nieman Marcus plans to call stores Galleries of Neiman Marcus; first store will open outside Cleveland, Ohio (S)
RECKSON ASSOCIATES ADDING STAKE IN MORRIS COMPANIES
Date: 08 October 1997
Reckson Associates Realty Corp agrees to invest $150 million and to acquire controlling interest in Morris Companies (S)
BOEING WINS AN ORDER FOR 26 737-800 AIRCRAFT
Date: 08 October 1997
Boeing Co says it has won order for 26 new 737-800 aircraft valued at $1.3 billion from Turkish Airlines, beating offer from Airbus Industrie (S)
FRONTIER ACQUIRES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BUSINESS
Date: 08 October 1997
Frontier Insurance Group Inc will acquire Western Indemnity Corp for $48.5 million to bolster its medical malpractice insurance business; Frontier is owned by Galtney Group Inc (S)
APACHE TO ACQUIRE OIL AND GAS INTERESTS FROM MOBIL UNIT
Date: 09 October 1997
Apache Corp agrees to pay Mobil Corp's Ampolex Group unit $310 million in cash for interests in oil and natural gas properties off Australia's west coast (S)
LORAL SPACE TO ACQUIRE ORION FOR $490 MILLION
Date: 08 October 1997
Loral Space and Communications Ltd agrees to buy Orion Network Systems Inc for about $490 million in stock (S)
World News Briefs; U.N. to Impose Sanctions Over Sierra Leone Coup
Date: 09 October 1997
United Nations Security Council, frustrated by lack of progress in dislodging military junta that deposed Sierra Leone Pres Ahmad Tejan Kebbah in May, votes unanimously to impose sanctions on nation; bars import of oil products and military equipment and limits international travel of junta members (S)
National News Briefs; School Leader in Dallas Quits, Admitting Guilt
Date: 08 October 1997
Yvonne Gonzalez resigns as Dallas schools superintendent and agrees to plead guilty to misusing public money to buy herself bedroom furniture (S)
NEIMAN MARCUS TO TEST CHAIN OF JEWELRY AND GIFT STORES
Date: 09 October 1997
Nieman Marcus Group Inc plans to open three stores focusing on precious jewelry, gifts and home accessories as test toward creating national chain selling those items; Nieman Marcus plans to call stores Galleries of Neiman Marcus; first store will open outside Cleveland, Ohio (S)
RECKSON ASSOCIATES ADDING STAKE IN MORRIS COMPANIES
Date: 08 October 1997
Reckson Associates Realty Corp agrees to invest $150 million and to acquire controlling interest in Morris Companies (S)
BOEING WINS AN ORDER FOR 26 737-800 AIRCRAFT
Date: 08 October 1997
Boeing Co says it has won order for 26 new 737-800 aircraft valued at $1.3 billion from Turkish Airlines, beating offer from Airbus Industrie (S)
FRONTIER ACQUIRES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BUSINESS
Date: 08 October 1997
Frontier Insurance Group Inc will acquire Western Indemnity Corp for $48.5 million to bolster its medical malpractice insurance business; Frontier is owned by Galtney Group Inc (S)
APACHE TO ACQUIRE OIL AND GAS INTERESTS FROM MOBIL UNIT
Date: 09 October 1997
Apache Corp agrees to pay Mobil Corp's Ampolex Group unit $310 million in cash for interests in oil and natural gas properties off Australia's west coast (S)
LORAL SPACE TO ACQUIRE ORION FOR $490 MILLION
Date: 08 October 1997
Loral Space and Communications Ltd agrees to buy Orion Network Systems Inc for about $490 million in stock (S)