Lewis-Akinwande: a Fight for Heavyweight Redemption
Date: 12 July 1997
By TOM FRIEND
Lennox Lewis is set to defend World Boxing Council heavyweight title against Henry Akinwande, Lake Tahoe, Nev (M)
Replaying Friday, July 11, 1997
The July 11, 1997 was a Friday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 191 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 Friday, July 11, 2025, 356 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in 8 days. You have lived for 10,583 days, or about 254,015 hours, or about 15,240,912 minutes, or about 914,454,720 seconds.
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11th of July 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 11, 1997
Senate Is Cool to G.I. Mission in Bosnia but Doesn't Cut Off Funds
Date: 12 July 1997
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Senate approves military authorization bill including nonbinding resolution to get ground troops out of Bosnia by June 30, as Pres Clinton has promised, but does not cut off aid for the peacekeeping mission; $269 billion military budget is passed by 94-to-4 vote (S)
Cities, Once on Fiscal Ropes, Rebound Strongly
Date: 12 July 1997
By KEVIN SACK
Annual survey released by National League of Cities indicates that more than two-thirds of 338 US cities reported that they will be better able to meet their financial needs in the current fiscal year than in the previous one; it is fifth consecutive year in which percentage has increased; chart; photos (M)
Union Plan Sees Buyouts Saving Jobs
Date: 12 July 1997
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
National Health and Human Service Employees Union, New York City's largest union of hospital workers, proposes innovative deal that would use at least $100 million from its pension plan to offer early retirement incentives for older workers as means of guaranteeing job security for younger ones; makes proposal to 30 nonprofit hospitals because it fears city's financially squeezed hospitals will make large-scale layoffs when its current contract expires on June 30, 1998 (M)
An Enthusiast Again, Gingrich Proposes a Tax Cut a Year
Date: 12 July 1997
By ADAM CLYMER
House Speaker Newt Gingrich proposes cutting taxes every year and abolishing, not just reducing, capital gains and inheritance taxes (M)
Gephardt Faults Effort To Balance the Budget
Date: 12 July 1997
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
House Minority Leader Richard A Gephardt says it is all right if Federal budget is only in 'rough balance' because the nation's top priorities should be investment and growth; Gephardt says he would endorse budget deficit of up to one percent of gross domestic product; photo (M)
French Won't Sell Military Contractor
Date: 12 July 1997
France drops plans to sell its 58 percent stake in Thomson-CSF, military electronics company, and will instead make it core of large new military group (M)
Rwanda's War Role May Haunt Congolese
Date: 12 July 1997
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr
Announcement by Rwanda that its military planned and directed Congolese insurrection from its start in October 1996 is seen undermining the political position of rebel leader and new Congo Pres Laurent Kabila; map (M)
Cambodia: Quandary for Diplomats
Date: 12 July 1997
By SETH MYDANS
Foreign embassies in Cambodia, already beginning to cut their aid programs as punishment for coup carried out by Hun Sen, receive surprising letter from Parliament asking for humanitarian assistance; meanwhile, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, ousted as First Prime Minister, asks United States and United Nations for sanctions against Cambodia; Norodom photo (M)
Producer Report Sends Treasury Prices Up
Date: 12 July 1997
By ROBERT HURTADO
Treasury prices rise, pushing yield on 30-year bond to its lowest level in more than seven months, after Government reports that prices at producer level fell for a record sixth consecutive month (M)