July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed Sunday the death of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the leader of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel, who died Friday following eight hours of plastic surgery …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Carrying belongings on foot, bicycle or motorbike, civilians fled Phnom Penh Sunday under a pall of smoke from a burning fuel depot. Photo by Associated Press

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The roving vehicle Sojourner, the first mobile explorer of another planet, began prospecting the soil and rocks of Mars on Sunday and transmitting a flood of data to overjoyed scientists, …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Above: Jack, Harriett and Mary Finney made headlines in 1926 with their Aqua Plane, a board towed behind a boat. 2. Left: The Finney clan still lives near Lake …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Carrying belongings on foot, bicycle or motorbike, civilians fled Phnom Penh Sunday under a pall of smoke from a burning fuel depot. Photo by Associated Press

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sunday’s Washington Triple Choice: 539. Sunday’s Keno: 8-9-10-12-25-27-29-32-33-39-42-43-44-47-50-53-56-60-68-80. Saturday’s Washington Triple Choice: 205. Saturday’s Washington Lotto: 3-4-23-25-34-41. No winner. Next jackpot: $3 million.

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Autumn Jackson, left, says she’s Bill Cosby’s daughter

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Iran on Sunday dismissed as “unfounded and ridiculous” a report that the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland. Germany’s Der …

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July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thousands of champagne-swilling revelers cheered Sunday when a rocket signaled the start of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival, famous for its daily running of the bulls. Mayor Javier Chorraut lit the …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 A water-dropping helicopter crashed while fighting a wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest on Sunday, killing the pilot and prompting fire officials to suspend air support. As 400 firefighters …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Dorothy Buffum Chandler, whose strength and determination were credited with revitalizing the cultural heritage of Los Angeles, died Sunday. She was 96. Chandler was the wife for 50 years of …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Shooting at two polling stations marred the second round of Albania’s elections Sunday, killing three people and wounding two others. Turnout was noticeably lower than in the previous weekend’s first …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ali Khan Samsuddin has 6,000 scorpions as dinner guests in his new home. Photo by Associated Press

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Faced with an outcry over crime Taiwan may use flogging as a punishment for some offenses, a newspaper reported Sunday. The China Times quoted Justice Minister Liao Cheng-hao as saying …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1846: United States annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey. In 1865: Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 A Delta Air Lines plane with 154 people aboard skidded to a landing here Sunday, injuring three people, officials said. Delta Flight 1470’s 148 passengers and six crew members were …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Leftist rebels shot down a helicopter that was flying soldiers to the site of an oil pipeline attack Sunday. All 29 people on board were feared killed, military officials said. …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Parker Bowles

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Cardenas

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Guarded by troops, members of the Orange Order march through Drumcree. Photo by Associated Press

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Police on Sunday recovered from one Moscow landmark several bombs planted in support of a far more politically sensitive shrine: Lenin’s tomb. The Revolutionary Military Council claimed responsibility for the …

July 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A 23-year-old woman expelled from a Roman Catholic college for spending the night off-campus with her fiance has sued the school for invasion of privacy and civil rights violations. Aliya …