30 mei 1997 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♊. Het was de 149e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 31 May 1997
By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK
Interview with Texas Gov George W Bush, who comments on recent defeat by lawmakers of proposal for sweeping restructuring of state's tax code; photo (M)
Date: 31 May 1997
By SETH MYDANS
Pres Suharto's ruling party appears to have won Indonesian election by record margin; opposition charges electoral fraud, and there is at least one outbreak of violence, in Sampang, where some 3,000 people rampaged through the streets (M)
Date: 31 May 1997
By TERRY PRISTIN
Paramus, NJ, animal control supervisor Wayne Wilke is charged with official misconduct for taking 1966 Cadillac DeVille from garage of unidentified, ailing 84-year-old widow after visiting home to remove parakeets; searched house for title and physically forced her to sign car over to him while she lay in bed suffering from stroke; faces up to 10 years in jail (New Jersey Daily Briefings) (S)
Date: 31 May 1997
By JOHN TAGLIABUE
Government of Prime Min Costas Simitis is striving to rebuild Greece's flagging economy and lure back foreign businesses that fled nation's earlier pro-labor policies; is investing heavily in infrastructure projects, offering tax breaks for foreign investment and has set up investment agency to help firms deal with bureaucracy; signs of progress cited; graphs; photos (M)
Date: 31 May 1997
By TERRY PRISTIN
Jesse K Timmendequas, two-time sexual offender, is convicted by Trenton, NJ, jury of all charges in death of seven-year-old Megan Kanka in 1995 (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Date: 31 May 1997
Los Angeles County prosecutors will seek life imprisonment, instead of death penalty, for Mikhail Markhasev, 18-year-old Ukrainian charged with murdering Ennis Cosby, son of comedian Bill Cosby (S)
Date: 31 May 1997
By DAVID FIRESTONE
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been aggressively courting Hispanic voters, ever since Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer dropped out of mayoral race; series of City Hall news conferences featuring endorsements from prominent Hispanic New Yorkers noted; he has not been nearly as active in seeking endorsements from black officials (Political Notes) (M)
Date: 31 May 1997
By DAVID STOUT
Pentagon is reportedly investigating Rear Adm R M Mitchell Jr, head of Navy's supply system, for sexual harassment; has relieved him of duties pending outcome of inquiry; is also probing allegations of harassment against Army general counsel, William Coleman 3d (S)
Date: 31 May 1997
By JANE PERLEZ
Pope John Paul II is set to visit his Polish homeland for his longest and what may be his valedictory pilgrimage; there is widespread hope that Pope's 11-day visit will help heal old wounds and prepare Poles to live as part of a united Europe; photo (M)