Week of June 12-14, 1997

In Denver - a federal court jury decides

the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh

- who exploded a truck bomb that killed

168 in Oklahoma City. Before the jury

decided, McVeigh’s mother pleaded for

her son’s life and showed videotape

showing scenes of family life. They

weren’t moved.

The House approves that would amend

the Constitution to outlaw burning the

U.S. flag.

President Clinton opens a yearlong

initiative on race relations by appointing a

board to advise him on the divisive issue.

The panel includes three whites, two

blacks a Latino and a Korean American.

Black historian John Hope Franklin will chair.

CNN news correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Visa to quit running an ad

featuring him after learning that his boss felt it violated the channel’s policy

barring its journalists from most commercial advertisements.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) labeled a proposed congressional

apology for slavery as “emotional symbolism” that will not help alleviate the

nation’s racial problems. “We can go back and have all sorts of apologies. But

will one more child read because of it?”

Microsoft Corp. announces that it is joining rival Netscape in a plan that would

give users more control over personal information collected on the Internet.

President Clinton will fill the long-vacant post of

administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration

with Jane Garvey , the first woman to head the

embattled agency.

Sports -

NBA Finals - Michael Jordan scores 39 points as

the Bulls beat the Utah Jazz - 90-86.