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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1997
Page
3
In Los Angeles a judge barred 18th Street gang members from groups over two in public after finding evidence of gang activity including robbery and drug sales. Judge Alan Buckner urged, You guys are making a mess of things in the target area.
In Memphis a new round of tests on James Earl Ray's rifle and the King slaying bullet yielded inconclusive results. Experts testified that 12 of 18 test bullets bore markings not found on the fatal slug, leaving the question unresolved and prompting a July 18 court conference on further testing.
The mother and sister of a girl who died in the Cariaco quake grieve outside the morgue as the 6.9 magnitude disaster kills at least 67 and injures 469. A high school roof collapsed during final exams.
Serb leaders warned that NATO actions in Serb territory threaten the Dayton peace. British troops killed war crimes suspect Simo Drljaca and captured Milan Kovacevic during an arrest near Prijedor. Drljaca’s family members were also detained.
2nd Lt. William Kite, a Whiteman AFB security police supervisor, is allowed to resign with a general discharge after facing court-martial on two fraternization counts with an enlisted woman whom he later married. No reason given. the case follows recent Air Force scrutiny of officer enlisted relationships.
Snowball the escaped rabbit terrorized Ashland Massachusetts for two weeks attacking three adults and a 2-year-old before being captured by a victim using a long-handled net. Police say the animal faces rabies testing and possible execution. Morrison, scratched in the attacks, expresses mixed feelings about the prognosis.
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