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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1996
Page
3
Four more non commissioned officers at Fort Leonard Wood face charges for violating the trainee relationship ban. They join 10 instructors suspended earlier for sexual misconduct with trainees. Other charges include indecent assault with incidents dated between May 30 and mid September 1996.
Ellis Wayne Felker, 48, was electrocuted at 7:30 p.m. after the Supreme Court rejected his final appeal. The murder of a college student in 1981 prompted the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. In Washington DC, a federal control board fired the school superintendent and took over city schools, dissolving the elected board.
Boston ends the self imposed 35 percent minority set aside at three examination schools including Boston Latin after a 20 year desegregation era. The change follows a white student's reverse discrimination claim and a pending lawsuit. A task force proposed a mixed admission method based on test scores and racial percentages, risking further litigation from Asian applicants.
In Williamsport Pennsylvania an imprisoned father, 38, faces attempted murder charges after his 13 year old daughter Diane Crist testified through sign language that he forced her to the road and threw her in front of a speeding pickup. Prosecutors allege he offered Lisa Cohick $5,000 to murder Diane for life insurance.
Washington AP Former presidential aide Mark Middleton now a global business consultant reportedly used a private White House restaurant after leaving the administration and may have brought Asian clients there. White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said the matter concerns the White House mess. Middleton denied any wrongdoing and said he sometimes brought guests.
The offer waives charges for any Jocal calls in your plan within Iowa for the remainder of the year. No long distance fees apply, allowing free nationwide calling only within Iowa and for in-state destinations.
President Clinton announced an extended U S mission in Bosnia keeping about 8 500 troops until June 1998 to help solidify a peace and avoid jeopardizing progress. He also signaled readiness to send roughly 4 000 U S troops to a Canadian led humanitarian effort in eastern Zaire to aid refugees and deliver aid.
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