Former minister gets chair for doc's death
Paul Hill, a former minister, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the shotgun slaying of Dr. John Bayard Britton and Lt. Col. James Barrett outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola Florida. The jury recommended the death penalty. the only other option was life without parole. Hill showed no emotion as Judge Frank Bell imposed the sentence amid courtroom confrontation.
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Pensacola
Fla
Paul Hill
Hill
John Bayard Britton
Air Force
James Barrett
Barrett
June
Britton
Frank Bell
Rapist executed for 1981 murder
Herman Clark, 48, was executed in Huntsville after confessing to crimes and pleading he was a different man than on death row. He claimed responsibility for more than 100 attacks, though he was linked to 33 sexual assaults. He spoke a final hymn as the lethal drugs took effect eight minutes after injection.
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Huntsville
Herman Clark
Death Row
Jesus
Clark
Joseph McClain
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Board OKs drug tests for bus drivers
The school board unanimously approved a contract with Southwest Consortium Controlled Substance Testing to randomly test district bus drivers for drugs and alcohol starting January 1. About 50 percent of 63 drivers will be tested annually, and all new hires will be tested. The plan costs 38 per drug test and 12 per alcohol test per driver.
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Board Oks
Carl Sunderland
Transportation
Southwest Consortium
Sunderland
C. Joel Ramos
Texas Education Association
Seasonal display work lights up Del Rio streets
With Christmas near, residents prepare festive displays. Ray Saucedo Jr adjusts a nativity scene on East 7th Street as Flor Saucedo and Luisa Maria Ybarra look on. On Main Street workers set up the Wonderland display featuring prancing horses.
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Ray Saucedo Jr
Flor
Luisa Maria Ybarra
East 7Th Street
Main Street
Diet industry urged to disclose weight loss program results
Washington scientists urge the diet industry to reveal true effectiveness of programs from guidebooks to Jenny Craig. The Institute of Medicine panel finds 35 percent of women and 31 percent of men are obese despite 33 billion annually spent on weight loss.
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Washington
Jenny Craig
Arthur Frank
George Washington University
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Texas Southern again tops Texas campuses in violent crime
FBI figures show Texas Southern University in Houston had 36 violent incidents in 1993, down from 39 in 1992, still leading the state. San Marcos Southwest Texas State and UT Austin ranked second and third in 1993, while Prairie View A&M and Houston tied for prior year.
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Houston
Texas Southern University
Texas
FBI
Texas Southern
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
University of Texas At Austin
Prairie View A&m
University of Houston
Prairie View
Texas A&m
Wilhelmina Delco
House
Higher Education Committee
Nine plead guilty in 63rd District Court
Nine criminal cases were pleaded before District Judge George Thurmond in Val Verde County. Pleas covered cocaine and marijuana possession, injury to a child, criminal mischief, burglary of a building and habitation and unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. Martinez received three years probation and 30 days in VVCDC for cocaine. Oviedo admitted buying two pounds of marijuana for $300 in Ciudad Acuna and transporting it to sell. three years probation with electronic monitoring. Castaneda pleaded guilty.
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George Thurmond
63Rd Judicial District
Val Verde County
Hector Leonel Martinez
VVCDC
Evelio Sanchez Oviedo
la Grande St
Thurmond
Sanchez
Ciudad Acuna
Dora Castaneda
Margarita Ave
Ruilty
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