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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1995
Page
2
Lyle and Erik Menendez will face a single jury for the 1989 murder of their parents in the Beverly Hills home after a mistrial in January 1994. The brothers, aged 27 and 24, admit killing their parents but claim abuse drove them to act while prosecutors seek a financial motive of 15 million dollars.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned a 9.15 million award against the First Church of Christ, Scientist ruling against spiritual treatment of a child’s diabetes. The court kept 1.5 million in compensatory damages against the child's mother Kathleen McKown, stepfather William McKown, and two practitioners.
Production restarts at the Kokomo automatic transmission plant after a one day strike. Ninety eight point nine percent of workers approved the tentative agreement with United Auto Workers. Meanwhile GM Pontiac East truck assembly plant workers in Pontiac, Michigan struck as talks with UAW Local 594 ended without a settlement and would resume Tuesday morning.
Gunman James Simpson, 28, killed five people at Walter Rossler Co in Corpus Christi before taking his own life. Victims were owner Walter Rossler, 62, his wife Joann Rossler, 62, Derek Harrison 35, Wendy P. Gilmore 41, and Richard Tomlinson 34. Police reported no known motive and two workers escaped. Simpson died at the scene. The massacre followed Tejano star Selena’s funeral, shocking a grieving city.
About 1,000 fans and family attended a brief funeral for Tejano singer Selena in Corpus Christi Texas after her death. Mourners placed white roses on her purple dressed casket as a 20 minute ceremony unfolded inside Seaside Memorial Park while a helicopter hovered overhead. Composer Luis Silva called Selena irreplaceable to Tejano music.
William Aramony, former United Way of America president, is found guilty on 25 counts including fraud conspiracy and money laundering after a seven day jury deliberation. Two aides, Thomas Merlo and Stephen Paulachak, also convicted. potential sentences hover around five years for Aramony and Merlo, two years for Paulachak. Sentencing set for June 14. all plan appeals.
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