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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2000
Page
3
The Pentagon will continue its plan to inoculate 2.4 million active duty and reserve personnel against anthrax, despite a House subcommittee call to suspend the program. The committee cited questions about long term protection and science backing the vaccine.
Svetlana Kudryavtsev a former Bank of New York employee faces additional charges in the seven billion dollar Russian money laundering case. Lucy Edwards and her husband Peter Berlin admitted aiding Russian bankers to move funds through the bank to evade taxes and conceal crime links. Edwards testified that Kudryavt received about 500 dollars monthly after moving from New York to London in 1996 to oversee accounts used for money laundering. GE recalls that heated dishwashers could be fixed cheaply but the firm allegedly steered consumers toward buying new units, prompting a forthcoming lawsuit by New York AG Eliot Spitzer seeking restitution and damages.
Louis E. Covar Jr., a 51 year old quadriplegic from Augusta, convicted of marijuana possession and later ordered to prison after police testified he was selling the drug. Judge Overstreet cited the high care costs and noted Covar’s ongoing disability while stressing law enforcement resource concerns. Covar says marijuana eases pain from neck injuries and disputes the sale allegations.
Death row inmate Betty Lou Beets pleads for mercy to Gov. Bush, arguing years of domestic abuse. She faces execution by injection on Feb. 24 for the 1983 murder of her husband Jimmy Don Beets in Texas. Bush awaits Pardons Board recommendation before deciding.
Washington officials weighed evidence of racial disparities in zero tolerance discipline with 1997 figures showing black students at 17 percent of enrollment yet 32 percent of suspensions, while Hispanics and whites were 14 and 63 percent of students and 13.5 and 51 percent of suspensions respectively. The panel discussed due process and long running trends in discipline policies.
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