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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1998
Page
2
Dayton Municipal Court officials report calls to offenders and their families improve payment rates. A manager says calling mothers yields about 50 percent success, compared with 35 percent for direct calls and 10 percent for threats, reflecting a surprising strategy in debt collection.
The 1905 Smith & Wesson pistol linked to John Dillinger’s death sold at auction for 25,875 dollars to an unidentified bidder. Butterfield & Butterfield reported the weapon, used by East Chicago Sgt. Martin Zarkovich, was pivotal in the 1934 Biograph Theater ambush. Zarkovich helped entrap Dillinger after partnering with his girlfriend, the "lady in red."
Two secretaries in the Miami-Dade state attorney office were suspended without pay amid claims of phone sex with confessed cocaine ring hitman and cashing money orders he sent. They had access to prosecutors' files and faced potential impact on Griselda Blanco murder trial as Jorge Ayala, a federal prisoner and witness, was connected to the case. Rossbach and Navarro, both veterans in the major crimes division, were suspended pending investigation.
Miami restaurateur Jo Ann Bass of Joe's Stone Crab faces an EEOC discrimination suit claiming men filled 108 waiter positions between 1986 and 1991 while women were kept from applying. A federal judge previously ruled the practice unintentional sex discrimination. damages could reach $1 million as the case moves toward testimony. Bass defends hiring as based on qualified applicants and vows to appeal.
Tampa court hears Mary Bell Vincent recount the 1978 California attack by Lawrence Singleton, who hacked off her hands with a hatchet after raping her. Vincent, now with a prosthetic hook, identifies Singleton in court as jurors weigh life in prison versus the electric chair for his 1997 murder conviction.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted to disassociate from University Baptist Church of Austin after its site and ministry, Open Circle, openly supported homosexuals. The move follows a history of clashes over inclusivity and past ordination of a gay deacon.
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