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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1997
Page
3
Dartmouth College chemistry professor Karen Wetterhahn died at 48 from mercury poisoning after spilling dimethylmercury on latex gloves in a lab last August. The lab was shut down and later reopened as investigators traced the cause, with no other contamination found.
A Franklin County village justice, Donald Roberts, was ousted from office by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. He had told his clerk that women “need a good pounding” and that a protective order is useless. Roberts, a former state police trooper, plans to appeal within 30 days. his term runs to next April.
Kelly Therese Warren, a former Army specialist from Warner Robins Georgia, was arrested in Tampa on charges of conspiracy to aid foreign governments and delivering classified defense information. The 1986 to 1988 Bad Kreuznach duties included preparing classified documents. Warren is the fourth person charged in a decade‑long probe into an espionage ring led by Clyde Lee Conrad.
Eight companies including Lexis Nexis will restrict release of private data to qualified subscribers and bar use of marketing databases and sensitive attributes. FTC hearings cite gaps with nonparticipants as concerns grow over privacy in the digital age.
Former Rep. Randy Tate of Washington state will be the new executive director of the Christian Coalition replacing Ralph Reed. Tate, a 31 year old businessman and one term House member, has backing from the religious right and a 100 percent career rating from the group. Reed is quitting to form a political consulting firm. a news conference is planned in Washington. The coalition has faced FEC scrutiny over distributing voter guides and use of corporate funds. Tate previously defended gun rights and supported a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.
Congress will again debate a constitutional amendment to prohibit physical desecration of the US flag. The House, with 284 sponsors, faces a Senate hurdle to reach two thirds. The move follows Supreme Court rulings nullifying earlier flag desecration laws and coincides with Flag Day observances.
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