Car crash in Long Beach kills 79 year old bystander
A car swerved to avoid a station wagon entering traffic from a gas station, striking a bus bench and bystanders. An elderly woman, Lolita Abenoja, 79, died. eight others were injured, at least three critically. The driver and a passenger had minor injuries. the station wagon driver fled, later not found. The car's driver faces no charges yet.
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Breast cancer stamp issued in 1996 National Race for the Cure
The Postal Service releases a 32-cent Breast Cancer Awareness stamp featuring a bare-shouldered figure and a pink ribbon. It goes on sale June 15 to align with the National Race for the Cure events, with 1-800-4-CANCER printed on each sheet for information.
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San Francisco Trial and Health Sees AIDS Fight Tactic
Health officials in San Francisco offer female condoms to gay men to curb HIV transmission while FDA approval for anal use remains disputed. City AIDS project nurse Marcy taser said the program will continue to provide the option despite questions about regulatory clearance. A separate court case saw a Dayton area couple’s child molestation convictions overturned after key witnesses recanted and a new trial ordered. Judge Richard Parrott ruled the 1985 verdicts flawed due to undisclosed favorable evidence.
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Derailment tragedy grips Weyauwega family in crisis
Delores Harris fled a burning yard when propane tank cars derailed and exploded. Her husband Lennard Harris died the next day after collapsing at work, leaving the family in a hotel with two teens as the town faced a lingering fire and evacuation. Governor Thompson announced planned National Guard assisted return of residents to recover belongings.
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Thompson
Most fat adults never exercise says new CDC study
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over one third of overweight adults do no leisure-time physical activity. Among overweight men 33 percent and women 41 percent were inactive in the prior month versus 26 percent of non overweight men and 28 percent of non overweight women. The 1994 telephone survey of about 104000 adults across all states and DC notes household chores and walking to work do not count as leisure exercise. The CDC urges moderate exercise of 30 minutes daily.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Kevorkian fate in jury hands during trial deliberations
The jury in the Jack Kevorkian assisted death case began deliberations after closing arguments. Prosecutors depicted him as crafting a plan to create human guinea pigs, while defense attorney Geoffrey Fieger argued he only aimed to relieve suffering with dignity. Jurors adjourned without a verdict. four alternates were dismissed and two would have acquitted.
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Trooper fired for abuse in speeding stop video
South Carolina state trooper Lance Cpl. W H Beckwith was fired after a video from his patrol car showed him shoving cursing and threatening to cut a woman’s clothes during a Jan. 8 speeding arrest on I 95 in Clarendon County. Public Safety Director Boykin Rose called it an isolated incident and said the tape aired on local TV. Beckwith, an 11 year veteran, did not wear his hat during the stop and attempted to drag and cuff the woman while her seat belt remained fastened. He threatened to cut her clothing if he could not remove it.
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Beckwith
Clarendon County
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