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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1999
Page
3
The Space Shuttle Discovery's flight to the space station is postponed at least a week after hail carved about 150 holes in the external tank foam. Liftoff now targeted for no earlier than May 27 as technicians plan repairs, with 35 holes in inaccessible areas and the largest hole about 2 inches wide.
A federal judge in New York ordered the release of thousands of pages of grand jury testimony in the Alger Hiss case. Judge Peter Leisure said the materials should not languish behind locked doors. The ruling could set a precedent for opening grand jury records in other cases. Hiss was convicted of perjury, rising Richard Nixon to prominence. he died in 1996 insisting he was falsely accused.
Investigators question a possible third gunman weeks after the Columbine attack. Ballistic tests by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation may identify which guns fired which shots and whether unaccounted weapons were used. Police hunt about 2,200 leads as 80 investigators work to uncover who knew of the plot or aided the attackers.
Frank Bedell the 46 year old charter bus driver in the New Orleans area died in a highway crash that killed 22 people. Investigators confirmed multiple marijuana positive tests across his career including terminations in 1989 1996 and a 1997 cocaine test after Greyhound job application. Authorities said no mechanical fault found and a car may have cut in front of the bus.
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