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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1998
Page
1
Wisconsin police chief Richard Williams forgot a service revolver was in an oven while roasting a turkey. A stove fire followed and he faced a one day unpaid suspension for violating firearms policy.
Federal Judge G Thomas Van Bebber sentences Michael Fortier to 12 years and $200000 fine for aiding the Oklahoma City bombing. Fortier apologizes in court, expressing remorse and asking victims to forgive him as testimony highlights the attack’s impact. Fortier cooperated in the case that led to convictions of McVeigh and Nichols.
The Phoenix area reports that former senator Barry Goldwater, age 89, shows declining health with conflicting accounts from family and associates. Susan Goldwater says his condition is not near death, while others describe a sharp downturn and possible Alzheimer’s symptoms.
A Kaiser poll of 1,358 parents and 446 children shows broad awareness of the TV ratings system with 54 percent using it often or sometimes. Yet more than two thirds won t buy a V chip enabled TV. Gore says ratings help limit exposure to violence though adoption is slow and costs deter wider use.
Louise Fletcher 63 was charged with reckless driving after pinning a police officer between her car and a cruiser Sunday night. Officer Matthew Bennett was struck and injured while stopping to remove a deer carcass. Fletcher is known for Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
A state judge ruled that a woman who said she was the longtime partner of television journalist Charles Kuralt has no valid claim to his Montana fishing retreat. District Judge Frank Davis said a letter Kuralt wrote to Patricia Shannon in his final days, stating she should have the property, was not a will but an intent to draft one. The decedent was intelligent and could have drafted a holographic will if he intended.
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