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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1996
Page
4
Kevin Dimmick, leader of an HIV positive support group, sues the California DMV for 5 million dollars alleging discrimination after the department refused a personalized plate reading HIV POS. DMV says the plate would offend many and be insensitive to people with HIV, noting a prior removal of HIV NEG plates after complaints.
In Beaver County Court, Andy Pawlish and Kimberly Rice pleaded no contest to third degree murder for the 1983 death of Margaret Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, then 36, survived a 100 foot fall after being blindfolded and paralyzed, later dying of sepsis ten years afterward. A 1995 coroner's jury attributed her death to the fall.
In Bonita Springs a 7-year-old boy shot and killed his inseparable friend after finding a loaded pistol in a dresser drawer. The shooter, Althena O Connor, mother of the survivor, was jailed on charges of leaving a loaded gun within reach of a minor. Police indicated investigators would not confirm if the act was accidental. Separately a 4-year-old found a pistol and killed his napping father in an apparently accidental shooting.
Massachusetts becomes the first state to release malpractice payouts disciplinary actions and physicians criminal records with a toll free line offering up to 10 doctor profiles. Hospitals HMOs and insurers want the data while doctors warn about stress and avoidance of high risk patients. The move follows a battle by consumer groups and a milder compromise after doctors resisted full disclosure.
Pentagon officials pursue a full account of two U S anti radar missiles fired by F 16s over southern Iraq amid Iraqi radar warnings. Kenneth Bacon said the investigation would take days with pilots questioned and nearby crews to be interviewed. Defense Secretary Perry backed the pilots, while Iraq denied any missile firings claiming a political ploy by the Clinton administration.
Walter Leroy Moody, age 51, was found guilty in state court of murder and assault for the 1989 attack that killed 11th Circuit Judge Robert Vance and wounded his wife. The case followed Moody’s prior federal convictions for m urder of Vance and a civil rights lawyer, amid a wave of mail bombs warned as racially driven. Prosecutors linked the acts to Moody's fixation on a past pipe bomb conviction and alleged a Klan framing for one of the bombs. No immediate sentencing date was set.
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