Up Front: Cunanan Desperation and Final Exit in Miami Beach
The FBI said Andrew Cunanan, sought a false passport and, failing that, shot himself in a houseboat near Miami Beach nine days after Versace was killed. Authorities questioned why Cunanan killed five men and stayed near the area, with police chief Barreto noting there was no suicide note or clear motive.
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Miami Beach
Cunanan
FBI
Gianni Versace
Versace
Richard Barreto
Judge calls blackface lineup a farce in Kamara case
In Leeds England police staged a lineup with eight white men blacked up to resemble Martin Kamara 48 after failing to find black volunteers. A makeup artist applied the disguises and heat caused the makeup to run as Kamara described the scene as an audition for an Al Jolson show. The judge dismissed the crown claim noting ethnic origin is more than color.
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Leeds
England
Yorkshire
Martin Kamara
Kamara
al Jolson
Youths jailed for two year custody in home invasion
Two 16 year old boys received two years in secure custody after a July home invasion aimed at a 21 year old man. They used an axe handle and air gun and injured the man and his family. one also faced a firearm prohibition and restitution.
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Medicine Hat
Darwin Greaves
Ron Hill
Ted Fisher
Hill
Greaves
Fisher
Dietrich Brand
Alberta cuts day care operating grants to redirect subsidies
Alberta announces phase out of day care operating allowances directing funds to higher subsidies for low income families. Centres currently receive 160 to 48 per child in grants. Government expects 4 million in savings while critics warn middle income families face impact. There are about 588 centres caring for 23,500 children as of March 1997.
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Edmonton
Tory
Social Services
Lyle Oberg
Alberta
Oberg
Avril Pike
Child Care Advocacy Association
Canada
Linda Sloan
Police let Fisher slip away in renewed Miller case
Canadian police renewed the 1969 Gail Miller murder probe as key suspect Larry Fisher reportedly left Saskatoon with his girlfriend toward Alberta. DNA from Miller’s semen matched Fisher’s DNA, lawyers for David Milgaard say, though police did not arrest him. Fisher planned to move to Vancouver, per his landlord.
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Regina
Anice
Gail Miller
Larry Fisher
Saskatoon
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Fisher
Miller
David Milgaard
Alberta
Vancouver
RCMP
Fat Cat pimp carried to sentence in Manhattan court
Robert York 49 known as Fat Cat was hoisted onto a crane assisted gurney and wheeled to the 15th floor Manhattan Supreme Court for sentencing. He arrived a day early but was still sentenced as the judge avoided a repeat scene.
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New York
Reuter
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Robert York
York
Cargill hires temp workers at High River plant amid strike
Cargill plans to move more cattle through its High River meat packing plant by hiring 60 temporary workers and up to 200 permanent staff. The action, seen by the UFCW Local 401 as intensifying the two week strike, prompts a hotel hiring centre in Calgary and a strikers return line. UFCW says the temp hires are scab workers while the strike continues since July 11 over wages and conditions.
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High River
Cargill
Calgary
Wayne Covey
United Food and Commercial Workers Local
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John Pacenti
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Paul Stokes
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Hooper's Law
Christopher Fry
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Rty
AMA
Ave. S.E
Peter Mah
Boundary Commission
Northwest Mounted Police
Canadian Press and
Sandra Cordon
Canadian Press
Temps
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