Boston lawyer leaves large bequest to white supremacist groups
Richard J. Cotter Jr, Boston establishment lawyer and Harvard alumnus, willed over 650000 of his 5.4 million estate to white supremacist and anti Semitic groups and figures including William L Pierce and James K Warner. executor Donald O Smith says Cotter’s motives vary by topic, with possible anti communism influence. Cotter died at 81 in March 1999 leaving substantial legacies to animals friends and a nursing group.
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Duxbury
Mass
Richard J. Cotter Jr
Boston
Phillips Exeter
Harvard
Harvard Law
Robert Leikind
Anti-Defamation League
Cotter
Donald
Chabrier
John F. Kennedy
William L. Pierce
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City Federal Building
Pierce
James K. Warner
New Christian Crusade Church
Warner
American Nazi Party
KKK
David Duke
Anti- Defamation League
UW system funds campus groups ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge in Madison ruled UW System student fee distribution unconstitutional as it lacks guaranteed viewpoint neutrality. The decision requires a 60 day plan to implement a constitutional method, after the Supreme Court upheld mandatory fees but questioned funding procedures. Former student Scott Southworth supported allowing withholding funds from objectionable groups.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin System
U.S. Supreme Court
John C. Shabaz
University
Shabaz
Supreme Court
District Court
Uw-Madison
Scott Southworth
Father sentenced to up to 15 years in Freon death case
In Salt Lake City AP, Michael Jeffrey Bunting, 31, pleaded guilty to child abuse homicide after pumping Freon into his four year old son's bathwater to entertain him. The court imposed up to 15 years. prosecutors had charged murder due to his licensed access to refrigerant gas.
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Salt Lake City
Michael Jeffrey Bunting
Regulators Let California Plants Restart Amid Crisis
California air quality regulators cleared several Southern California plants to resume operations after exceeding pollution limits, restoring about half of the 2,400 megawatts offline. The move followed an unprecedented power crunch blamed on Northwest cold, plant outages, and deregulation effects, with fines imposed on restarting units. Federal regulators coordinate with the state to divert power, including potential out-of-state hydro.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Northwest
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Stephanie McCorkle
California Independent System Operator
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