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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1994

Page

7

Dahmer Slaying: Prison Weight Bar Used in Beating

Portage Wisconsin AP report states Christopher Scarver, a 25 year old killer, confessed to using a 20 inch steel bar from a weight room to kill Jeffrey Dahmer and fellow inmate Jesse Anderson on November 28. Scarver said God told him to do it and later claimed the Spirit spoke to him. Authorities noted two guards were present but access to the weapon remains questioned. Scarver was serving a life term for a 1990 robbery.

Christopher J. Scarver Son of God Dahmer Jesse Anderson Columbia Correctional Institution Anderson Wisconsin Ps Morao Portage County Mark Bennett Scarver Eves Bennett Dahmer Anderson Jeffrey Dahmer Richard Rehm Seerver Chris Mary Tommy G. Thompson

Sharecropper’s daughter named Smith College president

Ruth Simmons, daughter of sharecroppers, named next president of Smith College, first black leader of a Seven Sisters school. The 49-year-old scholar and Princeton vice provost will take office in July, succeeding Mary Maples Dunn. Simmons grew up in Houston, studied at Dillard, Harvard, and led black studies at Princeton before roles at Spelman and a return to Princeton.

Northampton Mass Ruth Simmons Smith College Princeton University Mary Maples Dunn Simmons Women’s College Seven Sisters Radcliffe Barnard Wellesley Vassar Bryn Mawr Mount Holyoke Princeton Toni Morrison Cornel West Spelman College

Immune cells may control HIV early in infection

Researchers at University of California San Francisco report CD8 T cells attack HIV weeks after infection, suppressing the virus and delaying antibody development. The study, in The Lancet, suggests CD8 factors may help monitor responses to therapies as some patients resist AIDS progression longer. Seven HIV-positive subjects showed CD8 activity before antibody appearance.

the Lancet University of California San Francisco Roger Pomerantz Infectious Disease Division Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pomerantz

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