California three strikes verdict for cookie thief
In Santa Ana a man who stole four chocolate chip cookies was sentenced to 26 years to life under California's three strikes law. Kevin Weber, 34, had prior burglary and firearm assault convictions, and a 1995 sentence was upheld by Judge Jean Rheinheimer after a reevaluation prompted by a 1996 Supreme Court decision.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Jean Rheinheimer
Kevin Weber
Poe Weber
Supreme Court
James Hicks
Weber
Real time court reporting comes to Midland trials
Judges Lance Ito and Willie Dubose preside over murder trials using instant transcription tech. Court reporter Jerry Lancaster says real time shows testimony on notebook computers for judges and attorneys to scroll, search, and print. About 1 percent of reporters are certified in the method.
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Fred Keck
Midland
Jerry Lancaster
Lancaster
Dubose
385Th District Court
Fred Keck Capital
385 District Court
Midland County
Monahans man burned in fire at Kermit gas plant
A 40 year old Monahans man named Tommy Wiltz suffered second and first degree burns over about 70 percent of his body when two condensate by product tanks caught fire at the American Oil and Gas Plant a KN Energy subsidiary near Kermit Texas Sunday morning He was airlifted to a burn unit in Lubbock after the blaze began about 1045 am at County Road 107 seven miles northwest of Kermit Deputy David Watson said the cause is under investigation and the fire is under control with personnel monitoring it as it burns down
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American Oil and Gas Plant
Kermit
Tommy Wiltz
Lubbock
Monahans
KN Energy
Gilbert C. Gremmel
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Wiltz
Kermit Hospital
Gremmel
David Watson
Winkler
Watson
Ke Energy
Trol
Sheriff's Office
Texans see racism as a large problem in state and nation
The Scripps Howard Texas Poll of 1,001 adults conducted Feb 16 26 by UT Office of Survey Research finds a strong belief that discrimination against Blacks and Hispanics is a serious issue both nationwide and in Texas. Nine of ten Texans want race relations improved. only about half trust Clinton's Initiative on Race to help much.
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Austin
Scripps Howard Texas
Clinton
Office of Survey Research
University of Texas
Jerry Polinard
University of Texas- Pan American
Edinburg
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Texas
al Kauffman
Flawed Giant Johnson fear of Humphrey and Vietnam revealed
Boston University historian Robert Dallek’s biography Flawed Giant portrays Lyndon B. Johnson as fearing vice president Humphrey would break with him over Vietnam. Johnson allegedly encouraged a 1968 draft movement at Chicago after withdrawing, aiming to test Humphrey’s resolve and avoid handing the war to him. The book links Nixon’s win to Viet Nam escalation and Watergate.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
FBI
LBJ
Boston University
Robert Dallek
Johnson
Chicago
Dallek
Oxford University Press
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
Nixon
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Anna Chennault
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Don Feder
America
Comiss
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