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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1996
Page
6
In Vernon British Columbia an estranged husband opened fire as relatives gathered for a wedding killing his wife and eight others then taking his own life at a motel. An elderly woman and a 6 year old girl were wounded. two children escaped unharmed. Nine bodies were found plus a note of apology and several weapons.
Three men, two Hispanics and a white, were sentenced to life in prison in Lubbock for a racially motivated shooting spree on October 16, 1994. They were convicted of civil rights and gun violations after targeting black men at random, injuring two others and aiming to start a race war.
In a 9-4 ruling the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Clinton administration's don't ask, don't tell policy for gays in the military. The decision said courts should not substitute judicial decree for political consensus. The case involved former Navy Lt. Paul Thomasson, dismissed after revealing he was gay.
In Los Angeles, Erik and Lyle Menendez had mistrial motions denied as lead attorney Leslie Abramson invoked the right against self incrimination in a misconduct probe. Judge Weisberg rejected claims of ineffective representation for Erik while Abramson refused to answer questions about edited defense notes.
Franklin County faces a rising need for foster care providers as demand outpaces supply. Volunteers in Court and the Ottawa SRS office place children from newborns to seven years old and sometimes older under special circumstances, with current counts and placement challenges noted by Laura Harris, the SRS supervisor.
NATO helicopters carried the last body bags from a Dubrovnik hillside where Ron Brown and 34 others perished in a crash. Investigators probed the Dubrovnik airport landing guidance system as the Stars and Stripes reported a squadron commander questioned operations in foul weather in the former Yugoslavia.
Negotiators met the Freemen for about two hours at a 35 foot mobile home near their eastern Montana farmhouse as a government surveillance aircraft circled. Officials voiced cautious hope Easter symbolism could push the 12 day standoff with the FBI toward peaceful resolution while refusing to name the four mediator participants.
OPERA Kan AP The Legislature adjourned its 1996 regular session with the top issue unresolved as houses failed to send a renewal bill for the 35 mill school property tax levy to conference committee. Senate backed a 1996 97 levy extension with gradual reduction. House rejected a six year phase out 63 62 defense of the measure and a partyline swing left the bill on debate calendar possibly for reconsideration.
Two notorious prisoners found unusual productivity behind bars as the film Child This Is Just a Test by God stars Robin Bad Boy Padilla. Shot in a Philippine prison, the project relied on work-release constraints and on-camera roles given to prison staff. Rap artist X Raided, jailed four years for murder, released a new album Xorcist recorded from a county jail pay phone while adjacent lines played.
Ron Nelson checked out and honestly corrected a $5.76 shortfall after a mischarged total. Shirley Coffman nominates him for kindness noting his integrity and praises customers like him.
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