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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1995
Page
13
In Beijing AP reports Wei Jingsheng China’s leading democracy advocate was convicted of attempting to overthrow the government and sentenced to 14 years. He has spent 16 years in detention and was previously sentenced in 1999.
In Methuen area, Malden Mills suffered a catastrophic blaze that destroyed four of five buildings, injuring 33 and leaving 1,400 workers unemployed before Christmas. Osiris Tejada, a shipper, faced losing his home and a $275 bonus, as production halted with hopes for partial restart in 30 days. Malden Mills employs 3,100 workers and produces Polartec fleece from recycled bottles, paying higher-than-average wages.
Willie Brown defeated incumbent Frank Jordan to become San Francisco’s first black mayor with 57 percent of the 536 precincts reporting. Amid fierce storms three people died and over 700000 lost power as Brown pledged citywide improvements. In Chicago Jesse Jackson Jr won a House seat in a landslide and Tom Campbell won a San Jose special election.
In York Pennsylvania William Baker was sentenced to nine to 20 years after using a box-cutting knife to carve his signature onto ex girlfriend Lisa Shildt s face The victim says the sentence offers little comfort fearing he may kill her upon release and notes the punishment was double that given most aggravated assault defendants.
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