Review Panel Set To Oversee Waco ATF Raid Probe
Los Angeles Police Chief Willie Williams former Philadelphia police chief Henry Ruth and Pulitzer winner Edwin Guthman will review the Treasury Department’s probe of the Branch Davidian raid near Waco Texas. The panel will assess ATF policies, compare findings, and guide the ongoing justice department investigation into the 1993 siege and fire.
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Cult children recount mistreatment at sect compound
New York Times reports that children who fled the Branch Davidian compound described David Koresh gifting young girls ages 11 with plastic Stars of David to signify sexual status and calling parents dogs. They also recount being paddled with a device called the helper for minor infractions.
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Air Force deny radioactive drug charges in Arctic study
Alaska news report says Eskimos and Athabaskan villagers were reportedly given small iodine-131 doses across two years to study thyroid effects. Dr. Kaare Rodahl defended the work as ethical and useful for goiter detection, while opponents demand investigation into alleged human- guinea pig testing and consent.
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200th U.S. execution since 1976 in Texas
Darryl Stewart, 38, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville becoming the 200th inmate put to death since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume. He killed Donna Kate Thomas, 22, during a 1980 burglary and attempted rape at a Houston apartment, later shooting her after she resisted. The case cited drug use and a child present in the apartment.
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Director Michael Gordon Dies at 83 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES AP Michael Gordon renowned director of Pillow Talk and Cyrano de Bergerac died Thursday at age 83. He worked with Group Theater in the 1930s on Waiting for Lefty Golden Boy Awake and Sing. He was blacklisted in the McCarthy era but returned to Hollywood for Pillow Talk, the 1959 Rock Hudson Doris Day comedy, which earned an Oscar for its script. Other credits include Another Part of the Forest The Lady Gambles and The Web.
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