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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1998
Page
6
In Jupiter Florida the Oceancrest condo board voted 6 to 0 to block the sale of a unit to the family of 12 year old Dorian Courturier who has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair. The board cites 17 owner complaints and eight from security staff about the child.
Monique Anne Parris aged 27 and Linda Parris aged 49 were found to have overdosed on sleeping pills after stockpiling them for two months. Authorities say their actions followed the death of Linda Parris's teenage daughter three years earlier, linked to the father's death in 1991, and ongoing distress in the family.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alex Ferrer sentenced Adrian Doorbal and Daniel Lugo to death for the 1995 slayings of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton. Prosecutors said the pair, part of a gang targeting Miami's social elite, kidnapped and tortured victims for extortion, dismembering bodies and discarding them in drums and buckets by roadsides.
Five Brazilian teens on a Georgia led study trip explore their Confederate ancestors by visiting battlefield parks in Andersonville and Richmond, the Gettysburg re-enactment, and local culture festivals. They tour with Georgia Sons of Confederate Veterans members, sleeping on the ground in gray uniforms and absorbing Civil War history.
Minamata in Kyushu still bears the scars of Chisso Co mercury pollution. Since 1932 the bay was used as a waste dump, causing thousands to fall ill and more than 900 deaths. By 1997 over 17,000 had sought victim certification, with 12,615 recognized.
Hundreds of Serb police fought guerrillas for control of Orahovac as refugees fled to surrounding hills. Both sides claimed control of most of the town while reporting casualties, amid heavy explosions near Pristina in Kosovo.
In a year after their discovery, 37 deaf Mexicans who had lived as indentured vendors in subway transit were moved to a city shelter in Brooklyn. The group, including six children, will receive care, interpreters, and job training at a renovated three story home with 24 hour sign language support. In Siberia, coal miners ended a 16 day blockade of the Trans Siberian railway after talks with Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Sysuyev. The government promised wage payments and to settle debts by Wednesday.
At Kuala Lumpur International Airport experts hunt 600 rats after a plane delay of 15 hours amid reports of 291 caught. Eateries urged to keep garbage cans closed to aid extermination at the $2.3 billion facility. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik confirmed ongoing efforts.
Archaeologists in Schleswig Germany uncover nine sunken vessels dating from the 1600s after following up a 139 year old tip. The 30 to 50 foot boats are believed to be part of a military fleet sunk during the Thirty Years War, guided to the site by an 1859 note found in state museum archives.
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