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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1998
Page
6
In Columbia two brothers aged 11 and 13 and their mother were charged in the death of 6 year old Charnell Smith. Police say the child was beaten for getting off at the wrong bus stop while under the aunt and guardian Pamela Smith. Paramedics found Charnell unconscious and brain dead after the incident.
Jeremy Strohmeyer, 20, a former Long Beach honor student, pleaded guilty to murder in the 1997 Sherrice Iverson killing in a casino toilet stall. He received four life terms without parole after acknowledging he killed the 7-year-old to “stop her pain” and apologized to her parents. He said he was in a drunken and drugged haze and begged for forgiveness.
Inmate Zeferino DePina sues guard Filipe Monteiro and 17 other Massachusetts Department of Correction staff, alleging a former shooting victim turned guard taunted him behind bars. DePina testified a high ranking official dismissed his claims saying you shot the guy in the head. He seeks unspecified damages for assault emotional distress and civil rights deprivation.
An AP report notes advisers warn of a billion dollar stimulus gap to break even and a government official hedges recovery in two years or less. A research agency cites a postwar high 25 billion in bankrupcy debt as bleak evidence.
Energy and Pentagon found sensitive nuclear weapon details in boxes of Cold War era records slated for release by Clinton. Congress seeks to block the declassification pace, citing national security risks as experts warn proliferators could gain weapon design data.
Frankie Yankovic the Cleveland accordion star known as the Polka King has died at his New Port Richey home at age 83 after a fall. A Milwaukee-born veteran who popularized Slovenian style polka, he won the first Grammy for polka in 1986 and later teamed with Drew Carey and Weird Al Yankovic. He produced hit records in the 1940s including Just Because and Blue Skirt Waltz.
The government said ninety percent of schools report no serious violent crimes such as robbery and weapon attacks amid security tightening. Education Secretary Riley called even one incident too many as a White House safety conference is planned.
The State Department says NATO will create a rapid response rescue force to back unarmed monitors sent to Kosovo. The plan, tied to Milosevic agreeing to 2000 monitors, envisions deployment in Adriatic waters with no Americans on rescue missions, though an auxiliary American role is possible.
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