Air show rolls with jet truck thunder at Cherry Point
The forecast said a partly blue sky with near perfect conditions as Donna Shockley watched her husband Les Blaze to 280 mph in the jet engine powered ShockWave Peterbilt at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station on Saturday. She said she will not ride carnival attractions and noted she knows her limits.
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Pro-apartheid leader arrested in Hani killing case
Police said Clive Derby-Lewis a former MP and Conservative Party leader was held as a suspect in the April 10 killing of Chris Hani. In a separate incident a white gunman killed two black marchers at Vanderbiltpark near Johannesburg amid tense protests and a counter demonstration by armed white supremacists.
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Franz Malherbe
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Frank le Roux
African National Congress
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Johannesburg
Janusz Walus
Afrikaner Resistance Movement
F.W. de Klerk
Pretoria
de Klerk
Bizarre murder trial twists as defendant attempts suicide
Sylvia White, just convicted of murdering her 4 year old stepson by suffocation and bagging, tried to kill herself minutes after verdict. The attempt failed. she claimed innocence as she was taken to a sheriff’s car. Sentenced to life, she still faces murder and conspiracy charges regarding her husband. Lynwood Taylor, 41, another Kinston resident, awaits trial in the Jones County case from January 1992.
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Missing trout spurs deputy inquiry at Craven farm
John Wilcox reported to Craven County Sheriff's Office that thieves may have taken trout from a new batch delivered Friday night to his trout farm on Streets Ferry Road. Deputies work to confirm the disappearance and lines on the case.
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Wilcox
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State pays 24.8 million yearly to rent space nationwide
The state holds more than 925 leases from Manteo to Tokyo with rents ranging from 24 cents to 103.47 per square foot. Governor Hunt ordered a study of state leases, calling the system waste and vowing to stop it. The Corrections Department is the largest renter with 216 leases.
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Correction
Nation Guilty Verdicts In LA Police Beating Case
A federal jury found Sgt. Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Powell guilty of civil rights violations in the Rodney King beating, while two other officers were acquitted. The 15 minute court session followed 40 hours of deliberation. The verdict prompted celebrations in riot-torn South Central LA and drew praise from President Clinton in Pittsburgh.
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Laurence Powell
Los Angeles
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Atlanta
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Tension turns to joy in streets of Los Angeles
A juror states the panel relied on a videotape of the beating, shaping the verdict. Authorities report relief as celebrations erupt in Los Angeles streets following the court’s decision. The juror’s testimony highlights the pivotal role of the video evidence in the case.
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