Jury Testimony Blocked in Reeves Toler Case Contrast
The judge in the Toler case barred jurors from hearing Reeves lengthy Virginia sentence. Reeves’s lawyers argue jurors might have chosen not to impose death if aware of the prior five year sentence for rape and assault of a fellow Marine at Cherry Point. Reeves, a former Marine, pled guilty in 1986 and served two years before release.
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Toler
Reeves
Virginia
North Carolina
Reeve
Log
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Sun Journal names Heuser to oversee carriers and staff
Heuser of Ernul becomes manager at the Sun Journal overseeing 45 carriers and 15 mail room and clerical associates. She aims to build self esteem, improve interdepartmental understanding, and ensure timely delivery while listening to subscribers and following up on problems. She began as a carrier in 1981 and has worked in circulation, advertising, and payroll.
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Heuser
Ernul
The
Sun Journal
Arapahoe
Pamlico Senior High School
RAE de Sylveny
New Bern
New Berm
BRAC study over F A 18 relocation decisions at three bases
Base Brubaker has studied capacity at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach and Cherry Point as potential receivers for F A 18s from Cecil Field in Jacksonville. BRAC ordered the jets moved after a 1993 decision. Virginia and North Carolina pushed for Oceana as defense secretary Perry urged in February.
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Brubaker
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Cherry Point
Cecil Field Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
BRAC
Cecil Field
Virginia
William Perry
Oceana
North Carolina
Baltimore
Coastal film documents Cape Fear waterway life and dune changes
The university backs a hands on documentary project with Leutze and Philip Gerard. The film follows Cape Fear River and Outer Banks people including Rany Jennette, son of the last Hatteras lighthouse keeper, and discusses dunes built to protect the coast and the impact of development on the shoreline.
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Hatteras Island
University
Leutze
Cape Fear
Philip Gerard
Rany Jennette
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Jennette
Anaka Jennette
Buxton
Lawmakers press Clinton on war strategy in search for peace
Rep Benjamin Gilman urged a full review of the strategy in the crisis, insisting the president must make his case. Senator Lugar, speaking from Indiana, argued that a sizable NATO force is needed to force a diplomatic solution, while recognizing limited congressional backing for his approach.
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Brac '95
Bill Clinton
Tary
Benjamin Gilman
R-N.y
House Relations Committee
Clinton
Gilman
Lugar
Indiana
NATO
Serbs seize UN official in Banja Luka amid heavy fighting
Bosnian Serbs detained a U N civilian employee from Sweden in Banja Luka, escalating hostage incidents as NATO airstrikes continue. U N observers near the city faced movement restrictions while fighting raged around two U N enclaves and Banja Luka airport.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia- Herzegovina
U.N
NATO
Banja Luka
Doctors decline to speculate about Reeve's recovery
Reeve's condition remained serious but stable, a hospital spokesman said. His publicist and sister said he was conscious and could communicate with relatives, while a specialist warned the spinal cord injury at the brain base is nearly always fatal. The family thanked well wishers in a statement from Benjamin Reeve.
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Reeve
Lisa
Jane
Duncan
Harbor-Ucla Medical Center
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Aas About the Worst Thing That Can Happen To A Guy.” Reeve
Benjamin Reeve
Christopher
Ben Chavis forms new civil rights group in response to unity summit
Benjamin Chavis has quietly formed a second civil rights organization from grassroots groups that attended his unity summits after his NAACP firing. The National African American Leadership Summit aims to formalize the meetings and draw members from diverse local groups across communities.
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Benjamin Chavis
Unity
NAACP
National
Chavis
Washington
Naals
Texas Southern University
Houston
Riverdale Resident Hickman Hears Hog Farm Proximity Question
Riverdale resident People Hickman, raised on a Greenville-area farm, comments on living near a hog farm asking how close is too close while noting she cannot smell it and enjoys travel rather than gardening.
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Hickman
Riverdale
Greenville
Princess Diana Dodges Parking Ticket in London Cafe
Diana bolted from a cafe to dodge a traffic officer ticketing her convertible. Today reports she sprinted across the street to plead leniency from Shahreman Daraee. She took 30 minutes. the expected fine would have been 96 dollars.
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Diana
London
Today
Shahreman Daraee
Daraee
Gerulaitis Family Sues Over Death for 63 Million
The family of tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis filed a 63 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit in New York naming nine defendants. Authorities say he died from fumes from a defective pool heater at a building on a businessman's estate. Pool mechanic Bartholomew Torpey and his employer Recreational Concepts of Water Mill face negligent homicide charges.
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Vitas Gerulaitis
New York
Gerulaitis
Bartholomew Torpey
Bartholomew Torpey and His Employer, Recreational Concepts of Water Mill
Raynes
Austin Campbello
Dozens Audition for Paul Simon Broadway Musical Capeman
Dozens auditioned in New York for Paul Simon's 1996 Broadway musical Capeman about Salvatore Agron, a 16 year old gang member on death row, as 40 plus a capella groups performed classic tunes. Simon recalled the 1950s vocal sound and plans to open the show in the fall. Also noted were deaths of Stanley Elkin at 65 and Mary Robinson Godfrey at 109, both reported in wire items.
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Paul Simon
New York
Simon
Salvatore Agron
Pal Garfunkel
Stanley Elkin
Washington University
St. Louis
Mary Robinson Godfrey
Pittsburgh
Department of Veterans Affairs
Richard’s Ordeal and Illinois Supreme Court Critique
Bob Greene laments an Illinois Supreme Court ruling over Richard a 4 year old boy separated from his adoptive parents during routine surgery. Dr Patrick J Birmingham a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago argues for gentler handling of children and parents in perioperative moments. He and readers condemn the court’s decision and emphasize honoring Richard’s pain and pursuit of justice. The piece frames civic accountability and the emotional impact on families and society.
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Patrick J. Birmingham
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Dr. Birmingham
Richard
Illinois Supreme Court
James D. Heiple
Michael Bilandic
Charles Freeman
John Nickels
Moses Harrison II
Illinois
Judy Hoke
Northbrook
Ill
Supreme Court of Illinois
Paul J. Kazmierczak
Drees quotes on wetlands law rewrite debate in North Carolina
A public poll asks if a GOP reform of federal law should drop protections for about 60 percent of North Carolina wetlands. Call numbers invite yes or no responses. The clipping includes unrelated quotes about telephone bills and policy.
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North Carolina
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