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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1995
Page
1
Chechen militants repel two Russian assaults on Budyonnovsk hospital where hundreds of hostages are held. Russians fear a wider terror campaign as dozens die in crossfire and the crackdown appears inept. Officials warn Chechens may be inspired to further attacks.
Attorneys for Michael Ray Skeels seek to block the death penalty claiming intoxication and drug blackout at the time of the murder of Elbert Roosevelt Stokes, a retired Air Force colonel. Skeels, 30, is charged with first degree murder, first degree kidnapping and armed robbery. Trial set in Craven County Superior Court with jury selection at 9:30 a.m. Prosecutors say premeditation and aggravating factors will be proven. Sequestration requested by defense. judge to rule during trial.
Craven County lawyers say courts increasingly view fathers as fit parents as divorce cases surge. Attorneys note more fathers receive custody, though judges don’t favor one gender. statistics show 13 percent of children under 18 lived with fathers in 1993, up from 9 percent in 1970.
The governor of Tennessee signed an extradition warrant for Travis Williams held in Knoxville without bond since facing murder charges in Newport Williams also called Orin Eugene Ross. He is to be extradited to Carteret County North Carolina to face charges in the murder of Connie Mae Melton, 37. A Sundquist office spokeswoman said the warrant was signed last week and Williams may challenge by claiming not the sought man, after which Tennessee must identify him and return him to North Carolina. The warrant bypasses court extradition and Williams initially preferred to waive extradition before retaining counsel.
The U S Court of Appeals overturned a 1994 order requiring Jacksonville's J and E Salvage Co to return helicopter transmissions to the government. The case, valued at 750000 dollars, now rests under the Contract Disputes Act, with ownership staying with J and E Salvage after engines already were turned over.
At the Halifax G7 summit Boris Yeltsin erupted in anger over Russia’s Chechnya war after a One on one with Bill Clinton. He defended the Budennovsk hospital raid and said 200 Russians were freed. Clinton urged a nonmilitary path while condemning terrorism.
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