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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1994
Page
5
Space Center Houston reports German oceanographers spilled 106 gallons of diesel oil into the North Sea to test if Endeavour's radar could detect slicks from orbit. A nearby release of 26 gallons of algae products tested radar response differences as the shuttle passed 138 miles overhead.
Republicans pressed the House to meet a late November session to vote on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Speaker Thomas Foley initially pledged full commitment to the accord but then sent a letter signaling retreat. The House set a November 29 vote two days before the Senate schedule on December 1.
House debate centers on linking passport issuance to nonpayment of child support. Legislation aims to curb delinquency by prioritizing federal action and adding SBA borrower certification if delinquent. The measure, pushed by the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and allies, targets bankruptcies used to dodge support.
In Williamsburg Virginia NAACP official Salim Khalfani raises protests over a planned 18th century slave auction re enactment at Colonial Williamsburg saying it could demean the African holocaust. Colonial Williamsburg and a black history expert defend the program as a needed, educational portrayal of a harsh period.
Paul Hill, a 40 year old former minister, was found guilty on three counts of violating the new federal access law after admitting no evidence at trial. He killed abortion doctor John Britton and escort James Barrett outside the Pensacola clinic, and wounded Barrett’s wife, June. The verdict marks the first conviction under the law aimed at protecting clinic access. Hill faces life in prison, with potential electric chair if murder charges are upheld at sentencing December 9. The case polarizes abortion supporters and opponents, signaling a nationwide precedent in clinic violence.
In Hampton, Virginia, Franklin William Stevenson, 40, holed up in an elementary school after threatening to shoot his girlfriend. After a 10 hour standoff, police entered a classroom at 12 50 a.m. and found Stevenson dead from a self inflicted gunshot. He fled police in a car crash near Wythe Elementary. teachers and students were evacuated safely.
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