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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1994
Page
18
Lincoln reports that Nebraska's dormant electric chair may be used again after decades. Harold LaMontetey, 43, is slated for execution soon for the 1977 rape and murder of Jane McManus in her Omaha home. McManus, 26, was stabbed 15 times and struck with a hammer.
Jurors in the O J Simpson case may be kept in a hotel to shield them from publicity after prosecutors urged sequestration. Judge Lance Ito questioned the move while noting a gag order and the looming Sept. 26 start for jury selection following pretrial hearings.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 to uphold the reinstatement of Keith Meinhold, an open gay Navy sailor who was discharged under old rules. The court held only a concrete intent to engage in homosexual acts justifies discharge, not simply coming out, affecting implications for the don’t ask don’t tell policy.
Astronomers report the first Milky Way example of apparent faster-than-light motion, with two blobs ejected from what appears to be a black hole or ultra-dense star. One blob seemed 25 percent over light speed, an illusion from perspective and timing, studied at New Mexico Observatory.
In Wedowee Alabama officers broke up an angry crowd after former Randolph County High principal Huland Humphries denied calling a mixed race student a mistake amid a campus turmoil that included a boycott and an arson fire. Community leaders and students packed the parking lot as tensions flared over remarks alleged to have been made at a February 24 assembly.
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