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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1998
Page
4
Edith Pollack-Edry mourns her Nazi camp survivor parents who died before reclaiming wartime assets. The piece notes tens of thousands of Holocaust victims deposited money in secret Swiss accounts as Nazis rose in Europe and banks misled or hid details, leaving survivors with delayed restitution.
A tractor trailer with failing brakes plowed through a line of shoppers and vendors on the first day of the 450 Mile Sale spanning Alabama Georgia Tennessee and Kentucky. Two died and 17 were injured, some critically, after the rig rear ended a car and pushed vehicles into a crowd. A vendor sitting at his table was struck and injured.
Zane Brown Hill, 62, executed by injection after a 1990 drunken rage outside his wife's home in Raleigh. He killed Randall Hill, 29, who was shot twice in the back and once in the abdomen as he called for help. Hill claimed self defense as Gov. Hunt denied clemency and the Supreme Court refused to stay the case.
In a six hour hearing, two boys ages 7 and 8 accused of murder were released to stay at home under electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for the death of 11 year old Ryan Harris. They face Aug 28 court reappearance under Illinois Abneis law.
Steve Fossett’s bid to circle the globe in the Solo Spirn gains pace as easterly winds push the balloon toward Australia. Mission control at Washington University in St. Louis reports the craft is on schedule and in the window to complete the full circumnavigation. Fossett, making his fourth attempt, nears the halfway point, with officials noting a potential high-pressure risk over the Indian Ocean that could stall progress.
U S District Judge Fred Biery removed himself from the murder case of Charles Harrelson after a chance encounter in a public gym where he played basketball with Woody Harrelson. The case involving the 1979 killing of federal judge John Wood Jr. was reassigned to Judge Orlando L. Garcia.
Denver and Boulder County prosecutors met with District Attorney Alex Hunter to map lines of legal expertise required to present charges in the JonBenet Ramsey murder to a grand jury. They discussed involving trial and appellate specialists from Adams, Jefferson, Denver, and Arapahoe counties as support.
Clinton weighing a plan to acknowledge intimate encounters with Monica Lewinsky while maintaining truthfulness about his January denial. Advisers judge a narrow definition of sexual relations risks political backlash yet a truthful public explanation could ease impeachment pressure.
In 115 degree heat seven immigrants were abandoned by a smugger near Salton City California. Farm workers found the decomposed bodies about 40 miles north of the Mexican border. Ages ranged from 15 to 30 with no water containers or luggage. Authorities say the deaths are tied to Operation Gatekeeper and rising desert crossings.
The CNN USA Today Gallup poll shows older Americans, women, blacks, low wage earners and the less educated more often believe the president did not lie about a sexual relationship with a former intern. White men and those around 30 years old with higher incomes lean toward doubt.
Coming Sunday a Herald American profile examines Kenneth Starr and the potential questions his prosecutors may pose. The piece surveys Starr’s background and the likely lines of inquiry in the ongoing inquiry.
A federal study finds 19 percent of milk containers in 44 states were underfilled according to labels, down from 47 percent last year. Inspections covered 3,455 containers across 1,338 schools, hospitals, dairies, and stores. The half pint size showed the biggest improvement from 48 percent proper fill to 81 percent.
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