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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1999
Page
2
A Hatboro Horsham district counselor is sued for advising a teen on abortion without proper minor consent. The suit alleges the counselor violated state law by informing the girl and notifying her parents, prompting the abort ion decision and parental involvement.
A city owned plot once used as a potter's field and later a waste dump could hold as many as 200000 bodies as researchers estimate 39000 to 40000 graves buried under trash. The cemetery served the poor between 1869 and 1954 and later became an industrial storage yard.
In Florida the first statewide school voucher program took effect with four Roman Catholic schools and a private school participating. Up to 3389 dollars per year could go to pay for private or parochial schooling for students from the worst public schools, with 58 students qualifying. Opponents argued the plan violates church state separation, and lawsuits have been filed by the NAACP and others.
In Siloam Springs Arkansas Scott Fletcher Southerland 23 died after not opening his parachute during a Sky Dive Skyranch jump. Police say his reserve lines were cut and he may have intended self harm. Southerland had just been released from jail on a second DWI charge and was an experienced jumper using his own gear.
The Ohio Supreme Court invalidated a 1977 civil justice reform aimed at limiting non economic and punitive damages. Opponents argued it shielded businesses from responsibility while supporters claimed it would lower costs and insurance premiums.
At Point Beach State Park in Two Rivers Wisconsin a family birthday gathering ended in tragedy as a 9 year old boy and his father drowned in Lake Michigan. Deputies say undertows and strong currents pulled them under while cousins escaped to shore and alerted relatives.
Autopsy shows Arnulfo Gonzalez stabbed his wife Erica 23, stepdaughter Monica 11, and daughter Jasmine 3 before setting a fire and killing himself and 3-year-old Alexandra in a Porterville home. Five bodies found in central California residence. motive unknown.
The Iowa straw poll confirmed George W. Bush as expected winner with Lamar Alexander dropping out after finishing sixth. Steve Forbes finished second, Elizabeth Dole third, and Pat Buchanan, Gary Bauer, and John McCain also noted among the nine entrants. The event failed to alter the front runners, though Forbes and Bush stressed campaign momentum and funding dynamics.
Senator John McCain condemned sharp, intolerant political rhetoric as fueling bigotry that fueled a Jewish community center shooting that wounded five and a postal worker dead nearby. He warned politicians share blame, urged fewer easy answers, and discussed gun control shifts after recent attacks.
Clinton aides and mortgage experts debate a possible move to a high cost home. estimates place monthly payments around 16 thousand with a 2.2 million mortgage and potential income from books, speaking, and board roles as the White House term ends.
Governor George W. Bush faces a 30 day reprieve decision for Larry Robison, a paranoid schizophrenic convicted of capital murder in 1982. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected commutation, while opponents urge treatment over execution amid a pattern of mental illness in the case.
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