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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1999
Page
5
Police detain a memorial suspect after a toddler's death and a driver with a blood alcohol level above .08. Officers questioned a woman and found 16 males near Dallas. Two boys were hospitalized and released as CPS took two sisters into custody. Neighbors said Deane hosted a party that Saturday.
Five 17 year old Labette County High School students, including three seniors and two juniors, face murder conspiracy charges after an alleged plan to shoot administrators teachers and a student. Police seized 38 weapons from their homes as two students alerted a teacher. They remain in custody pending a bail hearing on January 3.
Canon City Colorado A church tour bus carrying 57 people from Houston veered off an icy highway and rolled down an embankment. Three people were killed and dozens injured. Most passengers were teenagers on a school trip from Crested Butte resort in western Colorado. The crash occurred five miles southwest of Denver and about ten miles west of Canon City. The highway was reportedly slick. The bus was partially managed by Windwood Presbyterian Church and Bethel Independence Presbyterian Church of Houston.
Rae Carruth, a first round pick of the Carolina Panthers in 1997, is ordered held without bail on murder charges in the drive by killing of his pregnant friend. Three other men face murder counts as investigators seek motive, with Carruth captured in Tennessee while hiding in a truck.
The State Department and security agencies stepped up warnings and airport measures as officials cited potential attacks from terrorists through the New Year. Investigations linked to an Algerian arrest in Port Angeles and a California man tied to a bin Laden network prompted broader alerts and heightened border and embassy security worldwide.
U S authorities arrested Ahmed Ressam, 32, near Seattle after a ferry trip from Canada. The car contained bomb making materials, prompting France to connect Ressam to Fateh Kamel and a pattern of 1990s militant attacks in northern France. Investigators note Ressam moved across borders with falsified papers and may have trained in Afghan camps linked to Islamist militants.
In Houston and space above the Gulf of Mexico, the shuttle Discovery captured the Hubble Space Telescope with its robot arm and began an eight day repair mission. Commander Curtis L. Brown and pilot Scott J. Kelley guided the craft while French astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy attached the observatory. Over three spacewalks, technicians will replace gyroscopes, install new power gear, and upgrade the central computer, with plans to relaunch the telescope by year end.
As early as 1997 federal prosecutors feared the FBI focused narrowly on Wen Ho Lee and ignored other leads at Los Alamos. Attorney General Janet Reno told a closed Senate panel that others at the lab may have motive to aid China and discussed problems with the case. She noted potential other suspects and said prosecutors rejected a request to gain court approval to search Lee’s home and office. The transcript shows Reno aware of probe doubts and that revelation came as lawmakers pressed why information was blocked. Lee was indicted for allegedly transferring nuclear secrets and has denied charges of spying for China.
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