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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 2000
Page
5
Conviction details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text. The readable portions reference an incident involving a white man convicted for ethic intimidation tied to a noose around a Black coworker in Philadelphia and a possible sentence or house arrest consideration. Names and specifics are too damaged to extract reliably.
Police arrested 35 year old Cheryl Lynn Diggs a week after she allegedly abandoned her three children ages 5 7 and 9 in Baton Rouge The children were placed in state custody with no details released about Diggs involvement or motive The report notes one child’s statements and a later discovery of the family’s disturbed home environment
Molly Hatcher of Evanston Illinois, 21, a member of Kenyon College women’s swimming team, died when a van crashed on a stick road in Coshocton County. Ten others were injured as the team, returning from a North Carolina meet, traveled about 65 miles east of Columbus near Gambier. Kenyon, near Gambier, has won 16 straight NCAA Division III swim titles.
Reports say the plan transfers 88,490 acre Naval Oil Shale Reserve No 2 to the Northern Ute tribe about 150 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. About 80,000 acres would return to the tribe with revenue sharing from oil and gas to fund cleanup of the Atlas mine near Moab.
David Mayer, 32, received the maximum 23 years to life after conviction for first degree murder in the death of his 2 year old son Zachariah who weighed 19 pounds at his January 1998 death in a San Diego home. Jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on a torture special circumstance. Zachariah’s mother Jennifer Mayer, 23, was convicted of second degree murder in October.
Kaylene Harris died and Krystal Surles survived a Dec 31 Del Rio incident in which Tammy Lynn Sells allegedly entered a guard and slit two girls throats. Surles helped investigators sketch the attacker, leading to Sells' arrest. Sells confesses to multiple crimes across at least five states.
Drug company leaders meet with White House amid push to include prescription drugs in Medicare. Amgen and Merck executives say they support legislation this year to provide senior drug benefits as part of a broader reform, while White House roots for Clinton plan.
Washington reports a proposed $10 tax credit for electronic filing and a $5 credit for using Tel efile to encourage online returns. Treasury summits say the incentive would cut costs and speed refunds, though some lawmakers note millions still file on paper and challenges remain.
President Clinton proposed expanding tax credits to spur growth in America's poorest regions. He outlined a "new opportunity agenda" including larger New Markets credits, empowerment zones expansion, and 11 million low income families opening First Accounts. He spoke in New York with Jesse Jackson and at a Brooklyn SBA center, stressing growth without inflation and political appearances with Hillary Clinton and at the Rainbow Coalition gala.
Hollywood donors backed George W. Bush with more than 490 thousand dollars in entertainment industry contributions from Jan 1 to Sept 30, 1999, topping Dole's 1996 total by a wide margin. The data underline Hollywood's leverage in politics and its pragmatic, not ideologically fixed, stance.
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