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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1997
Page
5
Jack A. Ware, 66, shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber revolver in a brown paper bag as two sheriff's deputies served eviction papers tied to a divorce settlement outside a house in West Goshen Pennsylvania. Police said the deputies witnessed the suicide Thursday.
Former senior adviser George Stephanopolous urged the public to allow politicians space to argue, criticizing the media for focusing on negatives. Speaking as a visiting professor at Columbia University, he warned of what he called the David Leitermanization of culture reflected in press coverage.
Kenneth Sibley, a 39 year old ALS patient from Birmingham, received a brain implant to deliver medicine directly into the frontal lobe in a pioneering trial. Surgeons drilled a tiny hole, threaded a catheter three inches into his brain, and placed it under the scalp for ongoing treatment as doctors weigh risks of intracranial bleeding.
Diane Cooper of Garfield Heights Ohio broke the news to her husband that thieves who robbed her car had taken his parents ashes and belongings. Kentucky State Police recovered the urns after they were dropped outside a nearby restaurant.
Investigators focus on ice on the wings and pilot response as a leading possibility after Comair Flight 3272 plummeted in icy weather, killing all 29 aboard. Other theories include engine trouble and turbulence from a jet overhead.
Astronaut John Blaha, aboard the Mir space station, credits President Clinton for space gains and plans to play a Clinton inauguration message from 240 miles above Earth. Blaha, a retired Air Force colonel, remains aboard Mir as Atlantis prepares for return, marking the ongoing US Russian space collaboration.
Publicist Christina Papadopoulos said actor Christopher Reeve, paralyzed since a 1995 horse accident, is in hospital for a blood clot behind his left knee and expected to be released in a few days. Details, including hospital name, were not disclosed.
The National Weather Service warns of an Arctic blast bringing heavy winds and the season's coldest temps. Skies stay mostly cloudy with lake effect snow and subzero lows possible. Central New York schools close as wind chills drop to dangerous levels. Local guidance offers steps to prevent hypothermia and safety tips for travel, heating, and pipe thawing.
Snow and record lows strand people in cars and homes across Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana and Arizona. Schools canceled and public services strained as governors declare disasters. Dairy farmers dump milk while funeral homes struggle to collect bodies amid blizzard conditions and fuel shortages.
Investigators put clinics in the Atlanta area on alert after two blasts at the Atlanta Northside Family Planning Services clinic injured six, including FBI and ATF agents. A second explosion near a trash bin followed about an hour later, while investigators weighed domestic terrorism and possible links to Centennial Olympic Park blast.
In Santa Monica, after 41 days and 101 witnesses, plaintiffs show recent photos linking Simpson to the killer’s shoe. Defense concedes shoe model matches the bloody prints, while Simpson is not present as jurors await instructions and upcoming summations.
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