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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1999
Page
5
Clarence Victor 66 had his death sentence reduced to life under Nebraska’s law barring executions of the mentally retarded. Convicted in 1988 for the Alyce Singleton beating, he also faced earlier manslaughter and murder charges. State AG plans appeal.
In Philadelphia, two Old Order Amish men Abner Stoltzfus aged 25 and Abner King Stoltzfus aged 24 were sentenced to pre year jail terms after buying cocaine from a motorcycle gang and selling it to youths at local events. About 200 Amish attended, many in traditional dress, as sentences were announced. Prosecutors said they bought $100,000 of cocaine between 1992 and 1997 and sold it at youth group events.
Jorjik Avanesian, 43, convicted in Glendale apartment fire that killed his wife and six children aged 4 to 17 after he poured gasoline on a towel, lit it, and tossed it in allegedly over a divorce dispute. He was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder and arson. death penalty potential. Defense claimed delusion and fear of drugs tainting his family. The Avanesian family were immigrants from Tran who moved to Glendale about nine months before the fire.
In Livingston Tennessee two oil workers died at the scene and a third was critically injured when an oil tank exploded, apparently after a grinder sparked ignition of trapped gas. The two tanks, each about 6600 gallons, were owned by Young Oil Corp of Knob Lick Kentucky.
President Bill Clinton staged a Chicago stop during his push for Medicare reform. He watched the Cubs beat the Brewers 5 4 as Sammy Sosa hit his 30th home run, then rallied seniors at the Chicago Cultural Center to sell the proposal. He urged using budget surpluses to fund Medicare and Social Security while seeking broad support from voters ahead of 2000.
Hillary Rodham Clinton moves toward a New York Senate bid while teasing a stance on the president's Medicare plan. Her spokesman says she supports the prescription drug benefit but worries about Balanced Budget Act cuts harming teaching hospitals, especially in New York City. Schumer calls hospital cuts a fatal flaw yet supports her dual aims.
Rumors swirl over Hillary Clinton moving to New York as Secret Service agents seen near Mill's Road in North Salem. The vacant Mill's Ridge estate, listed at 3.8 million, is cited as a possible Clinton residence with privacy and golf access noted, while spokeswoman Marsha Berry says no decision has been made.
In Pristina Yugoslavia, Milosevic presses parties to help rebuild while more bodies surface in Kosovo mass graves. German troops count 78, NATO later cites 119, amid continued ethnic Albanian retaliation and US human rights concerns voiced by Mary Robinson.
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