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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1997
Page
4
Richard Lundwall, a former Texaco official, is indicted on obstruction of justice for secretly taping colleagues planning to destroy evidence in a race discrimination case. He allegedly recorded belittling black employees and plotting evidence destruction, a factor in a $176 million settlement last year.
Avi Kostner 52 testified in Hackensack that his ex wife’s wish to raise their two children as Christians provoked him to kill Beth 12 and Ryan 10 and drug them. He urged the jury to impose death as the penalty, saying they were his children and he had the right to decide their faith. The penalty phase resumes today after Kostner pleaded guilty last month.
Tips to an FBI tip line within hours identified seven of nine people linked to Centennial Olympic Park before the July bombing. Agents showed photos of eight individuals and a witness sketch. three sat near the bench, three walked nearby, and a man filmed near the park entrance wore a military style backpack. One woman died and over 100 were injured when a green knapsack bomb exploded.
Dr Rob Kommer survives two weeks on a dry hill amid rising Ohio River floodwaters that swamp Metropolis. Neighbors face 12 feet of water as the river inches closer, with Kommer offering boat rides and beer from his isolated home nicknamed Gilligan's Island. The region endures the worst Ohio River Valley flooding in decades, with dozens dead and multiple people missing across Kentucky and Ohio.
Boulder DA Alex Hunter forms a special task force with retired El Paso County Sheriff Capt. Andrew Smit and a forensic psychiatrist to probe JonBenet Ramsey’s slaying. The team includes four area DAs and Henry Lee. Smit, 61, known for investigative skill, joins after retirement.
Po Ald steps down as head of the Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss after charges of improper behavior. Col. Robert Jordani named as academy Commandant since 1895 faces a probe with specifics undisclosed. Nearby, a 3.9 million dollar sex harassment and discrimination class action targets post officials.
Spokane police and federal agents detained 36 year old Brian Ratigan at a train station while he held a one way ticket to Albany New York. He followed three alleged accomplices arrested October 8 for bombing a Planned Parenthood clinic and two bank robberies last year. Authorities linked the case to white supremacist activities. Ratigan faces five counts connected to the July clinic bombing and a bank robbery.
FBI agent in charge James Kallstrom acknowledged that a shoulder fired missile could have downed TWA Flight 800 while stressing no evidence supports a terrorist or military strike. Investigators weigh bomb, missile, or mechanical failure as explanations. Salinger pushes missile theory with radar images, drawing pain for victims families.
Henninger High School seniors Shaquana Stroman and Israel Clarke lead a New Orleans themed 100 Day Dance with costumes from pandas to Princess Leia. The Class of 1997 celebrates with music from Whirlwind Disc Sound and plans for life after graduation at Syracuse University, Fredonia, and more.
Thousands attended funerals for seven eighth grade girls killed when Jordanian soldier Atmed Dagamseh opened fire on their school bus at Naharayim Island of Peace. Netanyahu vowed Israel would not yield land or spirit. Dagamseh, described as troubled, fired after exiting an army jeep, then fled as Jordanian troops intervened.
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