Camden mayor seeks state takeover of city schools
Camden Mayor Milton Milan asks Governor Christie Whitman to authorize an emergency takeover of the Camden School District. He cites decades of failure to improve schools, higher spending per pupil yet high dropout rates, and dilapidated buildings, proposing removal of the superintendent and local board in favor of state education officials.
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Camden
N.J
Milton Milan
Christie Whitman
Milan
Camden Board of Education
Brothers Plead Guilty in $17 Million Armored Car Heist
In Charlotte, Eric Scott Grant 27 pleaded guilty to bank larceny and money laundering tied to the October 1997 Loomis Fargo armored car theft. His brother Thomas Nathan Grant 21 pleaded guilty to money laundering. Eric faces up to 20 years and a $500,000 fine. 14 others await trial.
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U.S
Eric Scott Grant
Grant
Thomas Nathan Grant
Yale
Fargo & Co
Charlotte
David Scott Grantt
Mexico
Ula
Eric Grant
Virginia man executed despite clemency pleas
Ronald L. Watkins, 35, was executed by injection at Greensville Correctional Center for the 1988 murder of William McCauley, who was slashed and stabbed multiple times during a store robbery. Watkins was on parole for abducting an elderly woman at gunpoint when the crime occurred.
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Rosalynn Carter
Ronald L. Watkins
Greensville Correctional Center
William McCauley
McCauley
Watkins
Ray seeks clemency for early release in King case
Memphis Tenn James Earl Ray filed a clemency application seeking commutation of his 99 year sentence for the murder of Dr Martin Luther King Jr The filing cites terminal liver disease as life threatening and notes approval could come in weeks The request is led by attorney Andrew Hail and involves the Tennessee Board of Paroles Ray 70 has long claimed coercion and framing in the 1969 guilty plea in the 1968 Memphis killing
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Memphis. Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Andrew Hail
Department of Correction
Pam Hobbbins
Tennessee Board of Paroles
Ioravick
King
Memphis
Trains collide in Indiana. crew member killed in crash
In Butler Indiana a Norfolk Southern freight train from Detroit to Kansas City collided with a Conrail train killing 59 year old Howard L Rose and injuring two other NS crew members. About 5000 gallons of diesel spilled and a four mile highway stretch was closed.
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Ind
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Engle
Norfolk Southern
Detroit
Kansas City
Indiana
Howard L. Rose
Rose
Razor-wielding student injures teachers at Texas high school
A Princeton Texas freshman slashed three teachers at Face ton High School in Collin County. The 15-year-old assailant was wrestled down by staff and underwent surgery for self harm injuries. two teachers treated and released. Levi Gathright, a 17-year-old student, described the chaotic hallway scene as students fled.
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Texas
Collin County Schoo
Dallas
Belinda Selfridge
Coy Stewart
Melody Witt
Levi Gathright
Gathright
Freeman on trial says he never understood plots
Montana Freemen participant Edwin Clark told a federal jury he was a desperate farmer who did not grasp or join in the group’s multi million dollar financial schemes. He acknowledged signing a $100 million deposit slip and other Freeman documents while denying broader complicity. Clark’s Justus Township holdings in eastern Montana formed the core area of the Freemen’s 1996 FBI standoff, and he faces trial as an accessory in the fugitive case along with charges of bank fraud related to the $100 million check.
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Mont
Montana Freemen
Freemen
Edwin Clark
Clark Farms
Justus Township
Montana
FBI
Clark
Freeman
Jordan Bank
Two Suspects in Westside Middle School Rampage
In Jonesboro Arkansas authorities identify Mitchell Johnson and Drew Golden as suspects in the deadly Westside Middle School shooting. They face murder and battery charges as probation and hearings unfold amid divided memories of the boys.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Westside Middle School
Grandfather says boys took guns from his house
Bearden recalls the shooting incident and the school’s safety, while counselors assist shaken students. Teachers and students prepare to resume classes with on-site counseling. Cory Hallett, a 9-year-old, describes fear and his mother explains his son’s sleep difficulties after the event.
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Cory Hallett
Lewinsky Case Mutter Subpoena Faces Continued Testimony
Marcia Lewis, Monica Lewinsky’s mother, remains subject to a subpoena to testify about her daughter’s alleged sexual relationship with President Clinton. She spent two hours seeking to quash the order, calling in a psychiatrist, and a new lawyer offered no change in the outcome. Lewis wept during prior testimony and fainted briefly after arriving at the courthouse in Washington.
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Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Marcia Lewis
Billy Martin
Lewis
Washington
High school senior finds $70,000 bag in Schenectady
Joseph Loveland, 18, waited for a ride when he found a canvas bag containing $70,000. He returned it to a bank employee after a near encounter with a man in a van. Loveland received a $1,000 reward from the bank and a $20 courtesy gift from the driver.
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Joseph Loveland
Schenectady
Loveland
TrustCo Gank
Judge pressures Nichols to testify on bombing case
AUS district judge Richard Matsch in Denver warned Terry Nichols he may receive a life sentence without parole if he refuses to answer questions about the Oklahoma City bombing. He said Nichols could face a death penalty if state murder charges are tried, while prosecutors plan to pursue murder indictments for Nichols and Timothy McVeigh for the April 19, 1995, attack that killed 168.
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Aus
Terry Nichols
Oklahoma City
Richard Matsch
Denver
Nichols
Matseh
Michael Tigar
Oklahoma
Timothy McVeigh
Pepsi shirt prank leads to suspension at Greenbri High
Senior Mike Cameron, 19, wore a Pepsi logo shirt on Coke Day at Greenbri High School in Evans, Georgia. Principal Gloria Hamilton said the one day suspension was for disruption and rudeness, not Coke company issues. Cameron sought to win a $500 contest with Coca Cola in Augusta and a national $10,000 prize.
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Mike Cameron
Gloria Hamilton
Greenbri High School
Evans, Ga
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Coca-Cola
Cameron
Cova-Cofe
Augusta
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