18 May 1996
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1996
Page
1
George Delury, a Manhattan editor, was sentenced to six months after pleading guilty to attempted manslaughter for aiding his wife Myrna Lebov's 1995 suicide. He claimed the sentence belittled her courage and considered turning the tragedy into a career.
Maureen Kanka of New Jersey praised the law requiring community notification when sex offenders move nearby. She said it adds protective power for families as President Clinton signed the measure named for Megan Kanka. Republican Rep. Zimmer and Megan’s family attended the Oval Office ceremony.
Hundreds of New York trial judges from the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court condemned Gov. Pataki's proposals to eliminate parole and impose mandatory sentences for first time violent offenders. The group warned the plan would erode judicial discretion and risk prison overcrowding and fewer sentencing alternatives.
South Korea vows to respond firmly after North Korean soldiers crossed the demilitarized zone and fired shots. Army chief Yun Yong-nam orders strong action if incursions repeat, amid a pattern seen as pressuring for renewed talks with Washington.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher urged regular U S China summit meetings and frequent Cabinet level exchanges to prevent relations from drifting from one crisis to another. He cited Cold War practice of high level talks as a guide for a broader dialogue despite current tariff threats over intellectual property.
Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda wrote a one page suicide note addressed to “the Sailors” lamenting a dispute over two Vietnam War combat decorations. He admitted wearing them as an “honest mistake” but feared misinterpretation amid Navy scandals. He left two letters and shot himself at his Washington home, funeral planned for Arlington Cemetery.
Debris from Flight 592 lies mostly in the Everglades as crews plan heavy material removal. Experimental radar will probe the mud next week while Navy sonar fails to locate the cockpit voice recorder. Investigators assess front-section damage and whether oxygen canisters fueled a fire. ValuJet appoints James Davis as safety chief and trims flights by half amid FAA scrutiny. Airport bomb searches on two ValuJet planes yielded no explosives in one case. results pending on the other.
Four defendants pleaded innocent in a Syracuse area case tied to thefts from University Hospital and CIM totaling about 2.3 million dollars. Stevens, Fetco, DeCarlo, and Emmi are accused of trafficking chemotherapy and cancer drugs between 1990 and 1996 with Stevens alleged to have taken 104,667 dollars in drugs. Bail was set and cases were adjourned.
FBI investigators uncovered 26 items including scrap metal pipe hacksaw blades and a wooden mallet beneath Theodore Kaczynski’s mountain cabin during a court ordered search. Earlier searches found bombs triggering devices and detonators linking him to the Unabomber attacks.
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