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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1998
Page
4
A newborn girl, naked and with umbilical cord attached, was found on the Pennsylvania Turnpike berm about 10 miles from Pittsburgh. Foreman Guy Jeffrey recovered the infant from the westbound lanes and she was hospitalized at Children's Hospital with a golf-ball sized bump on the back of her head.
A Greyhound bus rear-ended a car, triggering a chain reaction on Interstate 24. Fourty-one people were taken to hospitals with no serious injuries. Police say the bus driver was charged with following too closely. a car driver slowed to look at state troopers.
North Carolina State University student Daniel Rodbourn was indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Jason Cort after a store employee beat the thief with a tree limb. Cort died from head wounds after being chased from the grocery store over a $130 theft in Raleigh.
In Pontiac Michigan two former lovers were found guilty of first degree serious case murder in the 1997 death of Nancy Bulliter. The husband and wife conspired after Bulliter overheard discussions of the case and Bulliter was injected with heroin tainted insulin and battered, then smothered.
John Luong, 27, leader of a smuggling gang, arranged the passage of 280 Chinese immigrants on two fishing boats. He received a three year nine month prison term. The migrants paid $27,000 to $30,000 each for passage and were to work off debts in New York brothels or other gang operations.
Salt Lake City. A 22 year old woman, Redi Sonnenberg, was ordered to spend one year in a halfway house for secretly giving birth in a bathroom, letting the baby girl die, and hiding the body in a dresser. The judge rejected a five year prison term, opting for a year of a women’s abuse therapy program instead.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that private employers may not discriminate by tribe, ruling in favor of Hopi Harold Dawe vendewa who claimed he was passed over for a Navajo job at a Salt River Project power plant on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. The decision overturns a lower court and notes tribal nations are protected as national origins under federal law.
Susan McDougal, who spent 18 months in jail for refusing to testify in Whitewater, faced courtroom discipline before her embezzlement trial began in Santa Monica. She asked to switch seats so she could see witnesses, prompting Judge Leslie Laght to scold her for trying to get closer to the jury box. This marked her third admonishment as prosecutors accuse her of stealing $0,000 from Symphony Wee MAI where she served as bookkeeper and personal assistant.
President Clinton faced added costs from the Lewinsky inquiry as independent counsel Starr estimated at least 4.4 million spent from Jan to Aug. The figure excludes White House and Treasury litigation, witness reimbursements, and other costs, with lawmakers debating restitution or censure as penalties.
The public shows high job approval for President Clinton while impeachment talks fade. Polls after Starr report found two thirds oppose impeachment and many oppose resignation. Analysts cite economy, inflation, and housing gains as factors in sustained approval despite media outrage.
Republicans on the committee near a possible vote to pursue an inquiry while studying Starr's referral. Democrats discuss possible censure as an alternative. Both parties push to release more Starr material, with parts expected before Sept. 28 under House-approved legislation. Starr cites 11 grounds for impeachment against Clinton amid questions about Lewinsky affair and perjury, while Clinton defends himself and questions a broader release of witness tapes.
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