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Ohio
Dr. Sam Sheppard's Reputation on
the Line Contends Son
Sam Reese Sheppard wants compensation for the 10 years
Dr. Sam Sheppard spent in prison. Young Sam Reese Sheppard was in Europe
when he found hout his father has died from a liver disease. He hopes DNA tests
will exclude his father as the scource of bloodstains at the crime scene.
Sheppard decided to walk for this, and he started in Cleveland area the
day after the exhumation and followed U.S. 42 across the state. He covered
75 miles during the 3 days he said.
Dr. Sam Sheppard in 1954 was charged with beating his
wife to death. Mrs. Sheppard was killed at their Bay Village home.
Sam said tht a bushy-haired intruder knocked him out and killed his wife.
When Dr. Sheppard went to trial then convicted him and
he spent 10 years in prison. He spent that time in prison before his second
trial in 1966.
Later in 1970 Dr. Sheppard died from liver disease. He
was 46. Sam Reese Sheppard was 7 years old when his mother died.
After Sam Reese Sheppard grew up he to court to try to
get his father proven innocent and wrongly imprisoned. As part of the case
Sheppard's body was exhumed on September 17 from the Columbus cemetery
where it was buried 27 years ago. Sam Sheppard believed DNA and other
evidence will show that Mrs. Sheppard was slain by Richard Eberlinga, a
window washer for the couple, who is servinga life sentence for murdering
annother woman. Eberling deinied killing Mrs. Sheppard.
Sheppard could recover $2 million dollars if he wins
the lawsuit, although he insists clearing his families name is his goal.
Sheppard recieved his fathers remains after DNA testing and cremated
them.
By Kylea Moore and Brandon Newport
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National News
Kaczynski Trial on Hold:
Suicide Attempt
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Alledged Unabomber, Theodore Kaczinski age 55 is being
tried for killing 3 men using letter bombs being sent through the U.S.
mail. The trial is taking place in Sacramento California. Ad of today the
Justice Department is consdiering a new offer from Kaczynski to plead guilty
to avoid death penalty, but
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the offer was rejected. Strange events increase as Kaczynski
tried to kill himself on Thursday by hanging himself by his underwear then
demanded to defend himself in court.
As of right now the case is in holding until Kaczynski
undergoes a psychiatric examination ordered Friday by the Burell. He
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did not pass the examinations.
Lawyers describe Kaczynski as a high functioning paranoid
schizophrenic who is a tortured individual who cannot endure being labeled
"mentally insane." They were forced to drop plans to plea insanity
after Kaczynski refused to be tested as he was ordered by the Burell. Should
the psychiatrists find Kaczynski
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Weather
Massive Ice Storm Cripples Canada
and New England States
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Hundreds and thousands of homes and businesses in Canada,
New York, and New England lost their power and heat overnight by an ice
storm that occured on the night of January 11,1998 and the morning of the
12th
New York heli- copters searched for people that needed
aid, and over 100,000 people wne to shelters without power or heat. Three
deaths occured during this ice storm in New York, a worker slid and fell
forty feet. In Franklin County one person died of carbon monoxide poisoning,
and another person died of hypothermia. Poinsoning generators are also
one of the death causes.
Canada's death toll is rising. It rose up to twelve.
In Quebec, about 900,000 households remained
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without power and heat. Montreal homes are expecting
heat and power in a few days. The shelters are so full that they're running
out of beds and diapers to supply fot eh people and the babies.
Gov.George Pataki has asked that Lewis County also be
designated as a disaster area. Choppers are still searching for residents
that are stranded. In Maine carbon monoxide leaves two people dead, and
230,000 home and businesses are without heat and power. About thirty percent
of the roads are blocked because of falling trees and dead power lines.
Because of the low low temperatures, more people are going to be in shelters.
In New England 24,000 homes and businesses are without
power, and states of emergency where declared by over a dozen
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communities Vermont has 9,500 customers without heat
and power, Candaians in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are going
to boil water for the next 24 to 48 hours. Flights are being discouraged
to Montreal. In northern New England weary utility crews worked yesterday
to bring back power and heat to thousands of homes. This ice storm caused
more damage in Quebec putting the neighborhood down. Damage of highways
and railroads could reach up to $700 million dollars.
The Canadian government has employed over 11,000 soldiers
to help 5,000 utility workers called in from Delaware and Manitoba.
By Jessica Foster
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competent this case would become an odd situation with
Kaczynski motion about being his own lawyer still in question but since
he did pass the tests he had to take he will not be able to act as his
own judge.
Jan 12 Dr. Johnson met with Kaczynski twice for several
hours at each session. They met in a glass room where Kaczynski is being
held. Lawyers monitored this interview watching through the glass to make
sure nothing improper happens. Defense lawyers where asked not to be in
the room during the interview. These meetings occured to make sure Kaczynski
understood the charges against hime and what can assist his defense.
Kaczynski wish to get back his belongings taken out of
his cabin was denied. He did not want them to be presented in court. Some
of the findings found in Kaczynski's cabin inlcudes writings of bombs and
electrical circuits also improvised explosive devices including many materials
used in the alleged bombings.
Under the current schedule the prosecution and defense
have until Jan 21 to tell the Burell if they have any questions to the
psychiatrists findings. Also whether or not to call any other witnesses
than Johnson on January 22 when the trial resumes.
By Jessica Sinks and Heide Spurlock
Today's Weather:
Partly cloudy with some chance of afternoon showers.
Temperatures to moderate through the weekend with continued chance of light
showers.
Today's High: 49
Today's Low: 38
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