Word: petaluma
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Remember little Polly Klaas? She was the 12-year-old Petaluma, Calif., girl whisked from a slumber party in 1993 and found murdered two months later. Her father Marc, horrified to learn that her killer was on parole and had attacked children in the past, called for laws making parole less common. He joined with others backing a "three strikes and you're out" law for California--no parole, ever, for those convicted of three felonies. Klaas went on TV, got in the papers, met the President--all within weeks after his daughter's body was found...
...road to publicity hell for WINONA RYDER was paved with others' good intentions. As part of the national Kick Butts Day, Molly Patterson, a student from Petaluma, California, decided she and her classmates would write an open letter to hometown girl Ryder asking her to stop smoking in movies. Before the letter was sent, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, sensing a good way to spread its message, told the media about it. Ryder, who has lit up in four of her 18 movies (including Reality Bites, above) was horrified at the story and phoned Patterson at school. She also...
...Coast College, A.A., 1978 FAMILY: Wife, Sharon Ann; two children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: Naval Reserve, 1966-67; Army, 1968-70 OCCUPATION: Natural-gas-company executive; corporate-training-firm executive POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for California Assembly, 1992; sought Republican nomination for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 750755, Petaluma...
BORN: Nov. 3, 1937, Seattle EDUCATION: U of Washington, 1955-57; U of San Francisco, B.S., 1980 FAMILY: Divorced; four children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Personnel-service owner POLITICAL CAREER: Petaluma City Council, 1985-92; U.S. House 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 750176, Petaluma...
...described as a monster, in the murder of Polly Klaas. In true form, Davis smirked when the verdict was read. The jury ignored defense pleas that they act mercifully and consider Davis' troubled childhood. Davis, 42, admitted that he abducted Klaas from her bedroom during a slumber party in Petaluma, California, and later strangled her. He claimed he was doped up when he kidnapped her. "I guess I just wasn't meant to be on the streets," Davis said when he confessed to the murder. Marc Klaas, Polly's father, anticipated that Davis would be killed in prison. "This does...