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...other eight trustees--who include former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, former University of Chicago president and current Harvard Fellow Hanna H. Gray, and former Du Pont CEO Irving S. Shapiro--discussed the appointment of a ninth trustee and formally elected Knowles last week...
SENTENCED. JOHN DU PONT, 58, deranged chemical heir who killed an Olympic wrestler last year in a fit of paranoia; to 13 to 30 years in state custody, to be spent in prison or a mental hospital; in Media...
CONVICTED. JOHN DU PONT, 58, family heir; of murder; in Media, Pennsylvania. He was found to be mentally ill when he killed a wrestler on his estate...
MEDIA, Pennsylvania: Opening arguments in the murder trial of multimillionaire John E. du Pont began in this Pennsylvania hamlet this morning, dredging up the bizarre circumstances that led to the shooting death of Olympic wrestler David Schultz last January 26. Schultz, a gold medalist in 1984, had been living and training on du Pont's estate with his family when du Pont inexplicably shot him dead as Schultz' wife looked on. Du Pont barricaded himself in the family mansion, holding out against an army of police officers for two days. Du Pont's past bizarre behavior is the basis...
RULED INCOMPETENT. JOHN E. DU PONT, 57, eccentric millionaire and chemical heir; to stand trial in the slaying of Olympic wrestler David Shultz; in Media, Pennsylvania...