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Many important people in the world don't care about the environment as long as they make money. We need to realize that if we keep polluting our environment, it won't be worth living in. ERIC S. STECHMESSER Columbia...
DIED. DAISY BATES, 84, civil rights leader whose memoir, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, won a 1988 American Book Award; in Little Rock, Ark. During rioting in 1957 over the integration of Central High, Bates advised the nine black students. With her husband, she founded the Arkansas State Press--a key voice for the movement. Her crusade, she said, "had a lot to do with removing fear that people have for getting involved...
...even the best precautions can't ensure that a tragedy won't happen. Byran Uyesugi, the suspected gunman in the Xerox shootings, underwent anger counseling in 1993 after threatening a supervisor. His brother Dennis said Uyesugi showed no warning signs right before the killings and "wasn't upset about anything." After the shooting, Uyesugi waved goodbye to a stunned co-worker as he fled in a car. Police negotiated with Uyesugi for five hours before he finally surrendered. In court, he pleaded not guilty to murder charges...
Fulton County, N.Y.: Eugene and Carol Reppenhagen ran against each other for a council seat, while divorcing. He won. She still celebrated: she got married...
Fountain Hill Borough, Pa.: Sherwood Kerschner ran for and won two jobs: a four-year and a two-year stint on the same council. He has to choose...