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Show : Wednesday, June 7, 1995 The Daily Herald Woman sentenced By MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press Writer )n child's death abducted from a flea market to cover jup the girl's beating death was today to life in prison for murder and child abuse, Pauline Zile, 24, was convicted i after prosecutors charged she stood by while her husband, John, beat jher daughter, Christina Holt, until the girl went into convulsions and died Sept. 16. Palm Beach Circuit Judge Stephen A. Rapp said he found no evidence that Zile actively participated in the murder. Rapp said he also i took her troubled family life into 'account when deciding to sentence her to life in prison rather than death J in ;the electric chair, his only other murder option for the conviction. sen-jtenc- first-degr- Zile gasped in relief when Rapp sentenced her and then put her head Jon the defense table and quietly sobbed. iBaby found alive inside waste bag A premature SEATTLE (AP) inside a alive was discovered bay medical waste bag, where she had been put by emergency medical telhnicians who thought she had died during a miscarriage. The girl, born Tuesday about two months premature, was in critical condition today in the intensive care unit at Children's Hospi-ta- k A teenager gave birth to the baby in the bathroom of her parent's home. Ambulances were sent to the home after a report of a possible miscarriage. When they arrived, the girl was sitting on the toilet. .'She was just saying she was cramping up," said assistant fire battalion chief Russ Pritchard. Xhe baby was discovered in the toilet after ambulance crew members moved the girl to a stretcher. They thought the baby was dead, so'the infant was put in a bag used for biologically hazardous materials. The bag was given to the ambulance crew driving the teenager to a hospital. "They realized in the ambulance that (the baby) was living," Pritchard said. Reeve nov able tp sit up in bed Doctors had expected to raise the bed a few degrees at a time 'after surgery Monday to stabilize his broken neck. But they were labie to lift the bed to an sitting position Tuesday, said neu- -' rosurgeon John Jane of the Univer-- J sity of Virginia Medical Center. j J is para-- j lyed from the neck down and can- not breathe on his own. He was in 'semous but stable condition early !toay. Reeve, 42, fractured two verte-Jbra- e at the top of his neck falling rid-in- g J from a horse during a May 27 in Culpeper. competition - A SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) man who "just snapped" and stubbed two people at a state office was shot and hospital-i?then arrested on preliminary ciarges of attempted wel-faj- e" d, ee nf&rder. TThe suspect, Carl Florence, 38, wa,s listed in serious condition at St. John's Hospital. Florence was shot in the stom-ac- jj by a security guard Tuesday soon after he stabbed Derong 33, and Terrance Dyess, with a screwdriver, police said. Both victims were treated and released. When Florence is released from the hospital he probably will also ing into the courtroom, looked down and took deep breaths. Her chest heaved as she tried to gain control. To her left, a muscular Pepsi truck driver tried to avert his eyes, but there was nowhere to look because the board was right in front of him. So he stared at the floor. His eyes were red. He appeared near tears. Near the end of the box, a marketing representative appeared grim and sad. He, too, looked at the floor and occasionally took notes. Behind him, a station receptionist fire an alternate known for her towering blond hairdo appeared disturbed but also very aware the audience was watching her. She looked back and forth between the spectators and the board. Prosecutors had already displayed photos of the bloody, By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL : Associated Press Writer - Linda WASHINGTON Pierce, a nurse in the postpartum unit of Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., had always wanted children of her own, and says she decided at age 30, "I couldn't spend my whole life waiting for a man to show up. " So she went to a doctor and was artificially inseminated by an arranged iy. The nurse, from Attleboro, Mass., says her pregnancy was "very planned." She is just one of an increasing number of American woman choosing to have children out of wedlock. The National Center for Health Statistics reported Tuesday that the rate of births to unmarried women rose by 54 percent from 1980 to 1992, and the rate for white women nearly doubled. Two decades ago, most births to unmarried mothers were to Associated Press Writer A fedOKLAHOMA CITY eral judge says he denied bail to bombing suspect Terry Nichols after finding "the weight of the evidence that he committed that offense is great." Chief U.S. District Judge David Russell released his strongly worded written order Tuesday. He had verbally denied Nichols' release at a hearing Friday. figure out a motive. 'He tried to stab everybody in 'the're," said Stephenson, who was left with a wound two inches deep. eral Building. Russell said Nichols would be a flight risk and a danger to the community if released. 2, be. charged with aggravated assault, police commander Dave Srcy saidandtoday. witnesses police M scriptions. "This in this is the spine you're seeing photograph here," Laksh- manan said calmly at one point. Although the judge ruled that a pool of six journalists will only be allowed to see the photos after Lakshmanan's testimony 1 i m in at & ... mi m - "'" nrirm M Jt immiim " AP Photo Los Angeles County Coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran holds a ruler near the neck of prosecutor Brian Kelberg to demonstrate how he believes the throat wound on Nicole Brown son was inflicted during the O.J. Simpson trial Tuesday in Los Angeles. slashed bodies at the spot where they were discovered. The majority-black jury also has sat through the tense of Detective Mark Fuhrman, who the defense accused of being a racist, as well as the testimony of a crying Denise Brown, Ms. Simpson's sister. Simpson didn't see the pictures but he wept at the defense table as each was described. Defense attorney Carl Douglas occasionally consoled his client. Simpson's attorneys had said he didn't want to be in the courtroom during the testimony about the pictures, but he stayed nonetheless. During these moments, the jury was nearly always impassive. Not this time. The photos were accompanied by the commentary of Los Angeles cross-examinati- in court, County Coroner Lakshmanan Unwed mothers The latest government report shows an increase in the number of birth rates among white women. The highest rates are among women ages The coroner Sathyavagiswaran. didn't perform the autopsies on Ms. Simpson and her friend ald Goldman, but he studied the reports and conducted some follow-up investigations. Ron- Lakshmanan said the photos helped prove his theory that Ms. Simpson bled to death and was probably on the ground, facedown and likely unconscious, when her killer pulled back her 60 report. The highest rate of births to unmarried women was among wom4 en ages (68.5 births per 20-2- 18- - ' B 20-2- 4 years D 4 years fm U4 rai l T 1 I 18,1 30 1 1 1 I I 1 I 1 or measure. hi hill - The WASHINGTON (AP) Senate made two changes sought by President Clinton to anti-terrgun-relat- I II I 1 The legislation began moving I 11 slowly toward a Senate vote Tuesday after Clinton reversed his position and accepted the GOP goal of including in the bill limits on appeals by death row inmates. The Senate voted today, 67-2to reject one of several Democratic amendments aimed at tempering the bill's stringent limits on those appeals, which include a one-yeinmates to aplimit for death-ropeal their sentences. The amendment, proposed by Sen. Joseph n 8, o00 01 - ci Cq CO Ol O5 to OO o O) Ol oo 03 O) cj O) Ol Source: National Center for Health Statistics AP 19 (67.3) and women 25-2- 9 (56.5). The rate for women ages 30-3- 4 7 was 37.9: for teenageis it was 30.4. 15-1- Overall, the center said, the birth rate for unmarried women rose 54 percent from 1980 to 1992, from 29.4 births per ,000 unmar1 in 1980, to 4 ried women aged 45.2 births per 1,000 in 1991 and 1992. birth rates The for decades have been much higher among black women than white women, and that still holds true. 15-4- ck Michael Tigar, Nichols' ney, did not return phone calls seeking comment. Nichols and Timothy McVeigh are the only people charged in the April 19 bombing, which killed 168 people and injured more than attor- ar w Bi-de- of Delaware, the Senate Judiciary Committee's senior Democrat, would have limited the bill's requirements to cover only federal, not state, prisoners. The other Democratic provi- sions also were expected to be feated. 500. Both men are being held without bail and could face the death penalty if convicted. more time to indict Nichols, who was arrested May 10. They contend that 19 days since then should y deadbe excluded from the line to indict after an arrest. The clock does not run during court the bombing site and had at least 10 days of work left, company president Ben Kates said. The site eventually will be a memorial to the 30-da- appearances or while defense victims. A landfill operator has set aside a separate spot for the rubble of the federal building. REFINANCE OR PURCHASE 7.5 30 YEAR 6.5 30 YEAR DUE IN 5 DROP YOUR MORTGAGE INSURANCE 223-980- 0 r in the bill "drastic changes" that increase "the likelihood that innocent people will be executed in this country." Clinton's action was his second conciliatory gesture this week regarding the legislation. Earlier, he had urged both Democrats and Republicans to "curb politics" and stop trying to amend the package. The bill, which was inspired by the Oklahoma City bombing, would authorize hiring ,000 new federal law enforcement person1 nel, increase federal penalties for terrorist crimes as well as conspiracies involving explosives, establish streamlined procedures for deporting alleged terrorist aliens, give the FBI access to credit reports and telephone records in foreign terrorism cases and ban U.S. aid to countries that assist terrorist nations. Final passage of the legislation was expected today. In late-nigvotes Tuesday, the Senate adopted two Clinton-supporte- d amendments to expand the ht government's wiretapping authori- ty and allow use of the military in terrorism cases involving chemical and biological weapons. Cook Tool These excellent knives from Chicago Cutlery BreadSlicer BT10-1- 0" 42S-- 8" 62S Chef - 5" BonerUtility ZE2i 102S-- 3" ParerBoner Come see our great selection of Chicago Cutlery today! University Mall At The Corner of Gallery 28 225-947- CALL CFC MORTGAGE dark deep crevice under her chin. It was shocking." found a Authorities have r""-murder weapon. Detense attorneys contend there may have been more than one assailant, and they have cited the earlier testimony of Dr. Irwin Golden, who performed the autopsies, that more than one knife may have been used. Pads Can ex- pected before a Monday deadline. As of Tuesday, the Midwest Wrecking Co. had hauled away about 4,500 tons of rubble from Prosecutors have asked for de- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, called the limits proposed The deadline would be moved to June 26 if U.S. Magistrate Ronald Howland grants the request, said John Russell, a Justice Department spokesman in Washington. McVeigh's indictment is "You could see the spinal cord," Werblun said. "It's such a measure st ism legislation and Democrats dropped most of their amendments, clearing the way for anticipated final passage of the 1 50 40 352 is com- pleted, two observers did see the pictures by virtue of their far-en- d courtroom seats. Steve Werblun, a veteran courtroom artist, said the most disturbing of the dozen or so pictures was one showing the neck wound and Ms. Simpson's wide-ope- n eyes. Clinton, GOP rework anti-terrori- Birth rates per 1,000 unmarried white women low-inco- im. er 20-2- But 70 percent of the 1 .2 million babies born out of wedlock in 1992 were born to women 20 and older, the center said. Three years ago, when Murphy Brown, a TV reporter in a television situation comedy, had a child Presiout of wedlock, then-Vic- e dent Dan Quayle accused the show of glamorizing illegitimacy. In real life, most unmarried mothers have nowhere near the opportunities of a Murphy Brown or even the earning potential of a registered nurse. Unwed mothers "are still overwhelmingly young, poorly educatand likely to expe-- ; ed, rience (along with their children) the long-rang- e consequences ... of their early childbearing as single parents," the government report said. "Childbearing by these women is not really a Murphy Brown situation," said Stephanie Ventura, the demographer who authored the motions are pending. Simp- double-murd- Judge: Evidence against Nichols 'great' By PAUL QUEARY The pictures weren't shown to the media or public. In the courtroom audience, Simpson's sister, Carmelita, cried, her eyes red with tears. Goldman's father, Fred, clutched his wife's hand and both appeared tearful at points. Since they couldn't see the pictures, they were reacting to Lakshmanan's de- followed by women ages could not ii, VI 'v Study says number of children b orn.tb unwei women risim "There is not only probable cause to believe that defendant committed or aided and abetted the commission of the most devastatin terms of loss of ing bombing in the peacetime history of lives this country, but, the weight of the evidence that he committed that offense is great," Russell wrote. Nichols was charged after a search of his Herrington, Kan., house turned up ammonium nitrate fertilizer, fuel oil and detonator cord ingredients like those used build the bomb that ripped the to face off the Alfred P. Murrah Fed- ear-lytod- ay tos. board was said to have shown Ms. Simpson, eyes open, head back, with a dark knife slash across her the fatal wound, so deep throat her spine was visible. In the front row of the jury box, a woman, who just a few hours earlier had been giggling after stumbling while walk- - people stabbed at welfare office 2 left-to-rig- ht photographs of Nicole Brown Simpson taken 1 V4 days after she was nearly decapitated. One picture on the large display through a sperm bank. Last Jan. 19, Lily was born two months ear- - Jsavd. first-degr- LOS ANGELES After showlittle so long, so emotion for ing some of the O.J. Simpson jurors could hold b? ;k no more. Several of the 12 jurors and two alternates appeared shaken when confronted Tuesday with autopsy anonymous donor, Va. CHARLOTTESVILLE, (AP) Christopher Reeve's spirits were high after the paralyzed iac?or's hospital bed was elevated Jto a sitting position, his doctor Jhe "Superman" star To demonstrate, the coroner grabbed a hank of prosecutor Brian Kelberg's hair, pulled Kelberg's head back and brought his hand across the prosecutor's throat with a ruler to show the slashing motion of the knife. 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