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Show years, Hays, 42, was convicted of the 1981 lynching-style murder of Michael Donald, who was beat- en, slashed i and strangled = with a rope s after being 1 abducted at ri m from a street in Mobile. His body was hanged from a tr Seated in the electric chair, a frightened, tearful Hays gave a § thambs up sign to witnesses. He thén turned to his brother, Ray, and Donald's brother, Stanley, angi mouthed, “I love you.’ onald later called Hays a “rut,” and said the execution brpught no satisfaction. “What I jugt witnessed was a sad sight to a young man let his life go like that,” he said. *Prosecutors said the killing CAt urging of White House,political of the plan to save $3 million. Another retired and Harris Wofford, the agency's chief executive, confirmed to lawmakers in a recent letter that White House personnel chief Bob Nash asked him to find other duties for the regional “cluster directors” after their positions were abolished April 1, 1996. “It was only natural that we would consult with the White House Personnel Office about our proposal to eliminate positions held byfive Schedule C political appointees,” Wofford said in the May 23 letter. Told that the positions were being abolished “to eliminate an unnecessarylayer of middle management,” Nash asked “whether it would be possible for the cluster directors to serve out the remaining months of the administration’s first term,” Wofford wrote. Wofford’s letter was written to lawmakers who had inquired about why the executives had been kept on the payroll. The political appointees’ annual salaries ranged between $74,600 and $97,400. They were given the option of staying through 1996, agency spokesman J. Toscano said, because “the White House has an interest in the career of a political appointee.” When “you are cutting a position that is filled bya political appointee, the administration would most likely, if the performance warrants it, find two others were reassigned to other jobs. another position for that person,” Toscanosaid. appointees stay on agency's payroll The Associated Press WASHINGTON- Atthe urging of the White House, the agency that operates President Clinton’s national service program kept four political appointees on the payroll last year after their jobs were eliminated and other workers’ positions were terminated. One of the executives, former Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo, is now underinvestigation for activities during the period he remained working at the Corporation for National Service after his job had been eliminated. According to documents and interviews, regional executives including Wooraised concerns about plans to eliminate their jobs in a February 1996 memo, a copy of which was sent to the White House. A Democratic senator also wrote the agency on Woo's behalf. The White House then urged the agency to find other work for the appointees. The corporation decided to keep paying four of the five for nearly eight months after their jobs were eliminated, us- ing them for special projects. But nine nonpolitical employees weren't as fortunate - they resigned or were dismissed as part Coming Soon aC LAYTON! Mark Eaton Owner/Partner 814 West 1500 North (Black Pyramids Behind Tony Roma‘s) 776-2225 1 Dozen Roses ArrangedJust $2485 Wasatch Floral 1 3772 Wash. Blvd. JEG| Ogden * 393-5349- Attention Event Organizers And Organization Leaders: Beginning June 25, 1997 Standard-Examiner will publish a monthly activity calendar called “Top Of Utah Planner”. Top of Utah plannerwill include in depth listings by dayfor all the fun events and activities that are happening. Event addresses, times and costs will be listed. There will also be an at-a-glance listing for major events for up to 6 months. This will be an invaluable source to let our more than 161,000 Top Of Utah readers know whatis happening by day in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Rich and Weber counties, and major evenis held throughoutthe state. Makesure your eventinformation is included! Mail your information to: "Top Of Utah Planner” c/o Standard-Examiner P.O. Box 951 Ogden, UT 84402 Or call Kathy at 625-4230 a ._ seRPASCMROP? SRELER? tt 0 UA ——— le© #, taED ATMORE,Ala. - A former Ku Klux Klansman convicted of killing a black teenager had tears in his eyes and words of love for his victim's family before he was executed today in Alabama's electric chair. Henry Francis Hays, whose caseeventually put his Kian faction out of business, was pronounced dead at 12:18 a.m, It was Alabama's first execution for a white-on-black crime in 84 Four draw salary despite no job er) NATIONAL BRIEFS: Ex-Klansman executed Sa was ordered by Klan leaders, in- clading Hays’ father, “to show Kian strength in Alabama”after a fury deadlockedin thetrial of a black man charged with killing a white policeman. CALIFORNIA: Man shoots 6 co-workers, 2 fatally, then kills himself Because the F | SANTAFE SPRINGS- Coworkers at the Omni Plastics plant describe Daniel S. Marsden as a strange man who waseasily provoked to anger. 7So it wasn’t too surprising when Marsdenstalked out ofthe plant after arguing with a col- le@gue Thursday. *But Marsden returned with a gun. He fired without warning in a Shooting spree thatleft two employees dead and four others o€sn't know what w@unded. Marsden then drove to Los Angeles, stopped at.an inter- segtion and turned his 9mm s@niautomatic on himself. TENNESSEE: Most of weaponsstolen ee = from SWATvan recovered ae «MEMPHIS - Three days of n§nstop investigation have pro- P duced all but one of the 13 weap- < stolen from a parked FBI S¥ ATvehicle. «A grenade launcher and an undétermined amount of .223-caliber ammunition for M16 riles were still missing Thursday, federal authorities said. ‘ Four individuals were being detained, but no one had been charged in the Monday night theft of a Chevrolet Suburban ftom the parkinglot of the Budgetel Inns, according to U.S. Atal Veronica Coleman. * The Suburban belonged to the Little Rock, Ark., FBI office, whose SWAT team was in town for a regional anti-terrorism exercise that included practice sessions with live ammunition. WASHINGTON: Mother Teresa toA Congressional Gold Medal ; WASHINGTON- Thoughit lasted for just an hour, a Congress in the thick of partisan wrangling over budget and international issues paused long enough to bestow praise upon a hero, Mother Teresa. The 86-year-old Roman Catholic nun was wheeled into the Capitol Rotunda Thursday for a ceremony marking the recent passage of legislation to honor herlife’s work with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is the highest honor Congress can give a civilian. ‘ “You must pray for us that we continue God's work with beautiful and with great love,” she said after House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., gave her a copy of the resolution authorizing the medal, which will show an image ofher holding a child. Mother Teresa rose from her geat to shake hands and exchange words with both lawmakers. - The Associated Press and Scripps Howard I. one oflife’s little mysteries. 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