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Show Thursday, June 3, 1993 7A NATIONAL Standard-Examiner Attorney says rap music madehisclient kill AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Ronald Ray Howard says he learned his hatred of police officers from years oflistening to violent, anti-police rap music. Now he’s asking that his life be spared in the fatal shooting of a state trooper because of the influence of that rap music. this tral. and a hatred for police music played a part in the killing and plans to call California rapper Tupac Ami said during his opening statement in How- Davidson stopped him for a missing head- ru Shakur and members of ard’s trial on Wednesday. “We're not asking that he be found not guilty because of the music. We think that he ought to be spared his life ... due to the music.” light in April 1992. The car turned out to be stolen Howard said the trooper “pulled me over for nothing,” according to grand jury rap group Gangsta N.I.P. as witnesses Howard was allegedly listeningto tt groups the night of the shooting “I'm not going t oO contest or nd testimony that that music wasn’t influential If convicted, Howard faces up tolife in Before the killing, Tanner said, Howard had driven 120 miles from Houston to Victoria listening to “gangsta rap,” a genre of rap that focuses on drugs, sex, violence life,” Bell said. “What I am going to try to “There’s no doubt about it, Ronald Howard is going to be convicted ofcapital prison or the death penalty. Howard, 19, confessed to shooting murder,” defense attorney Allen Tanner Trooper Bill Davidson in the neck after bility Prosecutor Bobby Bell said he agrees the the Houston in his could also influence a product li- lawsuit filed by Davidson's widow, Linda, against Shakur and Time Warner Ir Sheis seeking unspecified damages from rapper and his ording company, nding they acted irresponsibly and buted to her husband's death But Time Warner attorney Jim George ine mus ¢ isn’t to blame for Howard's —1iG show is that that influence is negative it's going to cause people to be killed.” The power of rap music, andits role in “People can makechoices not to do vi0nt, mean things or to do them,” hesaid. NATIONAL BRIEFS AIDS education is blocked, panel says WASHINGTON — The National Commission on AIDSsays con- troversy and disagreement in the federal government have blocked effective AIDS education for the nation’s young people. LMR BESTA SUC ea | “Years of disagreement at the highest levels of the federal government over the proper messages to give young people have helped to create and perpetuate a national atmosphere of confusion and contro- versy,” the report said Wednesday. “Most adults are uncomfortable with adolescent sexual activity and many continue to deny the amount and range of adolescent sexual experience, causing those adults to withhold relevant sexuality information from young people,”it said. The report said that messages to young people should includeinformation about reducing the risk of infection by the AIDSvirus, about NORTHERN UTAH'S LARGEST MULTI-DEALER 3 Of Utah’s Largest Dealers Have Joined Forces To Bring You Huge Savings on Top-NamePianos Organs & Electronic Keyboards the use of condoms and aboutpost- FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 4th & 5th bic poning or abstaining from sexual activity as a meansof avoiding disedse. 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ADDRESS 17-year-old dumps newborn in garbage MANORHAVEN, N.Y. — A 17-year-old who stayed home from school to deliver her own baby dumped the newborn in a neighbor’s trash, police said Wednesday. The baby died. Roxana Ramos concealed her pregnancy from family and friends and gave birth to a baby boy unassisted in the bathroom of her parents’ home on Tuesday, police Sgt. Robert Edwards said. She then placed the baby boy in a plastic bag and into a neighbor's trash, he said. An autopsy showed the baby was alive when born. Police were awaiting a ruling on the cause of death before deciding if Ramos should be charged with a crime, he said. ~— The Associated Press PHONE INSTANT CREDIT AVAILABLE FREE BENCH & DELIVERY SPONSOREDBY KEITH JORGENSEN e 627-3435 |