Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 20 2002 —AS In briof Michigan woman Justice Department office blames four at FBI foir McVeigh documents mixup touted as oldest dies WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department harshly criticized the FBI’i failure to turn over thousands of pages of documents to Timothy McVeigh’s lawyen until days before hi scheduled execution but foundno evidence that FBI agents meant to hide information The repot by the Justice Department inspector general's office an independentinvestigative arm of die agency said the vast majority ofthe mislaid or destroyed paperwork contained no significant or new information for McVeigh's defense team However it acknowledged that even the IG’s lengthy investigation had difficulty determining whether all destroyed documents had been disclosed The report Mamed human error not computer systems at die FBI “This shines a light oa a problem that needs to be addressed” said Inspector General Glenn A Fine “The glamorous part of the job is to investigate and find the perpetrators An equally important part of the job is to handle tne evidence” 192-pa- GRAND RAPIDS Mich (AP) — Maud Fanis-Lus- e recognized last year by the Guinness World Records book as the world’s oldest living person has died She was US She died Monday from complications Of pneumonia at Conimunity Health Center of Branch County in Coldwater a town south ge $ of Grand Rapids in southwestern Michigan She had been in the hospital since Sunday night said Kyle Fas-se- tt administra- - Farrfs-Lus- e tor of the Laurels of Coldwater the nursing home where sors for what he called a “significant neglect of their duties” Three of diem discovered problems with FBI documents as ' early as January 2001 but no one notified FBI headquarters Justice officials or the chief prosecutor in die McVeigh trial until five months later the report said tests clear longtime suspect DNA AP photo OAKLAND Calif (AP) — Newly performed DNA tests linked a prison inmate wlxrdied last month to six East Bay slayings that had been unsolved for more than 20 years — and have cleared a manlong suspected in his wife's slaving ' The tests show Charms “Junior” Jackson 64 who diedof a heart attack while serving a life term for a 1982 killed five other women and a man during burglaries from 1975 to 1981 said Rockne Harmon an Alameda County prosecutor The killings took place in Oakland and Albany The DNA evidence was gathered at the crime scenes at the time of the killings but only recently was subjected to scientific tests that weren’t available then Hannon said Police had been preparing to arrest Jackson for the killings Fbnrier high school biology teacher Chrietine Patton alts by her home computer In thle recent photo in Olathe Ken She failed nearly one fifth of her students after teeming they plagiarized their semester pro Jects Ever since the school board overturned Peiton’s failing grade for 28 of her bioiogy students Piper students have been booed by students at competing achooia soma teachers have made plane to quit and thl admlnlstraton la in upheaval er rape-murd- Farris-Luselive- di Fanis-Lus- e was 115 years 36 days old “It was her time” said Laurie lMUKkued Kaoussis §elhi©©lte smraairft firamni pflagoaoisinn) ease PIPER Kan (AP) -- On die bulletin board outside die office of Piper High School principal Mike Adams news- -' paper clippings herald the senod’s athletic success and : student achievements But one story is conspicu- - Haney L zweig who lived under a cloud of suspicion for nearly 20 yean because police had identified him in a 1982 search warrant as their prime suspect in the killing of his estranged wife i Intelligence worker admits spying WASHINGTON (AP) — A US intelligence analyst who revealed the identities offour undercover agents to Cuban officials pleaded guilty Tuesday to espionage She could spend 25 yean in federal prism Ana Bdro Montes 45 was spying for Cuba fipm the time she started work at the Defense Intelligence Agency in 198S until her arrest on Sept 21 prosecutors say By that time she was a senior intelligence analyst and had used short-waradio and coded pager messages to give Cuba US secrets so sensitive they could not be fully described in court documents “Yes those statements ate true and accurate” Montes told US District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina after the charges were read When Urbina asked whether erne reason she had agreed to plead guilty was “the feet that you committed the crime” Montes replied“Yes" Roscoe Howard Jr UJS attorney for the District of Colum--' bia said Uw enforcement officials did not know whether any of the information Montes transmitted to Cuba Was shared with ' other couniriet However the Sept 11 attacks on New York and Washington heightened the need to “get her off the streets" and influenced the timing of her arrest he said scandal that has produced national liwuilinwi infiiriatwf parents afcnatwi tearhwt and divided die town That story may be absent from Adams’ bulletinboard but it’s not going away ' Ever since the school board overturned former teacher Christine Peiton’s grade for 28 students students have hem booed at ve out-of-to- I 1 some have made plans to quit and the administration is “Ourkids are getting labeled unfairly and our parents are all being given the same stereotype” said Eng-lis-h teacher Leona Sigwing “It’s gone beyond the plagiarism issue to something feat's hurting students and the community” The controversy began last year when Pelton a biology teacher gave zeros to 28 students she accused of plagiariz-ina botany project from the Crime drop continues in NYC trend NEW YORK (AP) — In continuation of a decade-lon-g violent crime in New York City is down again The latest New York Police Department statistics show 85 murders were reported through March 17 — down 397 percent from the same period last year In Manhattan only 11 murders were recorded comparedwith 28 hut year Overall violent crime — murder rape robbery felony assault burglary grand larceny and auto theft — was down by 7r cent The numbers were down 18pereent compared with and 654 piercent compared to 1993r The dim occurred even as police have cut overtime fend rede- - ts ‘ in upheaval gj Internet Pelton said she suspected plagiarism because some reports contained identical material The school board overruled her decision on the grades in December But the turmoil didn’t end there Sigwing leads a special teacher’s union committee formed to deal with the controversy and already one of her blue folders is thick with accounts of the slights suffered by students or parents: ' basketball : At last month Piper stugames dents were greeted with a sign that read “plagiarists” and a that few students wore called them cheaters Sigwing said Some complain crowds at games have chanted “Cheaters! Cheaters!” woman A who graduated from Piper six years ago recounted that she was told by a potential employer at a job interview “You didn’t get any kind of education did you?” Pelton quit immediately after Ihe board’s decision Adams and the school’s assistant principal also said they plan to leave Another teacher nas quit citing the dispute and union officials say other college-educat- ed - Ferris 32 “She lived a long time and now she’s in a better place She passed away very' very peacefully” Last June Guinness editors as the recognized Fanis-Lus- e oldest living person whose age could be verified Though her birth certificate was lost over the years the editors authenticated her age through other documents including US Census Bureau records and her 1903 marriage license Described as a sharp and fiercely independent woman Fanis-Lus- e lived alone and cared for herself until she broke her hip in a 1991 fall at her house That is when she moved to the Laurels nursing home She remained mentally alert until about five years ago By the time of her 11 5th birthday in January relatives said she could not see or hear them or understand what was happening but still seemed to enjoy visitors “She was just a wonderful woman lbveid her family always happy’’ said Fenis whose branch of the family prefers that spelling instead of teachers are waiting until a May 15 deadline to decide whether to stay or go In addition one parrot is trying to have the school board recalled Some employees talk openly of how the superintendent and school board ought to resign The cheating questions prompted all 12 deans of Kansas State University to lecture school board members in a letter that said “we will expect Piper students to buy into (the university’s honor Code) as part of our culture” The letter seemed to be a “veiled threat that our kids would be scrutinized more closely than other kids because they came from Piper” said parent Dean Katerndahl The school board offered teachers an olive branch bn Friday Sigwing said board members wrote an open letter to teachers asking them to stay “so that we can emerge as a better stronger more respected district” Although board members still have not explained why they apparently ordered Pelton to change the grades they said in their letter that they want to “prevent a repeat of this Farris Fanis-Lus- e was bom Jan 21 1887 in Morley about 40 miles north of Grand Rapids She married Jason Fanis a farmer and laborer in 1903 when he was 24 and she was 16 They lived in Angola Ind before moving to Coldwater in 1923 They had seven chil- dren m FOUNDATION The LoganUtah allocation committee is inviting coipmunity organizations to apply for grants and yolunieer services Phone "v A : ! v vi ' - ? 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