Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 20 2002 — A5 In brief Washington serial killer convicted in more deaths Despite reports Johnny Carson says his health is not failing MALIBU Calif (AP) — Johnny Canon retired king of late-nig- ht television has emphysema but says it isn’t causing any major problems Carson had just finished playing tennis when he learned of a tabloid report that claimed he is seriously ill A National Enquirer story that the New York Post cited in ‘ Carson had become a Thursday’s editions said the virtual recluse aboard his luxury yacht Carson has “been grappling with killer emphysema for several yean and wants to stay out of the public eye” the supermar- ket tabloid said in an issue on newsstands Friday Many cases of emphysema which causes shortness of breath can be attributed to cigarette smoking It cannot be cured but if caught early its progression can be halted The former talk-sho- w host who smoked on the air for many years said he learned of the reports after playing tennis for 45 minutes at his Point Dume estate TACOMA Wash (AP) — A serial killer serving more than 400 years in prison for 13 murders was convicted Thursday of two more slayings that could bring the death penalty A jury found Robert Lee Yates Jr guilty of murder aggravated for killing two prostitutes The jury will begin hearing evidence Tuesday on whether he should get the death penalty or life in prison without parole The former factory worker and Army veteran preyed on prostitutes and drug addicts cruising for victims in his ‘ first-degr- Woman wrestler sues for harassment NEW YORK (AP) — Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon provided a verbal smackdown Thursday to a female bodybuilder who claimed in a lawsuit that she was sexually harassed while wrestling for his company “You’re just trying to throw dirt against the wall trying to make something stick" said McMahon 'chairman of the board for World Wrestling Entertainment McMahon later called the lawsuit “a smear” against his company McMahon was questioned for more than two hours by the attor230-pouNicole ney for Bass a plaintiff who can bench press 315 pounds Bass 38 alleged she was subjected to numerous sexual “indignities’’ while working for the WWE in 1999 Her suit claimed that a male wrestler “graphically simulated a sexual act” behind her back that male WWE employees accosted female wrestlers in locker rooms and that she was sexually assaulted on an airplane by a WWE executive A large wooden head shown July 26 with a waving hand is one of twelve sculptures along Frederick Road in Hyattstown Md designed to slow down traffic The artwork is part of the Hyattstown Mill Arts Project Art aims to slow traffic an official traffic stopper as the law allows: A stick figure with an upraised white-glove- d hand it is one of 19 artworks that Hyattstown citizens have placed along a road in hopes of slowing the cars speeding past their front colored flags “pace cars” homemade speed bumps even a steel gate Tiny Hyattstown about 25 police radar grin and found the average speed was at least 45 mph In the three years that Tetens has lived in Hyattstown one neighbor's car was hit by a motorcycle and another was while slowing to make a turn In another accident a driver ' who had stopped so that Tetens could pull out of her driveway was struck from behind The sculptures along the piles northwest of Washing- ton isn’t even a wide spot in the road That is one of the problems its 65 residents face in trying to slow drivers who ignore the 30 mph limit on Route 355 a state highway doors “If you see one then all of a popular with commuters sudderi you start looking and avoiding congested Interstate 270 Some of the community’s hopefully your initial reaction is to slow down” said Linda houses are right beside the road leaving little Tetens an artist who helped margin for parking — which' organize the project tends to slow passing cars— The Road Show as resifeaor other “traffic-calming- " dents call it is among the tures such as roundabouts and many approaches citizens lane Closings nationwide have devised for traffic with Tetens who created some of problems dealing the sculptures said she and a that authorities won’t or can’t - neighbor once borrowed a solve Others involve brightly BEVERLY HILLS Calif (AP) — Actress Winona Ryder will go to trial next month join charges she stole designer merchandise and illegally possessed painkillers Superior Court Judge Elden Fox set Oct 7 as the trial date Wednesday after plea bargain negotiations broke down Deputy District Attorney Ann Rundle didn’t describe the offer made to the actress or say why it was withdrawn Ryder 3Q is charged with second-degre- e burglary grand theft vandalism and possession of a controlled substance She could face three years in prison if convicted been changed periodically' Dairy Foods con- Bridgerland Applied Technology College 753-67- 80 Drawing? 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