European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday january 24,1993 May plot going Lorain Ohio apr two Junior High school pupils charged with plotting to kill a teacher might have Felt pressured to carry out the murder because class mates were betting on whether they would do it police and school officials said Friday. A school official thwarted the reported plot minutes before it was to be carried out wednesday. Quot its a bizarre Case Quot said police capt. Cel Rivera. Quot they say to this Day they were going to kill the two seventh Grade pupils accused Are 12 and 13. Rivera said the 13-Ycar-old planned to Stab the English teacher while her 12-year-old Friend restrained the teacher. He said the older Pupil told him she had no Choice but to make Good on the threat Quot she Felt she had to do it because the other kids had put her on the spot a Rivera said. By wednesday their classmates had bet about $200 on the outcome authorities said. Henry Harsar principal of 700-Pupil Irving Junior High school in Lorain about 30 Miles West of Cleve land said the plot might have been classroom bragging that got out of hand. A names of the girls and the 46-year-old teacher who was Back at work Friday were not released. Rivera said the girls hatched the plot tuesday after the teacher scolded the 13-year-old for not paying attention in class. Police said the 13-Ycar-old told them she wanted to kill the teacher because of that. The other girl said she did not like the teacher because a she sends me to the office All the police said the girls planned to Stab the teacher at the end of their class. But assistant principal Jacqueline Greenhill discovered the reported plot when she questioned a Pupil manslaughter charged in shooting at school los Angeles up a 15-year-old boy was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow student during a High school English class in los Angeles. The unnamed boy was arrested thursday at Fairfax High school after a .357-caliber magnum revolver he was carrying in his Backpack went off killing a 16-year-old boy and wounding a 17-year-old youth with a single Bullet. Prosecutors said their a initial investigation tends to indicate that the shooting was police said the teen Ager had placed the Backpack on his desk and was handling the revolver when it went single High Caliper Bullet Tore through the Chest of Eli Kog Maii 17, and into the left Side of Demetrius Rice 16, killing him. Skogman was in fair condition Friday and improving at Cedars Sinai medical Center. Who was crying in a Hall the Pupil who was in the same English class As the two girls told Greenhill a a teacher is going to get Hurt and described the alleged plan. Greenhill went to the classroom about 10 minutes before the class ended and ordered the 13-year-old to her office. A 12-Inch knife was found in the girls Book bag and police were summoned. A Short White later police questioned the 12-year-old. The youngsters were being held in a juvenile detention Center Friday awaiting a juvenile court hearing. C t it. Ltd f it up of tit a n r s 1 a 1, a ? a1 a High noon High a a bundled up cyclist pushes a Bike thursday through old Fairbanks Alaska. The High at noon was minus 38 the intersection at University and College Road in Fri degrees the temperature fell to minus 50 overnight. Computers key in Clinton passport probe Washington apr the Independent counsel probing the Campaign search of president Clinton a passport files has seized computer records of the Bush while House and even removed the internal hard drives of terminals on workers desks. The investigators led by counsel Joseph e. Digenova issued a subpoena a week ago requiring the White House to submit Quot any computer material such As printouts. Tapes or disks that is relevant to the probe. Some Clinton administration staffers arrived in their new offices thursday Only to find their computers missing their hard drives a main storage devices that can contain huge volumes of files As Well As Basic software such As word processing or spreadsheet programs needed for the computer to work. In Ordinary circumstances the easiest and least expensive Way to retrieve specific computer files for review at another location is to copy it to a portable Diskette a not to dismantle the hard drive. On some of the terminals were copies of a memo explaining that the parts were missing Quot pursuant to this Digenova a former . Attorney was quietly appointed to look into the passport matter last month alter the Bush administration found a some evidence of criminal intent in the state department search of Clinton a records just before the november election. An aide to Digenova said he was travelling and could not be reached immediately for comment on the subpoenas or the status of his grand jury probe. Hibernian await Miracle in St. Patrick s Parade War. From wire reports new York a the ancient order of hibernian is waiting for the other Side of the St. Patrick s Day Parade dispute to blink hoping Luck if not Legal mane vering will decide whether a Gay group is allowed to join the annual Celebration. Quot they re looking for an excuse. They re trying to buy a Little time hoping a Miracle will happen said John Hale the lawyer for the ancient order of hibernian whose pledge to ban Gays Cost it this years Parade permit. Hale predicted that the St. Patrick a Day Parade committee awarded this years Parade permit would soon "collapse.�?�. A a we re standing Back to give them room to fall a he said Friday. The City a awarding the permit to a new Parade committee brought lawsuits criticism from Cardinal John o Connor and this week letters from Hale proposing that the City change its mind and pay his groups Legal fees of $90,000. A member of the Irish lesbian and Gay organization who asked not to be identified said the group feared its backers might give in to pressure from the liberians and o Connor who maintain the Parade is a religious not Public event and so can ban the Gay group because the Catholic Church condemns homosexuality. Something to Crow about Kearney Nebraska a the City of Kearney frustrated in efforts to control a burgeoning Crow population that has left sidewalks Slick Ana Trees coated with droppings has decided to let citizens clip the Birds wings. The City last week began issuing permits allowing residents to shoot Birds that stray too close to their nesting in the Community of 24,000 in South Central Nebraska have damaged Many Trees and coated sidewalks with droppings that made them Slicker than when they Are covered with ice and Snow assistant City manager John Prescott said. The permits allow residents to shoot crows on their property or have someone come in and shoot the crows for them. Centenarian lobster saved. I. A. Worcester mass. A seniority counts for. Something after All a lobster estimated to be 100 years old has received a limousine ride to a museums fish tank instead of being dunked into boiling water. The lobster which weighs 18 pounds and is about 30 inches Long was spotted at the Coral seafood restaurant last week of a Crew from a local Cable to station. A the claw on this thing is the equivalent of four regular lobsters. Its huge a said Jeny Gibbs news director for we my to. George Voyiatzis chef at Coral seafood said the restaurant purchased the lobster at a wholesale fish Market in Boston recently in Hopes of saving it from being eaten. The restaurant was housing the crusty crustacean caught off new England until a permanent Home could be found he said. So we my contacted the new England science Center and officials agreed to Clear out a 400-gallon tank for the lobster. Woman University Settle Madison wis. A a professor who claimed she was denied tenure because she was pregnant will receive $126,000 and another shot at tenure under a settlement with the University of Wisconsin. Ceil a Pillsbury 35, was denied tenure at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee s school of business in 1989 while she was pregnant with her second child. A there were dearly some mistakes made Quot Katharine Lyall president of the University of Wisconsin said Friday during a news conference announcing the settlement. Pillsbury who sued in Federal court in 1991 after exhausting administrative appeals became Pregnar soon after the birth of her first child. She claimed that on returning to work a colleague told her Quot now no More of that. Get on with your
