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Daily Sitka Sentinel Sitka, Alaska, Wednesday, November 30,1994 rTM Inmate Injured in 8 111 8 Along with Dahmer Dies Colo. (AP) Last fled center-court lay at the Aurora Mall of threats, including Time is TMin out on ow Santa is back, tucked away in empty store just off the mall's thoroughfare, down a narrow pathway that winds into a lorest of twinkling trees. r'lThe way they designed this, it's great, said Dick Milne, the very picture of St. Nick with his thick, natural gray-and-white beard, ample stomach awT Uny wire glasses rimming twin- eyes. "This certainly is better than not having it at all.

This gives one-a little more protection." Several other malls also are taking ctive steps because of the threats 0 malls canceled ap- peaiances by St. Nick last year, forcing-Santas to take refuge in police and fire 'Stations as officers guarded long lioes of children. The" upscale Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver scrapped Santa this- year in favor of a computerized North Pole letter service and a children's orchestra and education gram. pro- Definitely what happened last year had something to do with it," said marketing director Lisa Herzlich. At Villa Italia in Lakewood, all the Santas declined offers of bulletproof vests, said general manager Susan Kustelski.

"We're all scared to death it's going to happen again," she said. The anonymous threats came by mail and fax between Dec. 14 and Dec. 22, One letter called Santa an "impostor;" another warned that "he will be history along with anybody that gets in my way." The U.S. Postal Service and the FBI investigated, but made no arrests, said John Freeman, Postal Service inspector in charge in Denver.

"It was my impression, and you can always second-guess on these things, the person was looking for attention and probably got too much," he said. "Quite frankly, we don't have any clues." Milne, 64, had no qualms about returning this year. "I hope nothing happens," he said, sitting on a thick burgundy cushion in an old-fashioned sleigh. "A lot of publicity kind of stirs it up again. I'm glad for the protection." Hillary Gives Views on Life, Goals as First Lady Tupac Shakur Wounded In Robbery in New York NEW YORK (AP) Rap singer ajnd; iactor Tupac Shakur was shot five twnes during a robbery early today outside a recording studio, one day after a began deliberating sexual assault charges against him.

'Police said the attackers apparently 4jd nqt know the identity of their victim gained wide attention when he was criticized by Vice President D.ah Quayle for anti-police lyrics. 23-year-old rapper and actor was'in serious but stable condition with wounds to head, groin and hand, biit was conscious and alert and able'tb give police a statement, Belle- viie 1 Hospital Center administrator Wesley AngUn said. Shakur and three other men were walking into the Quad Recording Stu- dip fi near Times Square when three robbers confronted them'about 12:30 a.m., said SgL James Coleman. The gunmen demanded that Shakur and his. friends "Give it up," but Shakur: apparently didn't move fast enough and the robbers opened fire, (Coleman said.

Then, "Shakur lunged at one of the gunmen and fought over the gun. Shots were fired and he ran into the street after one of the gunmen," Coleman said. The bandits vanished with jewelry. Coleman said Shakur apparently was unarmed. Shakur's manager, 24-year-old Freddie Moore, was shot once in the stomach.

His condition was not available. The shooting was the latest misfortune for Shakur, whose troubles with the law have earned him more notoriety than his hard-edged raps or starring roles in "Poetic Justice," "Juice" and "Above the Rim." On Tuesday, a Manhattan jury began deliberating sexual assault and weapons charges against Shakur arid Charles Fuller, 24. A woman says that four days after she had consensual sex with Shakur, he lured her to his hotel in November 1993 for a gang sex attack by four of his friends. Shakur's lawyer says she is lying because she is a "vengeful suitor." Police said when they arrived.at the hotel room they found tvyo Shakur faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the sex charges and up to seven years on the gun charges. By ARTHUR L.SRB Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis.

(AP) The convicted murderer who was bludgeoned along with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer died today, authorities said. Jesse Anderson, 32, was tirb- nounced dead at 10:05 a.m. at ihe University of Wisconsin Hospital, Department of Corrections spokesman Joseph Scislowicz said. He was serving a life sentence for slaying, 1 his wife. Dahmer died Monday, after both fie and Anderson were beaten in the head while cleaning toilets at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage; "A bloody broom handle was found near Dahmer's body.

A prisoner who had been working with the two men, convicted murderer Christopher J. Scarver, was identified as the suspect. Dahmer confessed to killing 17 men and boys, cannibalizing or having sex with some of the corpses. He had been behind bars since July 1991, when a handcuffed man escaped from him and led Milwaukee potice to an apartment full of body parts. Anderson was serving a life sentence for stabbing and bludgeoning his wife, Barbara, to death April 21, 1992.

While nowhere near as notorious as Dahmer's, his case drew wide attention because of his claim that two black men attacked him and his wife, both white, as they left a Milwaukee restaurant. Mrs. Anderson was stabbed more than 20 times, authorities said. Anderson sustained superficial wounds, but police concluded he was lying and charged him in the case. He was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and sentenced to life with no possibility of parole until 2052.

A judge denied in August a request by Anderson for a new trial. It was the second attack mis year on Dahmer. But Eisenberg said Dahmer didn't want the restrictive living conditions that could have saved him. "He wanted to be in with the general (prison) population. He didn't want to sit in a hole all day long," he said.

Dahmer had been kept in isolation at the prison for a year before the staff determined he could mix with other prisoners. In July, an inmate tried to cut his throat, but the makeshift razor weapon fell apart and Dahmer escaped with a scratch. Eisenberg said he and Dahmer never discussed his living arrangements and he didn't know whether Dahmer could have requested more secure quarters. But if Dahmer had wanted to be in isolation, the lawyer said, "I'm sure it would have been very simple to obtain that just commit some prison violations." The sister of one of Dahmer's victims told the New York Post Tuesday that an inmate phoned her a month ago and promised that Dahmer would be lakencareof." Rita IsbelJ said she received about 10 calls from inmates pertaining to Dahmer over the past two years. She said they probably called her because she screamed at Dahmer during his trial and called him Satan.

Dahmer told a television interviewer this year that his parents' fights were "unnerving, depressing" and pushed him into "my own little (fantasy) world where I had control." But he said the arguments weren't an excuse for his depraved behavior. His parents divorced in the late 1970s. Dahmer's will asked for cremation as soon as possible, according to WISC-TV, which said it obtained a copy. The will also requested no autopsy, funeral ceremony or headstone the station said The Rev. Roy Ratcliff, who baptized Dahmer in May in the prison infirmary whirlpool bath, said Dahmer had told him he generally got along well with other inmates.

"There was no sense of dread or fear for his life," said Ratcliff, who had visited Dahmer about once a week since baptizing him. Corrections" Secretary Michael Sullivan said there were only three inmates in the gym at the time of the He said two guards and a recreational officer also were in the area but one of the guards had left for a time to bring in inmates for workouts. WASHINGTON (AP) Halfway through her husband's bumpy term, Hillary Rodham Clinton has set modest goals: Make some improvements in health care, take criticism less personally and raise a healthy, happy alienbaby. Alien baby? OK, the extraterrestrial remark was just a joke, her little moment of levity with a roomful of students studying the staid history of first ladydom. But she made her point Don't believe everything you read about her.

In an expansive appearance Tuesday night addressing school prayer, her power, her family and the media, Mrs. Clinton turned again and again to the pain and anger caused by criticism. "Sometimes I read about myself 'Ooh! I don't like her at the first lady said, cringing when asked about the public's perception of her. She placed much of the blame on unspecified critics and the natural byproduct of a media system in which public figures "are filtered through so many people's perceptions." "On the presidential level, it is just astonishing to me the kind of speculation and the attacks and the criticism," she said at a George Washington University seminar on first ladies. "I try to take such matters seriously, but not personally." But it's hard "I don't always succeed," she said.

"Sometimes things are beyond the pale and your breath is taken away." Not dwelling any longer, the first lady broke into a broad grin and mentioned a tabloid report that she'was pregnant with an alien "But I will say, if the 'alien- baby comes, we're ready and looking forward to it," sho cracked: 1 "I've always wanted a sibling for Chelsea'." Almost drowned out by'laughter, she added: "I'm not sure I d- know exactly how to take care of'it, but I'd sure learn." In a serious moment, the first'lady said she already learned hard way that voters thought'Her plan for healsh care reform was a big-government boondoggle. "I understand that and, obviously regret it," she said. "But-that, was neither the intention nor, from our perspective, what would have' been the ultimate outcome." The solution: Retreat to the long- held; Republican line that moderate changes will be enough. "I do want to work on whatever health care reform we can achieve through incremental Mrs. Clinton, after making it clear she will continue to be the administration's public voice for health care're- form.

Despite the concessions, she insisted that the system is still" in crisis. "These problems are back, and they're not going to get better on their own," she said. Elderly Woman Stranded In a Van for Two Weeks Nicole's Sister: No More Turning the Other Cheek CAP) A feud between OJ. Simpson's lawyers and relatives of the people he is accused of killing heated up today hi court as the Home Loans Home Improvement Loans Home Equity Loans Construction Loans Auto Loans Boat Loans Commercial Loans You're more than a customer to us We are Your Neighbor, Your Bank Home of the "Money Saver" and the "One Stop" Construction Loan. Alaska Federal Savings Bank i T- i i i i i i i Serving S.E Alaska Since 1935.

with offices in Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka Wrangell the families of- or- chestraung a campaign tp deny fair trial. "We've seen what appears to be kind of a media blitz," defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. said in a hearing. "What has happened now is the court can hardly turn on the televi- sion without seeing Denise Brown. has taken it upon herself to misconstrue, to put her own spin on interpretations." Brown, a sister of victim Nicole Brown Simpson, has openly questioned her former brother-in-law's innocence, as has the father of the other victim, Ronald Goldman.

Both appeared on television Tuesday. The impact of Ms. Brown's interview became evident when a prospective alternate juror told the judge he had seen her on TV. Asked by the judge what he heard her say, the man blurted out "She said he did it." After a brief conference with lawyers, the judge dismissed the prospect from further consideration. Jury selection was preceded by a hearing that appeared more like dueling press conferences.

In response to defense criticism of the families, Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark angrily countered that the defense "turned this into a circus." Another defense attorney, Robert Shapiro accused the prosecution of playing unfair by publicly implicating Simpson in the murders before any evidence was presented in court Neither side asked Superior Court Judge Lance Ito to take any action. Cochran hinted that Ms. Brown could be banned from the courtroom, saying she might sigh and make derogatory comments during defense presentations; any such ban would take an order by Ito. Ms. Brown wasn't on hand during the hearing and was unavailable for comment.

Her attorney, Gloria Allred, ripped the defense attorneys and said, "Denise has a right to share her grief and her pain, and I think any attacks' on Denise by the defense are clearly unwarranted and unfair." Simpson is charged with murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. They were stabbed and slashed to death June 12 outside Ms. Simpson's condominium. Goldman appeared on ABC, Brown leveled her accusations on CNBC for interviewer Geraldo Rivera. "Mr.

Simpson's defense team can posture and pose all they want to," her statement said. "That's their right, and maybe even their job. But they can't expect the family of Nicole Brown to turn the other cheek any longer." The search for 15 alternate jurors resumed after a break for Thanksgiving. Opening statements aren't expected until mid-January. PHOENIX (AP) After her husband left their stranded van to get gas, 77-year-old Annabelle Goodwin tucked a few blankets around her and listened to cars whistling by on an interstate about a mile away.

More than two weeks later, after freezing temperatures and occasional snow, she was still there having lived off a day's worth of food, prayers and very little else. But her husband of more than 50 years, who suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, was missing. The search for 76-year-old Vinson Goodwin resumed today. His cane and cap weie found late Tuesday. Speaking in a faint voice Tuesday from her hospital bed in Kingman, Mrs.

Goodwin said she stayed alive by busy. "Oh, yournsaye sing and you have to pray, and: sometimes you just don't know what to do but hope," she said. A passing hunter found the snow- covered van on a dirt road Monday in a remote stretch of mile-high northern Arizona range. Mrs. Goodwin had just three blankets; she had eaten the cookies, ham, bologna and a loaf of bread the couple had bought to snack on while driving.

Searchers found an empty antifreeze can he intended to use for gas, a baseball cap and Goodwin's cane about three-tenths of a mile from the van late Tuesday, said Yavapai County sheriffs spokeswoman Laurie Berra. This morning, Berra said searchers backed by aircraft and tracking dogs were back at the scene, about a mile from Interstate 40 some 25 miles west of Seligrnan, or 150 miles northwest of Phoenix. But the dogs were unable to pick up a scent in the area where the objects were found. "I don't know what could have happened to him, so I just keep praying," said Mrs. Goodwin, who was treated for exposure and was in fair condition.

She knows the odds aren't good that her husband will be found safe. Nighttime temperatures have dipped to the 20s in the area. "There's probably an inch and a half of slushy snow in the area now and it will probably freeze overnight," said Lt Kathy McLaughlin, a sheriffs spokeswoman. The Goodwins' daughter, Allie Foster, said her father suffers from early stages of Alzheimer's disease, a brain disorder which causes increasing memory loss and confusion. "He gets disoriented, loses his sense of direction, so when I heard they were on 1-40 I felt good: I least I knew he was going in the right direction," she told The Contra Costa Times.

About 35 people and at least three aircraft were scouring the area where the van was found, about a mile from Interstate 40 and 150 miles northwest of Phoenix. Searchers also checked nearby communities in hope of finding someone who had seen 'Goodwin, McLaughlin said. Goodwin said she and her husband were heading home to Richmond, from Arkansas, where they had gone Tor the funeral of Mr. Goodwin's sister, when their van ran out of gas the first time. They were stuck on 1-40 until a highway patrolman got them" a' -5' She's a bit hazy on the Details, bi believes that was Nov.

11. McLaughlin said her records indicate it was Nov. 13. Back on the road again, the couple mistakenly got off the interstate. "And we ended up on the cattle range," Mrs.

Goodwin said. "Then we ran out of gas again." The van was only eight miles from where the patrolman gave them the gas, McLaughlin said. Mrs. Goodwin said she could hear the cars passing on interstate. "We don't routinely patrol that area because it's so remote," McLaughlin said.

"It's typically "used by hunters and maybe ranchers." The son, Vincent Earl Goodwin of Vallejo, reported the couple missing Nov. 17. On Monday, he spoke with his mother several times by phone. "I told him not to come here," Mrs. Goodwin said.

"I told him to wait and see if they were going to find him today. I hope he's alive. Lord, I try to keep hoping, but Panel Discussion Video to Air The ML Edgecumbe High School video production class will televise a panel discussion p.m. Thursday on SHS-TV channel 36. The students will discuss AIDS prevention, treatments for the 'disease World AIDS Day, AIDS transmission, emotions and feelings about the disease and social issues concerning AIDS.

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