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March to Madison These Syble Hopp students and their West De Pere "band buddies" perform at halftime Saturday at the Wisconsin-Ohio State gameD-1 500 FRIDAY, October 13, 1995 Testimony: How much did Mike Him know? State wrapping up its case The Monfils trial Testimony today will include: Cross-examination of Green Bay police Sgt. Al Van Haute, one of three main investigators Green Bay police Sgt. Ken Brodhagen, another investigator. Millworker Mark Blozinski, who talked with defendant Keith Kutska. Press-Gazette Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski said Thursday he still was deciding whether to call one or two witnesses whom he would not name.

If he doesn't call those witnesses, the state could rest its case today. By Anne Klemm Press-Gazette Just how much Mike Him knows about Tom Monfils' death was the question throughout testimony Thursday. The response depended on who was answering. "You guys know that I know who did it, and you're just trying to make me crack," Green Bay police detective Craig Van Schyndle quotes Hirn as saying. But two women who knew Hirn testified that they didn't remember Hirn ever saying he knew who killed Monfils.

Hirn and five other men are on Linda Vandermuss, who also socialized with Hirn, testified Hirn at one point said concerns for his family and job prevented him from saying anything about what happened to Monfils. But both said Hirn never said much more than that. Van Schyndle testified that Hirn talked to him while Van Schyndle was assigned to work surveillance outside Hirn's house on Berner Street on the city's northeast side. Detectives on surveillance were ordered not to disguise themselves and to allow Hirn to approach them, Van Schyndle said. Please see HirnA-2 Second co-worker reportedly feared Monf ilsA-2 Trial highlightsA-2 trial on charges of being party to homicide in Monfils' death Nov.

21, 1992, at the James River paper mill. Amy Borowicz, Hirn's friend, testified that Hirn told her he could talk and watch his back for the rest of his life, or take the rap and goto jail, she said. fV- Jr. J), i'. Murder defendant: Mike Hirn listens to testimony in the Tom Monfils murder trial.

Press-Gazette photo by John Robb 'fciWWfc Crowded hall at De Pere school vmm. jinn. .1 1 1 1 m. nmiiuM pww ji 'wllwJwlpwllww'1lBw it't II JJ 1 i i I Am irtu i im" i id in i i mi mi in i bmi iin DDInltiODU He'd skip re-election before allowing cuts By Judi Hasson Gannett News Service WASHINGTON President Clinton said Thursday he'd rather not be re-elected than sign a budget with cutbacks in Medicare and Medicaid. He blasted the American Medical Association and House Republicans for cutting a Medicare deal "in the dark of night." The AMA signed onto the House GOP's plan to' cut $270 billion in Medicare spending over seven years in exchange for a promise not to cut doctor fees.

"The AMA once i Press-Gazette photo by Ken Behrend Referendums on Tuesday: Students at Dickinson Elementary endums on Tuesday, including whether to build a $10.79 million School in De Pere pack into the hallway after school Thursday elementary school. For details on Tuesday's school referendums afternoon. De Pere School District voters will decide three refer- in De Pere and Howard-Suamico, see B-1 and B-3. again put their interests ahead of the interests of the patients," he said. Marchers heading to D.C.

from all over Million Man March drawing local support in spirit, not body "The AMA once again put their interests ahead of the interests of the patients." President Clinton "Is this the United States Senate or the Twilight Zone?" Sen, Jay Rockefeller, But AMA vice president James Todd said, "It just fc doesn't happen to be cor- rect." Medicare and Medicaid cuts are critical to GOP plans toteduce the budget deficit and provide a tax cut. The high stakes led to some creative word use Thursday: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota called Newt Gingrich "the squeaker of the House." "Is this the United States Senate or the Twilight Zone?" asked Sen. Jay Rockefeller, charging GOP Crawley He wont go to class Monday NEW YORK (AP) Train service is being increased. A school district is closing because so many workers are taking the day off. And at one church, those who can't attend are buying bus tickets for people who couldn't afford to go.

All over the country, people, businesses and churches are preparing for Monday's march on Washington, D.C, organized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The event drawing praise and criticism is being promoted as a day of atonement, prayer and inspiration for black men. Women were told to stay away and all blacks were asked to mark the occasion with a "day of absence," refraining from shopping or going to work or school. "Part of the reason I'm going is to encourage African-American males to get away from crime, get a good education and be responsible for the children they bring into this world," Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer said Thursday. Just how many will attend the event at the National Mall is anybody's guess, but Washington is preparing for traffic-jamming crowds for what the organizers are calling a "Million Man March." Lionel Graham, handling march logistics in New York, said 250,000 men would come from his area alone.

toric event, and the climate is right, considering the psychological assault on African-Americans in general," he said. "This is a tough time. The march is a stand for solidarity and a time for supporting one another I don't think we've been as active, as a people, as we had been." The Million Man March, the brainchild of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, has gained support from a broad coalition, including mainstream politicians and some rap musicians. Please see MarchA-2 By Jeff Kjelnhulzert Press-Gazette Few, if any, local African-American men will join the Million Man March in Washington on Monday, but the event has drawn support. Some local African-Americans hope the march will promote unity, counter negative media images, and inspire political and personal change.

But others questioned the march's tactics and said it lacked specific goals. Michael Connor, a program manager for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, said he planned to stay home from work and not buy products on Monday. March organizers are asking black men across the country to stay off their jobs as part of an economic boycott. The march takes on political urgency, Connor said, because Congress has pushed policies hostile to civil rights and the interests of poor people. Connor also cited economic disparities between whites and blacks, high rates of incarceration for young African-American men and more instances of police misconduct as revealed by the O.J.

Simpson trial. "I think it's going to be a his XT leaders want to undo a deal preserving the right to Medicaid for the disabled. Clinton's budget is "a phony," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici And Gingrich threatened to force a government shutdown unless Clinton accepts GOP budget priorities. But if Republicans send bills wit harsh cuts and then adjourn, said White House spokesman Mike McCurry, "We will veto them and call them back into session and say, 'You can't leave town until you do the country's The confrontation with Clinton is at least a month off, when the government's spending authority is due to expire. Goynes Said the event lacks focus Critics of the march are condemning Farrakhan's involvement and his decision to ask women to stay away.

Farrakhan has said without elaboration that he did not want women at the event "because of the potential danger of the situation." Even some who plan to attend don't support Farrakhan, who has called Judaism "a gutter religion" and made remarks considered offensive by some whites, gays and other groups. Farrakhan said the antipathy from some people "clouds the beauty of the message." Mo ffeac: Friday the 1 3th doesn't scare everyone, knock on wood several of its attorneys have the number 1313 on their license plates. "Rather than triskaidekaphobi-acs, said former partner John Houghton "we are stitious, Stevens said, just watch the next time you talk to the cards during a poker game or try to coax a golf ball onto the green with body English. At Barnes Thornburg, one of Indiana's biggest law firms, the partners revel in debunking superstitious beliefs. The firm's telephone number ends in 1313, its Indianapolis offices are on the 13th floor, and day, a Friday, Judas committed suicide and Jesus was crucified.

"Although the crucifixion and resurrection are central to the Christian faith, the crucifixion was regarded in the Middle Ages as a horror the killing of Christ," Stevens said. Superstition cuts across culture, class, race, gender and economic background. If you don't believe you're super "Superstition says if you throw salt over your shoulder, you won't." The bad karma associated with Friday the 13th goes back to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, said Phillips Stevens an associate professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. There were 13 people at the Last Supper, including Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus. The next Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal is begging the supernatural world to unleash a torrent ofmisfortune if it can.

When people buy into a superstition they create a causal link between two events that are logically unrelated, said Joe Nickell, a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry, "Science says if you eat bad food, you'll get sick," Nickell said. By John Affleck Associated Press AMHERST, N.Y. Go ahead, walk under a ladder or on a crack, and open an umbrella indoors. Even on Friday the 13th there's nothing to worry about, says a group that checks out stories of ghosts, miracles and magic potions. The Committee for the Scientific 7 13 is lucky number for iiMiaiia law Friday the 13th chills and some scary TV showsD-3, D-6 llilli: 131 I I.

'I' 1 Thursday's SuperCash Saturday: WeatherOtter says: Showers likely 0 0 Wisconsin (No. 21) takes on the nation's leading passer, Bobby Hoying, in Saturday's game against fourth-ranked Ohio State in Madison. But the Buckeyes aren't writing off the Badgers' Darrell Bevell. "He's the most accurate Humana's acquisition of Employers Health Insurance Co. spells new jobs for the De Pere-based health insurance company'.

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