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2A Wednesday, December 6, 1995 Hattiesburg AMERICAN 3 I ISMiMiisWAIrMd-ia I nnnra nc-an nrar? The AccuWealher lorecast tor noon, Thursday, Dec. 7. Bandi wpartfa high pwaM XQflM Tom Hanks said he chose Erie, as the setting for his latest movie, "That Thing You Do!" which he wrote, directed and is starring in. The plot involves a rock band that Hanks' character manages in 1964. Miss.

River (Southwest Pass) High amount 8:12 p.m. 1.3 Low amount 6:40 a.m. Biloxi Bay High amount 10:14 p.m. 1.9 Low amount 8:15 a.m. The actor, Sen.

Edward Kennedy at a forum Tuesday to criticize proposed Republican cuts in federal aid programs. "The welfare system works. I know it works because I'm here," said Goldberg, who said she depended on welfare 10 years ago a single mother, before her career took off. Now among the highest-paid Americans, she criticized the Republican plan to cut taxes in exchange for federal program cuts. I make a lot of money," Goldberg said.

"I would love a tax cut, but I'm not looking to take it at this cost." John Bobbltt has decided to cut his losses with wife Lorena and sign a property settlement i r.f who most re- Rlver Stages cently played astronaut Jim iSt" 29 Lovell in Columbia 3.0 "Apollo 13," Mississippi at said he discov- Vicksburg 14.1 ered Erie 12 Bouie Creek at year8 his way to Aariculture Toronto. FRONTS: on the eve of production, citing concerns about the script, her character and nudity. The film about a surgeon who amputates the limbs of a woman he loves was made later with Sherilyn Fenn. K.T. Oslln developed a new approach to cholesterol while recuperating from heart surgery 12 weeks ago: If you can't eat it, wear it.

At a benefit concert Monday at the Grand Ole Opry House, Oslin snowed the crowd a keepsake from her hospital stay a robe covered with a bacon-and-eggs pattern. "There I am shuffling along the heart floor in my cholesterol dress," she told the howling crowd. Monday's concert, which raised money for AIDS education and people with AIDS, featured Mary Chapin Carpenter and Billy Ray Cyrus. Oslin, 53, who was host at the show, is known for her hits "80s Ladies" and "This Woman." By The Associated Press the kitchen knife Lorena used to cut off his penis two years ago. The penis was reattached.

Mrs. Bobbitt signed the property agreement earlier this year. Bobbitt dawdled. At one point, he brought her candy and flowers in an effort to regain her affections, but she refused to see him. The divorce will be final within weeks.

Kim Baslnger would pay $3.8 million to resolve the dispute over her refusal to star in "Boxing Helena" under a judge's proposal. The actress and "Boxing Helena" producer Main Line Pictures were scheduled to retry their case Monday after an appeals court overturned a 1993 judgment of $8.1 million against Basinger. A spokeswoman for Basinger said Tuesday that there has been no settlement and that the actress was prepared to go back to court if necessary. "Boxing Helena" producer Carl Mazzocone declined comment. The lawsuit was sparked when Basinger walked out of the film coto www smtonaav IMS AccuWaalhti.

Inc Hanks 0 EZ3 (Z3 a iliJ tuQH LOW SHOWERS MA TSfUMS Nutl SNOW Su IT LlJuUl' UCXJOY Friday HATTIESBURGSOUTH MISSISSIPPI "Because I was bored with the Rainfall today and freeway, I took a local route tonight will average through town," Hanks told the a quarter inch or Erie Daily Times, less with isolated spots receiving a Hanks won back-to-back Os- quarter to half inch, cars in 1994 and 1995 for his starring roles in "Philadelphia" Partly cloudy Today mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High 70 to 75. LI I II the last step before the couple's divorce. Next to his signature, Bobbitt sketched a small knife a Hi-60s LO-40S 9Ulf Forecast and "Forrest Gump. Whoopi Goldberg, now a wealthy comedian, says she was once on welfare and it was no joke.

Goldberg joined Massachusetts Saturday Pensacola to Gulf-port. Today winds 10 knots shifting to northeast 15 knots. Seas to 3 ft. Choppy Mostly cloudy NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI Today cloudy with rain likely. Temperatures steady or slowly falling to around 40.

Tonight mostly cloudy with a good chance of rain. Low 35 to 40. Climate Readings a reierence to Qobm Hi-60s LO-30S in protected waters. Florida governor accused of stalling probe National Temps Wednesday's figures: Anchorage Humidity ...61 24-hour high 74 Sore 24-hour 61 Wind calm Chicago Barometer 30.04 Cincinnati 24-hour rain 07 Cleveland Dallas-Ft Worth a UV IVBI rv 1 Houston the Chiles campaign's use of more than 70,000 deceptive scare calls to older voters last November. The callers described Bush as a tax cheat and said his running mate, former state Rep.

Tom Feeney, wanted to abolish Social Security and cut the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly. And instead of telling voters they worked for the Chiles campaign, the callers said they represented two citizens' organizations one that doesn't exist and a Republican group that had no connection to the calls. After initial complaints surfaced, Chiles officials denied any connection to the calls. later hand-picked by the governor as state Democratic Party executive director, said he knew about the misleading calls a week before the election. Earlier, he had denied knowing where they had originated until last month.

"Was that a lie?" Crist asked Falmlen. "It was a misstatement," Falmlen said. "It was a purposeful misstatement." Chiles, a Democrat, defeated Republican Jeb Bush by fewer than 64,000 votes of more than 4.2 million cast in the closest governor's race in Florida history. The committee is investigating ers are preparing to. Crist said he wanted to conclude the hearings, which started Tuesday, before Christmas.

But he said that may be impossible if the governor doesn't change his mind. "It depends on whether the governor continues to stonewall," Crist said after Tuesday's hearing. During the hearing Tuesday, a top campaign adviser to Chiles admitted he knew about deceptive phone calls aimed at older voters and made "a purposeful misstatement" denying the campaign's involvement. Scott Falmlen, an aide in Chiles' 1994 re-election campaign and TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) A top state lawmaker accused Gov, Lawton Chiles of stonewalling an investigation into misdeeds by his re-election campaign by insisting that all of his staffers testify in front of a committee instead of giving sworn statements.

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Calls cost 75c for the first minute; 50c for each additional minute thereafter. tion would not have changed the trial's outcome. O'Neal's execution was the third this week; the other two were in Florida. In Starke, on Tuesday morning, child killer Phillip Atkins in the electric chair after his lawyers failed to convince authorities that the machine malfunctioned during an execution the previous day. ment of Corrections spokesman Tim Kniest read a final statement from O'Neal: "Praise the Lord and the name of Jesus.

I forgive everybody involved in this. Jesus is my Lord." Defense lawyer Michael J. Gorla claimed in appeals that the trial jury that sentenced O'Neal to death wasn't told that one of the prison guards who testified had been convicted of assault. An appeals court ruled the informa a 78-year-old man during a burglary. Officials said O'Neal was involved with the Aryan Brotherhood, a supremacist group.

Prosecutors called the stabbing a well-planned "Aryan hit" and rejected O'Neal's claims of self-defense. O'Neal was pronounced dead about two minutes after the drugs where injected. After the execution, Depart POTOSI, Mo. (AP) A reputed white supremacist who stabbed a black prisoner to death with a homemade ice pick was executed by injection early this morning as he clutched a Bible to his chest. Robert Earl O'Neal 34, was executed after a last-minute appeal was rejected by the U.S.

Supreme Court. At the time of the slaying in 1984, O'Neal was serving a life sentence for murdering of Mississippians turn to the newspaper first for news about local events. 60 Government recalling 100,000 toys commission said. Consumers should stop using; the cribs immediately and return i them to the store for a refund or contact LaNacional at 809-758-1 3606. Eighteen retailers sold nearly 2,300 assembled cribs, 1 without boxes, between January 1994 and April 1995, the commission said.

The three models involved are: the Cama Cuna R.N.C., the Cama Cuna No. 2 and the Crib, with Drawers. For details call 800-638-2772. Consumers should take the items away from young children and return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund, or contact Imperial Toy at 800-543-6551, the agency said. Three models of cribs sold in Puerto Rico also are under recall.

Slats and corner posts on the cribs, made by LaNacional of Hato Rey, P.R., are wider and taller than standards call for, posing strangulation and entrapment hazards for infants, the WASHINGTON (AP) Thousands of toy vehicles, aquatic animals, baby bottles and meal sets are being recalled because they can break into small pieces and possibly choke children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that the plastic items, including bulldozers, trucks, turtles, seals and penguins, were made by the Imperial Toy Corp. of Los Angeles. Nearly 100,000 pieces were sold at toy stores nationwide between 1993 and April 1995. POLICE trying to intervene.

"But the dude's got the gun, waving it around," he said. "I got behind a tree so I wouldn't get shot." Questioning people on the streets of high crime areas is nothing more than harassment to Coleman and his friends. "We don't want them harassing us," Terrence Carpenter said. "You can't walk around without somebody stopping you." FROM page 1 A made the block and came back. He stopped the man.

I went and picked up some more pecans and sat on the porch." Coleman couldn't hear what Holifield and Jenkins said. Police said a routine records check showed Jenkins was lying about his name, which prompted Holifield to do a pat-down search for officer safety. "The dude broke out running and the policeman grabbed his jacket," Coleman said. Holifield hit Jenkins in the head with a flashlight, Coleman said. "The policeman had the man down choking him and the dude did the same thing to the policeman," he said.

The two men broke contact, got to their feet and fought more, Coleman said. "The policeman was screaming for help," he said. "I guess he got on the mike and called for help. They came, about 17 strong like LAPD." Coleman thought briefly about iBr Br ((M) Jl II Carpenter crime-fighting tool, a local dev fense attorney says the practice raises questions. i "There's a Supreme Court case on point," Fletcher said.

"This is; an old case that points out that a Eolice officer who knows the am-, ience of the area in terms of the comings and goings of the people has a certain intuition. He can1 follow that intuition to a reasonable point in doing his job. That would include persons who are in a place where they have no good reason to be and stop and ask them questions." Hattiesburg attorney Alison Steiner argues that the original stop may not meet legal standards, citing an Ohio case the U.S.; Supreme Court decided in 1968. "A police officer can only stop a person if he observes unusual conduct, which leads him reasonably to conclude in light of his experience that criminal activity may be afoot," she read from the court decision. "In this case, the issue would be what conduct was the individual engaging in that made the officer think criminal activity was afoot," Steiner said.

"The issue would be the initial reason for the stop, but that's 20-20 hindsight Thank God, no one was hurt The remedy for an illegal stop is not necessarily to assault the officer and take his weapon." Innocent people inevitably will be stopped by officers, Fletcher said. "In the end, there's not any other way to do it," he said. "It's kind of like having a drivers license check. We don't have any other way to do a drivers license check other than to stop people and do it" CENTER Older men sitting on the porch of a Perry Street house agree with Coleman but don't want to talk. Coleman, who has been on probation for aggravated assault and faces a misdemeanor city court date next week on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was reluctant to talk, fearing police retaliation.

Not all Palmer's Crossing residents share their views. Police question fewer people now than they did a few years ago, John Bester said. "Lately, they been slacking up," he said. "But, like I said, they got a job to do. I respect the law." A community resident for 13 years, Bester has seen a drop in crime in recent years "They've cleaned it up a lot, but most of it's drugs," he said.

Like people on the street, the legal community is also somewhat divided on the issue of police tactics. While Fletcher says HPD's practice is a legitimate ENTIRE STOCK EXTRA CLEARANCE FROM page 1A of Hattiesburg. "It includes the lake and the outfall structure where you let the water out, back into the creek," architect Larry Albert said. Site work is to be finished in April or May. Construction could hit a snag if the bond issue lawsuit has not been settled by then.

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