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B-1 Cattlemen have a beef in lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey Page B-4 MM The Modesto Bee Price 50c 1997 The Modesto Bee Tuesday June 17 1997 21 dies in deli shooting otto said My grabbed a handgun hidden in the store and fired at least one shot that probably missed the gunman The three wounded men were taken to area hospitals Nieto an unarmed security guard who had stopped by the store on his coffee break underwent surgery at Memorial Medical Center but died at 1 1 22 am Monday tinued shooting hitting owner Mike My 36 in the chest and both hands brother-in-law Sokhoung Ung 37 was grazed in the thigh and buttocks brother Narom "Kenny" Ung 29 who also worked in the shop was standing in the front of the store near Nieto but wasn't wounded Police Detective Kevin Bertal- wounds to the aorta and intestines My also underwent surgery and was listed in stable condition Sokhoung Ung was treated for lacerations and released My's wife Paula said she had a feeling something like this might be coming "Yesterday (Sunday) there Georgette LeCocq Josanne LeCocq and Tina LeCocq surround Debbie NodaThe Bi- portrait of deceased brothers Man By Dennis Roberts Bee staff writer A masked gunman burst into an all-night delicatessen on Crows Landing Road early Monday and began shooting killing a 21-year-old father-to-be and wounding the owner and an employee Modesto Police spokesman Kelly Huston said the gunman Lane of the giants Carmakers to roll out some really big wheels The New York Times DETROIT Big is getting bigger on the American road American carmakers inspired by the recent popularity of big cars and trucks are planning even larger models with equally gigantic sticker prices Take the behemoth being tested by Ford Motor Co which at 19 feet would dethrone the Chevrolet and CMC Suburban by a foot as the longest mass-produced family vehicle ever built At more than three tons without cargo or about twice the weight of a typical family car this station wagon on steroids also will be one of the heaviest It will have an optional 68-liter V10 engine twice the size of a typical minivan engine And it will seat eight adults in three rows and still have a sizable cargo area The Ford vehicle is so large and heavy that it exceeds the weight limits for classification as a light vehicle And that provides two little-known benefits for Ford and its customers: The vehicle would be exempt from the federal luxury tax on high-priced cars and trucks that kicks in for vehicles costing more than $36000 and from federal fuel economy regulations that were written to discourage just the kind of gas guzzler Ford has in mind In the meantime the march of the road hogs will only get big-ger Chrysler is about to roll out a new Dodge Durango spoil-utility wagon that is roomier and more than a foot longer than the biggest Jeep General Motors Corp is planning to redesign the Suburban over the next two years to make it more appealing to families who want to treat it as an oversize car rather than a truck for towing boats and horse trailers And a big plush sport-utility version of Ford's Lincoln luxury brand called the Navigator will go on sale in two weeks entered Crows Landing Donuts and Deli at 1900 Crows Landing Road at 3:07 am Victims told police the shooter opened fire without speaking a word hitting customer Daniel Gonzalo Nieto 21 of Modesto once in the back The gunman then jumped over the front counter and entered a back room where employees were baking doughnuts He con Jennifer Fitzgerald LeCocq Money We all were like Leave It to Beaver We had homes and jobs We had such wonderful lives Georgette LeCocq By Bee she were kids (hanging around the store) at the same time in the morning" My said "And that's not hkels to happen And when they went in the onl bought one little orange juice and they were walking around" Paula My said she doesn't think the gunman was hit in the See Back Page Shooting Law curbs drinks Police crack down on outdoor service By Truong Phuoc Khanh Bee staff writer Pasta primavera a glass of chardonnay and watching the sunset hr- das perfect end mg for some Modesto police recently began cracking down on paradise At least two downtown busi nesses have been verbally warned and a thud one fined for serving alcoholic beverag rs tri patrons sitting outside at sidewalk tables Police cited the dunking in public ordinance that states "No person shall drink or be in possession of an open container of am beer wine or other intoxi eating beverage on any public street sidewalk alley Carmen Sabatino owner of Mediterranean Market and i i i on Street burst out laughing when he first heard of how the police were interpreting the ordt nance "What stupidity he said kidding me Modesto's mavor agrees with the restaurant owner We might be ewer interpret ing the spirit of the ordinance" said Mayor Dick ang who said he wasn't aware police were warning mere bants noi to serve alcohol to customers eating ul fresco "If the have a beer or a glass of wine that drinking in public0" Yes said Modesto Del Daniel Shipley who works with the state Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control to make sure businesses comply with their beer wine and liquor licenses "We support free enterprise and responsible drinking said Shipley But drinking while dm ing outside breaks its and pew siblv ABC regulations he added Jennifer Lehfetdl 21 said the ettv that's breaking the spirit of downtown law savs we an smoke tnstde said I ehfeldt enjoying a Alcohol worrv tha in face Women want firms to admit wrong in tainted-blood deaths due to AIDS LeCocq was a hemophiliac and contracted the virus from contaminated blood That is only part of the nightmare Philip's two brothers Alan and Mark also were hemophiliacs They too were infected with the AIDS virus after receiving tainted blood products Alan died in 1991 Mark in 1993 Their families are among 6200 hemophiliacs and their survivors nationwide who will each receive a settlement of $100000 next month Four American com pa mes offering settlements Alpha Therapeutics Corp Bayer Donna Birch staff writer TTJRLOCK Jennifer Fitzgerald eyes glisten when talks about her late husband Philip "He was a terrific father" she said recalling how Philip used to take their young son fishing camping and horseback ruling had a wav of listening to people He was always there for everyone" Their son is now 17 and Jennifer has raised him by herself for the past decade In 1987 Philip LeCocq died of complications of loss Baxter International Inc and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc produced the blood products used to treat hemophiliacs I heir blood products became infected with the AIDS virus in the late 197os and early 19Kiis before blood-screening technique-- became routine Jennifer and her sisters-in-law Tina LeCocq and Georgette Le Cocq say the money offers them little comfort "One hundred thousand dollars what is said Geor aec 3-: Page Deaths in vending machines But starting in 1999 five new designs for the quarter's reverse side would be issued each vear for 10 years replacing the eagle Collectors bored with the same old coin designs are enthusiastically lobbying for plan Under a law enacted last October Rubin has until Aug 1 to decide would be the biggest thing to happen in numismatics (coin collecting) in mv lifetime said Kenneth Bressett president of the 106-vear-old American Numismatic Association INDEX Washington stays eagle goes? Treasury eyes proposal to mint 50 new quarter designs over decade Machado Johnston team up to get batboys back in game during the school year The bill AB 1363 will be heard June 25 in the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment The bill is the result of a flap that started when the state Department of Industrial Relations cited the Stockton Ports for violating the state's child curfew law because batboys and batgirls were working past curfew The state investigated the minor-league baseball team after receiving an anonymous tip Ports General Manager Dan See Back Page Game By Kathie A Smith Bee Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO Two valley legislators are going to bat for batboys and batgirls too But a third legislator says his colleagues are carrying legislation that would in effect legalize child abuse Assemblyman Mike Machado D-Linden and state Sen Patrick Johnston D-Stockton are co-authors of a measure to exempt professional sports attendants from child labor laws that preclude them from working after 9 pm in the summer and 7 The Associated Press WASHINGTON The majestic eagle gracing the back of the quarter for more than half a century mas soon temporarily cede its place to such critters as alifornia's bear and Louisiana pelican A proposal before Treasury Secretarv Robert Rubin would direct the US Mint to produce 50 new designs one for each state The familiar profile of George Washington would remain and the quarters would be the same size and weight so they'd work 1 TK lows mid-60s Monday: Complete weather on Page 3-8 TipsLine at 575-7500 TIPS 847A The Modesto Bee Online http modbee com 06836 1 1 1 1 1 vou get quarters for change now going to took at them.