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Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 12

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At Birmingham Poit-Hamld Tuaxloy July 36 1994 Metro State Medical examiner finishes autopsy InjeBisi pyfs priessure EEO i I Senator says guidelines would make workplace would lead employers to ban wearing a cross to work or inviting a co-worker to church or to have a Bible on the work desk But EEOC Executive Director Douglas Gallegos last month testified before Heflin's Judiciary subcommittee that such scenarios will not happen a provision in itself would violate the Civil Rights he said zxmm By Dave Fitz Poat-Hcrald Oorreapaadcnt GADSDEN An autopsy on the body of Major Moore the Gadsden man fatally shot by police officers last week shows he was shot three times The autopsy by State Medical aminer Joseph Embry of Binning-ham shows Moore was shot in the in the face and the back of the Moore 37 was shot Tuesday morning when he reportedly advanced at police officers with a knife and refused orders to drop the weapon Police spokesman Lt Randy Phillips said statements from police officers and witnesses indicated the first shot struck Moore in the chest He slumped but then came up with a knife and took several more steps toward the officers before the second and third shots came in quick suces-sion The second bullet struck him in the face and spun him around and he was apparently falling forward when the third bullet hit him Phillips said the angle of the bullet wound should dispel rumors that Moore was shot in the back of the Karim Shamst-BaihaFost-Herald Dive irMnor iIomi mwipi -i outakte Bam 15 at the Birmingham Race Couraa while John Hamilton walks Sunny DixIMd for exercise above Below left Spanish War Eagle munches on hay with Zaa Zsa agoatthatkeepathe hone company They belong to Dwame Glenn Racing wM end Saturday at the race course with the na Derby I a- -a- i mpmgnift I final day of racing at the track untl May He said people carrying knives represent a real threat to officers from as far as 21 feet away The last two shots were fired at a distance of 10 to 15 feet If Moore had started running to-' ward Officer Chris Crialer after the first shot Phillips said Moore would have seriously injured the officer A police department Firearms Re-' view Committee has ruled that 1 Crisler was operating within the departmental guidelines when he shot Moore The Internal Affairs division of the Gadsden Police Department is continuing its investigation into the shooting and an Etowah County grand jury will study the case in September Both procedures are standard policy on shootings involving police officers Boat crash kills Alabamian Mississippian two men were racing another boat around a sharp bend where Bluff Greek joins Cas telle Bayou in Jack-son County 45 pm I collided glass boat with a 14-foot ru nabout carrying William Butler 46 of Lucedale his wife Debbie and two children He identified the dead as Brian Marshall 44 of Grand Bay and Roy Welch HI 40 of Gautier was on the right-hand ride and there was a real sharp corner The (other) boat was on the same side as he was and they just ran into each Calogero said Witnesses told officials that the ears for I PtCH An Alabama man and his sippi friend were killed when their boat plowed into another craft in south Mississippi Samuel Calogero 38 of Gautier Miss said he was in a boat behind the two men when the Sunday afternoon collision occurred all MIMOWEHTBCO SS1-KSM MMCfc AMPLIFIED HEARING AVAILABLE TOM AND JERRY immS-BUKOM THE CLIENT m-ib LASSIE mi HMaEy-wJMb NORTH -iTMCIMflUf TRUE LIES ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD FORREST GUMP M-in MWNMKVItt MANWM-IS) imts nv wv mvTiav -im llOffTMUBUM) lilWJilMHS UMMMMH HMHIiMMMlM in TilMlN ijmSKCi aa EL: MSB MiwMUirneS- SS14SS4 MIUMm ft AMPLIREO HEAPING AVAILABIE 1 ft THE CUENT m-ii) ItlMilS-MM-M iiw-MS-ro-iaw LASSIE ml 1W-4il4-7W-Vj4t NORTH Ml -at nan Mm mat TRUE LIES tnu ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD lil4M-7afc40 FORREST GUMP ru) IM-4M-7M-ISM mf" am JKW MIWW881FIKO 8S1 4444 AMPLIFIED HEARING AVAILABLE THE CLIENT M-in ISWWiiPrSWV'TnV 1lJO-4il4-7il4-18iH MS-4M- 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House directs the commission to withdraw the category of religion from its guidelines and to ensure that any future guidelines will mandate that symbols of religion are not to be restricted and do not constitute of harassment is a step that ought to put the nail in the coffin in terms of these proposed Heflin said The EEOC and members of the Senate have received tens of thousands of letters of protest to the proposed guidelines Many have said they specifically fear the guidelines injuries and died en route to Ocean Springs Hospital 'Read FOOD Wednesday In Birmingham Hml-llrrald rPSKmCIU fcgrvLASt NO PMSiS 0 WKCHATTU if Mf BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY' TRUE LIES fc4S fctF-ttJSfltlSSt-SaS ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD iae-M-isaSMS-Tns-ws FORREST GUMP ISHMSOANHIM-MI 1 -is-IA-is a 1 (PQ-13) LITTLE BIG LEAGUE ra a SSJM-MS-SrtS THE SHADOW (MMS) a sisSt-MS-MS WOLFm (4J4 SIJS GMhnrJMtb I CoJoood Hwy 8 I-4J9 I'lio' 969-3843 NORTH (pm Miiina-HMii LASSIEjk) lui-Mi-awaius-iiii-w THE CUENT ira-isi 1H8-HHW a 7:8 TRUE LIES ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (PQ FORREST GUMP (PO-13) IIUMMWlallTiMI iaMiaiija-Ta-tu THE UON KINQjq) I LOVI TROUaLB 4J4 a Ml TM SHADOW ra-tp BLOWN AWAVn I MSIl lii LASSIEjpq) -K laMa-wi THE CUENT tra-ii) ita-ia-Maiia-w-Bi ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (PQ 4:18 a iia-m-m TRUE UES ia-44aatta-i-4i THE UON KINO (Q) 1MS-1S-38-4fc1l a 8MW-T-J-48 BABY'S DAY OUT (Pm -MH44i a 7MI- SHOWTIMES FOR TODAV i) bunny saving tips all out of the cages probably the first time ever been able to hipplty Margaret Compton Morgan County Humane Shelter Aaocifttod Ptmb PRICEVILLE After rescuing more than 600 rabbits from certain death in a sweltering trailer Marga-ret Cbmpton has a problem: getting v- rid of the critters before Mother Na-V) ture takes over only got a month about 30 days well proba-' bly have about three times as many iu ia Ms Compton dent of the Morgan County Humane tdpi Society aaid yesterday 9 Ms Compton has been up to her ears in bunnies since Sunday when a ''trailer full of the animals bound for slaughter was abandoned in the parking lot of a truck stop The rig had blown a tire she said and the driver never came back None of them was hurt Witnesses said the impact threw the driver of the other boat Welch into the water where he drowned and sent the boat dicing through about 15 feet of trees aid underbrush Marshall the passenger suffered fractured ribs ana multiple internal Missouri His name was not made public say they extradite him on a she said Right now though Ms Compton is more concerned about what to do with all those rabUta Selling them an option since state law prohibits the sale of the animals as pets she said That leaves the options of hoping someone will want to adopMSOO rab Uts as pets or sending them on to their original destination: a butcher hate to see them sold for slaughter but that's the way it she said Anyone with suggestions on what can be done with the rabUts can call the Morgan County Humane Society at 355-7233 BLASS LTD FALL TRUNK SHOW TUESDAY JULY 26 10 UNTIL WEDNESDAY JULY 27 10 UNTIL 4 OURS EXCLUSIVELY 'hters sprayed the cages with water to keep the animals cool in the 90-degree heat while authorities looked for the driver About 30 died before a judge granted an order allowing officials to remove the rabbits The animals were taken from the small enclosures and put into a large on property owned by a volun- 4: 4 all out of the cages It's probably the first time ever been able to Uppity said Ms Compton The truck driver was charged with one count of animal cruelty for each bunny that succumbed to the heat Ms Compton But the case will likely never be prosecuted because the charges are misdemeanors and the man lives in BILL Herrod From page B1 (i a'- Stan Knott news director at Channel 6 and Kerry (Aland news direc- tor at Channel 13 say they have no desire to feud with Herrod it comes to Channel 42 1 have no Osland said 1 If Herrod seems strident outspo-ken and a bit abrasive he says because he cares so much about what he does He says on a mto-i rion to change the face of TV news in Birmingham Next up he says A a change in the way the station does weather Herrod thinks local teievi- aion spends too much time energy and money on weather resources that could be used for news instead When not working Herrod spends i much of his time with Ms family He is also an avid reader Most recently he finished a book about ABC News -President Roone Arledge Herrod knows many people ques-Vj tkxi bis methods his motives and his reporting tactics But he to convinced that he to right and feels Channel 42 to making progress we get ratings he sayi it's not about ratings I 4- think defining local MON I 4 1 1 1 i 3 iwnnKwnnnwnAnf ptlowf am-imo i 4- I.

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