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TULSA WORLD TUESDAY JANUARY 14 1997 National News Nicole Simpson Letter Cites Abuse letter by Nicole Simpson Poole recent days to make the first around the world Special Savings Platinum vehicle REE TRIAL the national res took the agency extract the four said the letter ex conduct about the relation to land tractor SOUTH TULSA 7121 Yale i of It to was also that time you beat the holy hell out of me You told the ray lab I fell off a you since or been A 5 to a September 1986 incident in which Ms Simpson was treated at a hospital was also that time you beat the holy hell out of me You told the ray lab I fell off a the letter said Ms Simpson also referred to New Eve beat up" a reference to a 1989 fight that brought police to es tate and led to him pleading no contest to spousal battery' called the cops to save my life whether you believe it or not sne wrote The letter concluded never loved the Petrocelli plains Ms and feelings ship He said he was using it to rebut claim that he had rejected Ms Simpson rather than vice versa Simpson pressed repeatedly by Petrocelli about his unfaith As recommended by BodHown Retired TV News Anchor batteries 99 (Limit of four packs per customer Expires 1 17 97) COPENHAGEN Denmark (AP) With a resolve that was stronger than the ice a man sank four vehicles in an attempt to cross a frozen fjord The tale of persistence vs prudence began when the man drove his car onto the ice on the Augustenborg fjord 120 miles southwest of Copenhagen the Berlingske Tidende newspa per reported Monday The car went through the ice but the man was able to climb out because the water is shal low He rushed back to land and got a four wheel drive which also sank The man went back again and borrowed a from a nearby farm The trac tor not surprisingly went into the drink as did a second tractor he used after that The man finally called the lo cal division cue service seven hours vehicles 14 Karat Gold AP Photo Steve ossett shows the gondola of Solo Spirit the balloon in which he hopes to fly around the world Simpson recounted arguments by the often battling couple I think I have to put this all in a she wrote like you to keep this letter if we split also like you to keep it if we stay together as a Questioned by attor ney Daniel Petrocelli Simpson testified he never saw the letter until he was jailed on murder charges Simpson was acquitted of criminal charges in October 1995 but families of the victims believe he was to blame so they are suing him for wrongful death Simpson said he believed the letter was written at the behest of Ms lawyers in the months leading to their divorce in 1992 and was intended to understand the victim's state of force him to tear up their pren mind Baker said it shouldn't be uptial agreement allowed A part of the letter that In portions read in court Ms' read to jurors referred SANTA MONICA Calif (AP) Nicole Brown Simpson wrote that OJ Simpson the holy hell out of in a letter in troduced Monday in a surprise attack by plaintiffs at wrongful death trial Simpson said during cross examination he believeo the let ter was pre divorce maneuver ing and his lawyer said it was never delivered On another matter Simpson dismissed 30 new photos of him self in incriminating shoes sav ing he recognize the shoes as any he ever owned He left the witness stand after once more denying he slashed Ms Simpson and Ronald Goldman to death The letter incited some of the angriest arguments of recent days between plaintiff and de fense lawyers and Judge Hiro shi ujisaki at first waffled on whether it should be admitted at all It is undated and defense attorney Robert Baker said it was never delivered to Simpson ujisaki warned jurors thatthe letter could be used only to fulness admitted he had a one year affair with actress Tawny Kitaen and said he later told his ex wife about it when they split up But he insisted there was no animosity between them just be fore she was killed in June 1994 Simpson also testified about 30 new photographs appearing to show him in Bruno Magli shoes of a type that left bloody footprints at thef killing scene He said: look like shoes I ever Right before he left the stand his own lawyer asked him di rectly about the killings: June 12 1994 did you with the children in the house upstairs in the bedroom murder your ex wife and leave her body where the kids could find absolutely Simpson said It was second day on the stand in which his law yer tried to undo the damage caused when the former football star was questioned by the side in November He testified that he was ashamed to say he contemplated suicide after his ex slay ing Lifetime Diamond Warranty CHICAGO (AP) Short chil dren should be given growth hormones only if they meet spe cific medical criteria the Amer ican Academy of Pediatrics said Monday in a policy statement aimed at worries about overuse of such drugs The group warned its 51000 members that the drugs should not be widely used because of the up to $50000 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