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DIED. MARCUS CHENAULT JR., 44, convicted murderer of Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother Alberta; after a stroke; in Riverdale, Georgia. On a Sunday in June 1974, Chenault rose from the front pew of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church and fatally shot the 69-year-old Mrs. King and church deacon Edward Boykin. Condemned to death, he was resentenced to life imprisonment, in part because the King family opposes capital punishment...
...With the stroke of a pen, President Clinton today forbade federal agencies to consider sexual orientation in granting security clearances. Though gay rights groups praised the move as a signal of respect, TIME's Douglas Waller says agencies are no longer "hung up" on the Cold War mentality that blackballed homosexuals for fear they would be blackmailed. "The CIA no longer screens for homosexuals," Waller says. "About five years ago, other agencies had a question on their polygraph tests about whether the person ever had homosexual tendecies, but people kept on tripping on the polygraph because...
Those participating in the lightweight crew's successful performance at the Henley include coxswain and captain Christopher J. Shulte '95, stroke Emans and other rowers Hammond, Ryan S. Wise '97, Andrew R. Wilson '96, Gregory M. Ruckman '96, Timothy M. Cullen '96, Field Ogden '95 and Edward A. Shergalis...
Patient "X" is much more clearly ill. She has suffered a major stroke; her entire left side is paralyzed. It's obvious to everyone that she's severely impaired -- everyone, that is, except her. Ask her how she feels, and she responds, "Just fine." Point out her lifeless left arm, and she seems baffled. She can be convinced, through persistent effort, that the arm doesn't work. But a few minutes later, she has forgotten all about...
Former Leverett House Master John J. Conway died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital following a stroke...