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Inside the News Nation Opinion • Tom Mather yawns 2 Nation* Michael Jackson sued for breaking promise 4 Alexander Freeny is squirted in the face Sports* Colorado wins Stanley Cup E W S Page 4 Wednesday, June 12, 1996 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 83, Issue 135 The News' Hard liquor ads return to Briefs Buckeye Boys State TV after 30-year hiatus to continue this The Associated Press of distilled liquor continue to drop. other markets, though none has week The total number of cases sold fell been announced, tne Journal said. The largest mock NEW YORK - After almost 30 from 190 million in 1980 to 135 mil- It's too soon to know if other com- government in the nation years, hard liquor commercials have lion last year, according to M. Shan- panies will follow Seagram's lead, will continue until June 16 returned to television, The Wall ken Communications, a New York but the Distilled Spirits Council, an for the 18th consecutive Street Journal reported today. publisher of industry trade maga- industry trade group, said it supports year. Seagram this week began a series The program is a highly zines. Seagram even though its own volun- structured, multi-faceted of 30-second ads for its Crown Royal Seagram sold 1.8 million cases of tary code calls for no ads. experience in learning how whiskey on an NBC station in Texas, Crown Royal last year, up from Council president Fred A. Meister the Ohio government ending the spirits industry's self- 880,000 in 1980, the publisher said. said in a statement that "as a matter works. imposed ban on TV advertising. The Texas commercials, which of fairness, our industry strongly be- Several speakers will talk The company said the voluntary began Sunday on KRIS-TV in Cor- lieves we should not be discrimi- about political issues during Code of Good Practice of the Dis- pus Christi. follow a 30-second whis- nated against, nor should we discrim- the rest of Buckeye Boys tilled Spirits Council of the U.S. key spot Seagram ran quietly during inate against ourselves." State. "placed its spirits products at a com- an equestrian event it sponsored on Wood County Commis- petitive disadvantage to beer and the Prime Sports Networks chain of The Canadian-based company's sioner James Carter will wine." speak today. Ohio Gov. regional sports channels. spirits and wine business has almost George Voinovich will Seagram's move comes as sales The company also plans to look at $5 billion in annual sales. speak June 14. The American Legion is sponsoring the events. Clinton announces science awards Koppel considering The Associated Press of the Massachusetts Institute of overall structure of genomes. Technology, was honored for "his James L. Flanagan, director of the all offers WASHINGTON - Paul A. Sa- LOS ANGELES - Ted fundamental contributions to eco- Center for Computer Aids at Rutgers Koppel says he's happy at muelson, who won the 1970 Nobel nomic science, education and policy University, for bringing engineering ABC and doesn't plan to bolt Prize for economics, is one of 13 re- for nearly 60 years." He was Presi- techniques and speech science the network when his con- cipients of the nation's highest sci- dent John F. Kennedy's economic together to solve basic problems in tract runs out in September. ence and technology awards. adviser. speech communication. But that doesn't mean he President Clinton announced Sa- The other Medal of Science win- Richard M. Karp, professor at the won't. muelson on Monday as one of eight ners, chosen by the National Science University of Washington, for his The longtime "Nightline" individuals honored with the National Foundation, are: work in linking advances in theo- anchorman said, if other Joe Boyk/The BC News Medal of Science established by Norman Davidson, professor retical computer- science to real- networks want to talk, he's Congress. The medals will be a emeritus at the California Institute of A group of children watch the Olympic Torch pass through Four listening. world problems. warded at a White House ceremony Technology, for breakthroughs in C. Kumar N. Patel, vice chancellor Corners Saturday evening. The torch came through about an "I've had a lot of people hour after it was scheduled. call me to say they want to later this summer. chemistry and biology which led to at UCLA for his invention of the car- talk to me," Koppel said in Samuelson, a professor emeritus the earliest understanding of the bon dioxide laser. Tuesday's Los Angeles Times. "I'm going to say to them, 'Dazzle me with your creativity.' Sergeant found guilty of premeditated murder Koppel, 56, said he loves a challenge and thinks it would be foolish not to Estes Thompson Knight said he reported the prob- listen to new proposals. The Associated Press Unanimous verdict could mean death penalty for official lem and Kreutzer was removed from "I'm not sending any sig- the squad and given counseling. But nal at all," he said. "I'm go- FORT BRAGG, N.C. - An Army evitably you're responsible tor your In his closing argument, pros- cluded paranoid and narcissistic when Kreutzer returned to Fort ing to tell (ABC News sergeant who killed an officer and own actions," Molon said. ecutor Capt. Paul Barden told jurors traits. Bragg in July 1994, he had different President) Roone (Arledge) wounded 18 other soldiers in a Because the jurors' finding on the that Kreutzer loaded his magazines Kreutzer talked often about shoot- leaders who did not intervene when the same thing." sniper attack was found guilty today murder count was unanimous, with ammunition the night before the ing people, said William Knight, a the harassment continued. of premeditated murder and could Kreutzer becomes eligible for the attack, and even selected special former sergeant who served with Photographer face the death penalty. death penalty, and jurors began de- bullets. Kreutzer in the 82nd Airborne Divi- claims book printed The guilty verdict was unanimous liberating his sentence after the ver- While Kreutzer, 27, of Clinton, Md., sion in the Sinai Peninsula in 1994 against Sgt. William Kreutzer, whose dicts were announced. had left a suicide note, he had more and at Fort Bragg until last year. "It proves one point; hot picture lawyers had argued that premedita- Kreutzer had pleaded guilty to in mind than killing himself, Barden Another comrade testified that NEW YORK - The man tion was not proven. Badger's murder before the court- said. Kreutzer boasted of his plans the ... that inevitably who took the famous sub- The military jury deliberated for martial, but prosecutors refused to While loading his clips, Kreutzer night before the sniper attack. you're responsible for way grate picture of Mari- slightly less than two hours before accept the plea and decided to pur- carefully selected hollow-point and Knight said Kreutzer had once lyn Monroe says a book pub- your own actions." lisher got It hot. finding Kreutzer guilty of premedi- sue the death penalty by proving tracer bullets for his AR-15, the civil- talked about watching a gathering of Sam Shaw filed a federal tated murder in the Oct. 27 death of premeditation. ian version of the M-16, so he could generals and said there wasn't lawsuit Monday against Maj. Stephen Badger. Defense attorneys argued that aim easily and cause great pain, he enough security to keep him from .Joseph Molon Rizzoli International Pub- The panel of five officers and sev- Kreutzer had received mental help in said. shooting them if he wanted. lications, saying the com- en enlisted soldiers also found the past, and that fellow soldiers ig- "If suicide were his only motive, he "What was in his mind was how 25 pany had no right to use the Kreutzer guilty on 18 charges of at- nored threats he had made before could have fired that round into his easily he could kill these guys," picture in "Marilyn Mon- tempted murder for shooting at his the sniper attack. own head instead of Maj. Badger," Knight said. roe, The Life, The Myth," fellow soldiers as they gathered for a "Did he have a premeditated de- said Barden. During the Sinai assignment, Kreutzer called a soldier in his which was published in morning run. sign to kill or a plan to do something During testimony Monday, Maj. Kreutzer talked about wanting to kill squad the night before the attack and January. One of the shooting victims, Spc. else, to kill himself or cry for help?" C.J. Diebold. chief psychiatrist at "I'm getting mad," Shaw the members of his squad because said he was loading weapons and said. "I love working but Joseph Molon, 25, called it "a well- defense attorney Capt. James Martin Fort Bragg, testified that after Kreut- fellow soldiers put sand in his boots, preparing to shoot at a formation of I'm getting exasperated and deserved verdict." asked in his closing argument.