Former attorney general guilty
NATIONAL
KANSAS CITY. Mo (AP)
— Former slate Attorney Gen
eral William Webster, whose
name is on a major Supreme
Court anti-abortion ruling,
pleaded guilty Wednesday to
conspiracy ana misapplication 01 state tunas.
Tha federal charges, which had been formally
filed earlier in the day. t arry a combined maxi
mum sentence of 15 years in prison and a
$500,000 fine. Under a plea bargain, prosecutors
recommended Webster be sentenced to 18 months
in prison and that he surrender his law license
U.S. District Judge D. Brook Bartlett allowed
Webster to go free on personal recognizance No
sentencing date was set.
The conspiracy charge accused Webster and oth
ers of soliciting campaign contributions by promis
ing rewards from the Second Injury Fund, a work
ers' compensation fund administered by the
attorney general's office.
That count also accused Webster of being
responsible for the destruction of computer files in
January before he left office, ullowmg employees
of his office to use state properly for his fund-rais
ing activities and allowing an employee of his
office to baby-sit for him
The second charge said Webster intentionally
took state property worth $5,000 or more for his
own use and that of others.
Webster previously had repeatedly denied any
wrongdoing. In a statement he read ns he entered
his plea, he told Bartlett that he disagreed with
some elements of the ( barges, but acknowledged
overall guilt.
Bartlett took over the case after U.S. District
judge Russell G Clark removed himself from it
Wednesday without explanation
Webster, a 39-year-old Republican, hod been
under investigation by a federal grand jury for two
years lie lost the gubernatorial race to Democrat
Mel Carnahan last fall after the grand jury probe
became an issue.
In eight years as attorney general. Webster won
praise from conservatives nationwide for his
defense of Missouri's abortion restrictions
The U S Supreme Court upheld Mivsouri's 1988
law in a cose bearing Webster's name The 1989
ruling allowed states to impose more restrictions
on abortion, but stopped short of overturning the
Roe vs Wade dec ision that legalized abortions.
Webster also was associated with n right-to-dio
ruling by the court He fought to prevent the fami
ly of Nancy Cruzan from removing the brain-dam
aged woman s feeding tube. Hut a judge, relying on
the high court ruling, cleared the way for the tube
to be removed, and she died in 1990
Hillard Selck. a Republican national committee
man and a long time Webster defender, said Web
ster "would have been one of Missouri's better
governors. ... It's a shame to see a future like that
destroyed. But if somebody dims something wrong,
thev have to suffer the consequences
State Rep. Bob Griffin, a Demin rat who served
in the Missouri House with Webster in the early
1980s. said: "It's a real tragedy He bad such poten
tial."
Two Webster associates, William Roussin and
Steven Redford, pleaded guilty in Dot ember and
February to federal charges implicating Webster in
a bribery scheme and the defrauding of the work
ers' compensation fund
Western states will see lunar eclipse
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The
Earth will totally eclipse the
moon Friday for viewers in the
Far West, Hawaii. Australia and
Asia, hut the shadowed moon
may seem to vanish because of
volcanic mist from Mount
Pinatubo.
The total lunar eclipse will bo
seen simultaneously from all
locations where it is visible, start
mg nt !i:12 a.m. PDT on I ho West
Coast, 2:12 a.m. 11ST in Hawaii
and 10:12 p in, local tinio in Syd
ney, Australia.
A partial lunar eclipse starts
earlier and covers a wider area,
including the western half of the
United States, but may lie diffi
cult to see where the sun is ris
ing and the moon is low on the
horizon.
Thu total eclipse will last 97
minutes Hut only Hawaii and
points to the west will see its
totality. From the West, the moon
will set while still totally
eclipsed.
in North America, the start of
the total eclipse should be visi
ble from California. Arizona.
Nevada. Oregon and western
Washington state.
Miss America barred
from using ‘condom’
JACkSONVIl.I.K. Kin (AIM - Miss America lea lira Comutt,
using her reign its a nulionnl platform to teach about AIDS,
ran into censorship problems in her native Florida.
Some school offii nils told her not to use the word "condom"
while talking to students, others forbade the name of the dis
ease itself.
"When the notice said 1 couldn’t talk about AIDS or m'\, I was
floored." she said.
Cornett. 21. was told not to mention AIDS when visiting throe
elementary schools Tuesday in niral Bradford County, south
west of her Jacksonville home.
"1 can adhere to any s< hool board’s needs." she told a Rotary
Kiwanis meeting following her school visits "But I will not
i*“ tin iu iiiwt
sprtuid of this disouso Peo
ple fine dying from this dis
mist' I fool guilty that I
didn’t speak about it I
don't want to lay blame,
but the school hoard
should feel guilty."
During her visits to tho
si hoots, sho pro son tod
awards in Chevrolet's "Dri
vmg for Education" pro
gram and gavo ID-minute
motivational spool hos to
sfudonts, said Todd
‘I will not bo an
accomplice to the
spread of this
disease. People are
dying from this
disease
learua Cornett,
Miss Amenca
"My platform issue is AIDS awareness." she told the Kolarv
kiwanis meeting "The corporate sponsors and the Miss Amur
ii a organization have supported me throughout my year as I
spoke about these issues
The school distru t's curriculum introduces the subject of
AIDS in the fifth grade and sec education in the sixth grade
Cornett said it was the first time she had been told not to men
tion AIDS. In a talk last month to Wolfson High School students
in Jacksonville, Cornett was asked not to mention condoms.
Cornett left out the word, but tried to get her message across
nonetheless
Doctors, she said, take preiautions when dealing with patients
by wearing gloves
"It is important to put on a glove. Make sure it is a latex glove,"
she said, speaking slowly and precisely.
"I hope you understand what I said.” she said, winking at
students.
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