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Clinic gunman indicted NATIONAL BOSTON (AP) A fed eral grand jury Wednrsdat indicted John C Solvi III on charge* he carried tcnxi state line* the rifle he allegedly used to shoot up three abortion clinics in Massachusetts and Virginia. Killing two women The 22-year-old student hairdresser, who was being held in a Norfolk. Vn., gjil.oould get up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of two federal counts The indictment should get Salvi hack to Massa chusetts faster than if he had gone through the extra dition process between the states. legal experts said Salvi could lx- returned ns early ns Thursday to Massachusetts, where he eventually will face staie charges that he murdered two receptionists and wounded five other people Friday at two clinics in Brookline, a Boston suburb Massachusetts has no death penalty, murder is punishable by life in prison. Investigators who searched Salvi's black pick up truck after his arrest Saturday in Virginia found a receipt in the glove box from a group called "Mass Citizens in Life,” according to an inventory filed Wednesday in federal court in Norfolk Mass Citizens for Life is the largest anti-abortion group in Massachusetts. It was unclear if it was the same group listed in th*' Inventory. despite the slight different it In the name It also was not clear what the receipt was for or the amount of money involved. From os Hogan, executive \ice president of Mass Citizens for Life, said the group checked its records for a copy of the receipt and found nothing The FBI is investigating whether the shootings were pari of a conspiracy to attack abortion clinics Also found in the truck was a bo* of .22-«aliher rifle cartridges, a plastic bag filled with anti abor tion literature and a target riddled with bullet holes, according to the inventory Salvi also far ex state charges in Virginia, where he was arrested Saturday after allegedly shooting at a Norfolk clinic. Nobody was hurt The federal indictment accused Salvi of trans porting a 22 caliber semi-automatic rifle from his hometown of Hampton. N.H., to Brookline with intent to in (lire or intimidate people seeking or pro viding abortions He was also accused of taking the gun from Brookline to Norfolk for the same pur pose. After his return to Massachusetts, a decision will tie made on who will prosecute him first the state or the federal government. U S Attorney Donald Stern said Stem also has said that authorities are consid ering other federal charges. Including offenses car rying the death penalty Former beauty queen sentenced LKWISBl >RC. VV Va. (AP) — A beauty queen who set off on a 250-mile journey with n pistol, lighter fluid and a butcher knife was sentenced Wednesday to two years behind liars for trying to kill the parents of n romantic rival f'rm v Lippard, 23. crieil at her sentencing and apologized to the couple attacked last February "There's no reason to fear me. 1 just want to go on w ith my life." she told Circuit Court Judge Charles l.obhan. Lippard, a 6*foot blonde from Newport News, Va.. set out for the Lewisburg home of Rodney and l.ynn Weikle the night after slit! crowned her successor as Miss WtHiamsburg, V* Thi Weiklas' daughter, fniitl»a W*4k le Scott, was pregnant by Lip pard's former boyfriend. Todd Scott, at the time of the attar k Uppard was accused of pulling the pistol on Lynn Welkle and using a hammer to hit Rodney VVeikle, the former S<s ret Service agent who put her in a head lock and disarmed her, Lippard said she went to the VVeikle home to confront her for mer boyfriend after he failed to show up at the pageant, where she had dedicated a song to him She said she became enraged after Rodney Welkin told her Scott and hi* daughter planned to marry They did m> in August l.ippard had faced tip to six years for her Nov 22 convii lion on charges including two counts of second-degree attempted mur der The jury, apparently unswayed by testimony from a cellmate that l.ippard said she had wanted to slit her pregnant rival's belly arid "flop her baby on a table." t on vu ted her of misdemeanor rather than felony charges Defense attorney I’aul Dutch said he may appeal l.ippard remained free on hail. School board blames victim of assault CHICAGO (AP) ■— A 9-yenr-old girl was forced to perform oral sox on a 12-year-old classmate under a desk while a teacher read a book. The Board of Education's response The girl is to blame for not crying out, and may even have con sented. The girl's lawyer. John Mundav. said Wednesday he was astounded by the board's attempt to blame the victim in its response to a lawsuit from the girl's mother. The lawsuit, filed in May. seeks unspet i Tied damages The boy forced the girl to have oral sex Feb. 22 at the special education school she attended for a reading disability. Seven other pupils were in the class as the teacher sat reading to himself for about 10 minutes, court records show "1 didn't want to do it, but fie said he w as going to beat me up." the Chicago Sun-Times quoted the girl as telling a counselor. The girl also said the boy threatened to hurt anyone who snitched In a statement released Wednesday, the Chica go Publit Schools Law Department said media accounts of the incident wont inaccurate "Our investigation reveals a number of tut on sistencies and diftcrepancios about the reported im I dent by all involved, including the alleged victim, the act used, the students who were named as wit nesses and the classroom teacher." the statement saiti "Our intention is to get to the truth of this mat ter." The boy pleaded guilty in juvenile court in Sep tember to sexual assault and was ordered held in a youth detention home, Munday said The bov bad previously been accused in a similar assault The teacher, Thomas Wade, said he was unaware of the attack while he was reading a math Ixmk All I heard was typical children's noises." he said The lawsuit accuses the board of "willful and wanton misconduct" for failing to monitor the class But the board said the girl was to blame "Any injuries sustained occurred by plaintiff's negligent failure to exerc tse ordinary can-," accord ing to court documents the board filed in lune and quoted Wednesday by the Sun-Times Interested in learning more about freelancing? You re invited to a s|xh ial open house Friday, Jan. 7. i-5 p.m. Suite P)0 EMU Stop by to learn how easy ft is to become a freelance writer for the Oregon Daily Emerald Hours are flexible and story topics are negotiable! 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