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2A — THE OBSERVER DAILY PLANNER TODAY Today is Tuesday, April 28, the 119th day of 2020. There are 247 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT On April 28, 1967, heavy- weight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. ON THIS DATE In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the Unit- ed States. In 1789, there was a mutiny on the HMS Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship, led by Fletcher Christian, set the captain, William Bligh, and 18 others adrift in a launch in the South Pacifi c. (Bligh and most of the men with him reached Timor in 47 days.) In 1918, Gavrilo Princip, 23, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the archduke’s wife, Sophie, died in prison of tuberculosis. In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to fl ee the country. In 1958, the United States conducted the fi rst of 35 nu- clear test explosions in the Pacifi c Proving Ground as part of Operation Hardtack I. Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, began a goodwill tour of Latin America that was marred by hostile mobs in Lima, Peru, and Caracas, Venezuela. In 1963, at Broadway’s Tony Awards, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” was named best play while “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” won best musical. In 1967, U.S. Army Gen. William C. Westmoreland told Congress that “backed at home by resolve, confi - dence, patience, determina- tion and continued support, we will prevail in Vietnam over communist aggres- sion.” In 1980, President Jimmy Carter accepted the resig- nation of Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran. (Vance was succeeded by Edmund Muskie.) In 1986, the Soviet Union informed the world of the nuclear disaster at Cher- nobyl. In 1988, a fl ight attendant was killed and more than 60 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore off during a fl ight from Hilo to Honolulu. In 1994, former CIA offi cial Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. In 1998, in a breakthrough for the government’s tobac- co investigation, cigarette maker Liggett and Myers agreed to tell prosecutors whether the industry had hidden evidence of health damage from smoking. 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He is the author of fi ve books of poetry, including his latest, “In the Pockets of Small Gods.” His work has appeared on HBO, National Public Radio and several journals. He has performed at hun- dreds of universities across the U.S. as well as interna- tional festivals. “I believe all of us wish to be seen on some level, to be heard,” Mojgani stated in the press release. “For then we get a little closer to being known and under- stood. ... That is what poetry does – it gives us all the power and path to being known, both to our- selves and to others. It shows the ways in which we as humans, while carrying our aloneness, also belong and are connected to one another. The poem illumi- nates this collectiveness.” BEND — The estate of a Bend man who died of salmonella claims he was served tainted chicken enchilada meals, according to a $2.5 million wrongful death lawsuit fi led against El Rodeo restaurant. The estate of Arthur Charles Sutton fi led the lawsuit Monday in Deschutes County Circuit Court. Sutton died Aug. 16 at 70. The month before, he dined twice at El Rodeo, a Mexican restaurant in Bend. El Rodeo owners Rodolfo and Lorena Arias did not return messages seeking comment. Attorney David Wallace said the lawsuit is a matter of public health. Sutton on July 16 went to El Rodeo and ate a meal of a chicken enchilada with rice, cabbage dip, coleslaw and chips, according to the lawsuit. Over the next few days, Sutton experienced “con- stant dull aching pain in his abdomen, signifi cant bowel problems, sweating and dif- fi culty moving,” the lawsuit states. Sutton returned July 23 and ate the same meal, and that night his symptoms grew worse. The next day he was taken to the emergency department of St. Charles Bend and was treated for two days for dehydration, vomiting and other condi- tions, according to the law- suit. On July 29, he was readmitted to the hospital with kidney failure and other conditions. Sutton died two weeks later, the cause determined to be sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to FAMILY OWNED salmonella. The lawsuit states that before Sutton’s death, samples of his blood had tested positive for a species of salmonella. — EO Media Group VOTE FOR CHANGE, VOTE FOR EXPERIENCE INTEGRITY TRANSPARENCY HARD WORK EXPERIENCED VETERAN PRO 2ND AMENDMENT BILL MILLER FOR SHERIFF “His intregrity will never be in question nor will his ethics. He has considerable experience in all of the Law Enforcement disciplines, which make him the most viable candidate.” ~ Stephen G. Oliver, Union County Sheriff Retired “I believe Bill has the leadership skills to elevate the quality of the services provided by the Union County Sheriff’s Office.” ~ Brian C. 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