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Homeless man awaits sentencing for murder
of woman who offered him food, shelter
DALLAS (AP) — A homeless
man was convicted Monday of cap
ital murder for fatally stabbing a
woman who had taken him into her
home and offered him food and a
place to sleep.
Dallas County jurors deliberated
about two hours before finding
John Wade Adams guilty in the
March 21, 1997, stabbing death of
Donna Duncan Vick, a religious, 52-
year-old widow who lived in the
Dallas suburb of DeSoto.
The jury in the court of state Dis
trict Judge Robert W. Francis must
now decide whether to sentence
Adams, 35, to death or life in prison.
Gregory Edward Wright, Adams'
homeless co-defendant, was sen
tenced to death last year for the crime.
Vick's son, Jerry D. Blanton, said
he hopes Adams also will be sent to
death row.
''My mom believed an eye for an
eye, a tooth for a tooth," he told The
Dallas Morning News. "She was a
very religious woman, but she sure
believed that."
Adams testified Friday that he saw
his co-defendant stab Vick to death as
she lay defenseless in her bed. He said
he did not participate and regretted
not stopping Wright.
Prosecutor Greg Davis described
Adams' testimony as a feeble attempt
to "save his own hide." Both men
traded the victim's property for drugs
within hours of the murder, prosecu
tors said. Three prosecution witness
es said Adams made self-incriminat
ing statements; Adams denied
making those statements.
Assault complaint filed against
Chicago Bears' pick Curtis Enis
IRVING (AP) —A Dallas County grand jury is investigating a
sexual assault allegation against Chicago Bears first-round draft
pick Curtis Enis, police have confirmed.
Sgt. Tim Kelly, the supervisor of the Irving Police Department's
crimes against persons division, said Monday that Enis is a suspect
in a reported sexual assault.
A woman complained to police about the alleged assault on May
30, Kelly said. Police referred the complaint to a Dallas County grand
jury after the investigation yielded no physical evidence, he said.
"This is one of those situations where it's a 'He said-she said,"'
Kelly said. "It was referred to the grand jury because of the lack of
evidence one way or the other."
The grand jury returned the case to Irving police last week with
a few questions, Kelly said. Those have been answered, and the
case is now back with grand jurors.
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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — With pressure to
settle increasing on both sides, negotiators
recessed early Wednesday after failing
once again to resolve a few remaining is
sues driving the crippling strikes against
General Motors Corp.
Top union and automaker officials
talked from early Monday morning until
just past 2 a.m. Wednesday. They were to
sense to delay a settlement;
reach deals elsewhere.
But as the strikes dragon?
are feeling increased pressuti
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Man awarded over $2 million
for uncovering hospital theft
HOUSTON (AP) — The
Harris County Hospital District
must pay $2,175 million to a
fired pharmacist who had ex
posed a drug theft operation.
"I feel good; I feel this will let
others stand up like me," Ed
ward Eduok, a Nigerian immi
grant who was fired in August
1995 after providing informa
tion that led to the conviction of
three hospital officials, said.
In an 11-1 verdict, jurors
delivered the verdict Monday,
including $1.9 million for
punitive damages.
"We wanted to get the hospi
tal's attention," juror Dean
Bounds of Katy said. "This was
not handled right. The biggest
thing that got me was the lack of
investigation. Boom, boom, he
was fired and nobody comes
and talks to him."
Eduok, 49, first brought drug
theft accusations to supervisors
three times in 1992. When noth
ing was done he went to Harris
County Commissioner Steve
Radack, an outspoken critic of
hospital district waste.
In 1995, Eduok was fired after
working for more than 17 years
as a pharmacist for Jeff Davis and
LBJ hospitals in Houston.
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
assistant pharmacy director Erma
Franklin Giles, her husband
Gilbert and Leonard Simmons
were convicted in July 1995 of tak
ing about $40,(XX) worth of drugs
from the LBJ pharmacy and tun
neling them into her privately
owned pharmacy. Maxicare.
Partially paralyzed by a
stroke last year, Eduok said he
cannot find a job because his
reputation was damaged.
Assistant County Attorney F.
Clinton Gam bill said the coun
ty will appeal.
The Legislature changed the
whistle-blower's statute on June
15,1995, to no longer allow puni
tive damages. Wood fill argued
that promotions Eduok did not
get before that date and memos
for tardiness were part of a pat
tern of retaliation against him.
Jurors also assessed attor
neys' fees at 33 percent of the
award, which would raise the
total to about $2.9 million.
State District Judge Caroline
Baker will rule on attorneys' fees
at a later date.
resume Wednesday morning, Richard
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tion of anonymity.
The strikes at two parts plants in Flint
have brought GM's North American op
erations to a virtual standstill and have
cost the world's largest automaker an es
timated $2.2 billion. About 189,700 GM
employees in North America remain
idled by the strikes, in addition to the
9,200 strikers.
One proposal being discussed would
have GM promise not to close the Delphi
Flint East parts plant and two brake
plants in Dayton, Ohio, for up to five
years, sources said.
In exchange, the UAW would agree to
a four-year national contract in 1999,
rather than the traditional three-year pact.
But that proposal remained under dis
cussion and was still subject to change, a
union source emphasized.
GM still was insisting Monday that
any deal to settle the Flint strikes also
include resolution of festering disputes
at parts plants in Indianapolis and Day-
ton, Ohio. The UAW also wants pend
ing grievances settled at the Buick City
complex in Flint.
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