CASEY PLANNING LAW SUIT AGAINST HOBOKEN
12/01/2000
Now that the Penn State Football season has ended, Rashard Casey, the team's qurterback, has notified the city of Hoboken, NJ that he's filing a law suit against them. On May 14 of this year, he and a friend were arrested for the beating of an off-duty police officer outside a bar in the city. The Grand Jury found no grounds for indictment. There has been no word yet from Hoboken, NJ officials on his plans to sue for malicious prosecution.

TWO INJURED IN ACCIDENT
11/30/2000
Another crash Tuesday afternoon on Route 322 in Potter Township sends two people to Centre Community Hospital. Police report that Debra Dawson, 50, crossed the center line and struck an on-coming truck driven by Michael Dombroskie, 36, of Boalsburg. Dawson was treated and released, but Dombroski is in serious condition. This is the latest in a series of accidents on this section of highway, a bottleneck two lane portion sandwiched between 4 lane sections of Route 322.

CRASH INVOLVES AMBULANCE
11/30/2000
An ambulance transporting a patient to Philipsburg Hospital crashed along Route 53 near Houtzdale. The ambulance was carrying an 18 year cardiac arrest patient when the driver lost control and struck and utility pole and rolled over. According to authorities, the patient died, but not as a result of the accident. The driver, Elwood Queen, 67, of Irvona, was flown to Geisinger Medical Center where he is in critical condition.

ARSON CONFIRMED IN DOWNTOWN FIRE
11/30/2000
State College Police are investigating the apparent arson at 164 E. McCormick Avenue that forced 13 people into temporary housing. Police say that the fire was started in a basement storage area belonging to one of the building's residents. No one was hurt and police won't say if they have any suspects.

PROSECUTORS ASK FOR MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR POPE
11/29/2000
Russian prosecutors today called for the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for Edmond Pope. Just yesterday, evidence was presented showing Pope had permission to buy the plans to a high speed torpedo that the Russian government says was top secret.

President Clinton has intervened on Pope's behalf to Russian President Putkin, but he says he will not interfere until the case has run its course in court.

NEW EVIDENCE MAY ABSOLVE EDMOND POPE
11/29/2000
Pavel Astakhov, Edmond Pope's attorney, said that his client must be absolved of the espionage charges because of new evidence brought forth.

Astakhov said that the Russian court has accepted a document issued by the Bauman Technical Institute in Moscow, which authorized a report that contained the plans for a high-speed torpedo to be sent abroad.

Pope, the 54 year old State College businessman, has been accused of illegally buying the plans and sending them to the United States in violation of Russian State law. The report states that blueprints for the torpedo had already been authoriized for sale abroad. This would appear to support Pope's claim that what he bought was readily available on the open market.

ÒThis must exonerate my client,Ó Astakhov said. The document was submitted to the court on Friday. The attorney said that under a contract with the Bauman Institute, signed by Pope, none of the documents he was to receive were to contain secret data.