Thrusday, January 14, 1999
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White tiger dying of cancer
A rare white tiger originally loaned from the Cincinnati Zoo to a New Orleans zoo has been diagnosed with cancer and is dying.
Veterinarians at the Audubon Zoo noticed that Suri, the 16-year-old tiger, was losing weight late last year. An exam found a tumor on her colon. The tumor was removed and Suri was given antibiotics and steroids, but her condition is grave, zoo officials said. She is not on display.
“We are using all the resources we can muster to help her,” said Dan Maloney, the New Orleans zoo's general curator. Suri, who once weighed 320 pounds and now is less than 250, is being medicated intravenously. She continues to lose weight.
Suri was born at the Cincinnati Zoo and was loaned to the Audubon Zoo in 1984. She became so popular with the New Orleans community that the zoo raised enough money to buy her, said Ed Maruska, director of the Cincinnati Zoo.
The Cincinnati Zoo has bred dozens of tigers over the years, many of them loaned to other zoos. Life expectancy among white tigers ranges between 15 and 20 years.
Suri was one of the Audubon Zoo's star attractions, Mr. Maloney said.
Police association to honor officer
The Hamilton County Police Association will honor Cincinnati Police Officer Kathleen “Katy” Conway on Thursday at an annual banquet.
Officer Conway, who was shot by an attacker last February and returned shots that killed him, is being recognized for outstanding job performance.
A graduate of McNicholas High School, Officer Conway holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and sociology from Thomas More College. She joined the police force in 1996.
Advocates to hail legalized abortion
Abortion-rights advocates will celebrate the 26th anniversary of legalized abortion with a fair on Jan. 23.
The free, public program, sponsored by the National Organization for Women, will be 1-4 p.m. at Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft Road.
It is open to anyone 13 and older.
The “celebration of choices” will be an “information fair on healthy sexuality,” according to NOW spokeswoman Kathy Helmbock.
In its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most state restrictions on abortions.
Participants also will include Planned Parenthood, Adoption Awareness Alliance, YWCA, National Abortion Rights Action League, AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, P-FLAG, and Cincinnati Women's Services.
Details, NOW Hotline, 852-9948.
Police need help in van shooting Wilbert “Mickey” White had just left his favorite bar Tuesday night when a shooting left him in critical condition.
The 61-year-old Winton Hills man, a regular at Joe's Cafe at 13th and Pendleton streets in Over-the-Rhine, left the bar just before 7 p.m. and got into his light-gray Dodge Caravan.
The shooter apparently was a passenger in the van and shot Mr. White as he drove, Cincinnati police said.
Police had only a vague description of the suspect, a 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 black man in his late 20s or early 30s wearing a heavy, hooded black jacket with white lettering across the back.
Anyone with information about the shooting or who could provide a description of the shooter seen near Mr. White's van is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Rape suspect in county jail A 911 call Tuesday led police to a beaten woman and her alleged rapist.
Cincinnati police arrested Timothy Frye, 41, of Bond Hill, who is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center on a rape charge.
Police say he punched, choked and raped a 41-year-old woman Tuesday evening after they had been drinking at his apartment. A grand jury will hear his case within two weeks to decide whether to indict him.
Crash kills man on Wooster Pike
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP — A 76-year-old man was killed early Wednesday morning when his car crashed on Wooster Pike here.
George A. Seither was traveling west on Wooster Pike at 2:59 a.m. when he lost control of the 1990 Oldsmobile he was driving. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Family dead after likely murder-suicide FRANKTON, Ind. — Residents of this rural Indiana town expressed disbelief and sadness Wednesday after an apparent murder-suicide that left four family members dead.
Police think Terry Jones, 53, shot his wife and their two children Tuesday night before shooting himself.
Terry Jones called 911 about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and told the dispatcher he had killed his wife and his children at their home in rural Frankton about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
“As (police) were en route, he took his own life,” said Marian Dunnichay, the Madison County coroner.
Police found the body of Jennifer D. Jones, 34, in the kitchen. The body of the couple's 4-year-old daughter, Tessa, was found in a hallway. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The couple's 8-year-old son, Jesse, had been shot in his bed and was alive when police arrived. Police found Terry Jones in the bedroom, Ms. Dunnichay said. Both were taken to Community Hospital in Anderson.
Mr. Jones died there, and Jesse died about 4 a.m. Wednesday after being transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
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