Page 20 - 1995

Here's the bad news:
The Cruelest Hoax
Until she confessed to
m urdering her own chil­
dren, Susan Smith fooled
even her estranged hus­
band with a bizarre tale of
carjacking and kidnap­
ping.

The Death of Baseball
In August m ajor league
baseball players went on
strike. For a while it
seem ed that baseball had
halted permanently, but
after months of debate
and apprehension, play­
ers decided to start play­
ing again. The strike
ended, and baseball play­
ers packed up to begin
spring training about two
weeks late.

Kiss of Death
The daughter of the King,
Lisa M arie Presley and
the King of Pop, Micheal
Jackson, w ere m arried
and grossed the country
out by kissing in front of
everyone at the MTV
Music Awards.

Terror in the Heartland
On April 18, Terrorists
bombed the nine story
Alfred P. Murrah federal
building in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, killing
216 people. Am ong the
dead, 15 infants and tod­
dlers who had been in the
building’s day care center.