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September 10, 1996Web posted at: 11:10 p.m. EDT
VMI refuses to send women applications, despite court ruling
Washington (CNN) -- The Virginia Military Institute is refusing to accept applications from women despite a Supreme Court ruling that it must, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
The all-male military school is accepting applications from men for next year, but will not even mail out applications to prospective female students, according to federal motions filed with a U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
A VMI spokesman told CNN the school is not sending applications to women because the state-supported institution is still deciding whether to go co-educational or become a private school and remain all-male.
Col. Mike Strickler said women are being told that they will be sent applications immediately if the school's Board of Visitors decides to become co-ed. That decision is expected at a board meeting beginning September 18, he said.
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Menendez brothers move to separate prisons in California
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez were moved to separate maximum security prisons Tuesday, after unspecified "security concerns" were raised about housing them in the same prison.
The Menendez brothers may see each other again, depending on good behavior and other factors, but that would not happen for 15 to 20 years at the earliest, according to a spokesman with the California State Corrections Department.
Erik Menendez was moved to California State Prison in Sacramento County, and Lyle Menendez to the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. Both had been at North Kern State Prison in Delano.
The Menendez brothers were sentenced in July to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the August 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home.
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- Menendez brothers get life without parole - July 2, 1996
- Menendez brothers found guilty in retrial - March 20, 1996
Last stop for Amtrak without new source of cash
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Amtrak will "starve to death" within five to six years unless Congress identifies new funding for the passenger rail service, Amtrak's chairman said Tuesday.
Funding cuts, combined with Congress' failure to identify a new source of cash to replace its own allocations, is squeezing the trains off the tracks, Amtrak President Thomas Downs told a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing.
Downs' comments came as lawmakers questioned Amtrak's plan to cancel four routes later this year.
Amtrak faces a $243 million shortfall next year, while Congress considers a $50 million cut in federal subsidies, Downs said. In a bid to save $200 million, the rail service has targeted four routes for elimination in November.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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- Amtrak to introduce high-speed train - March 15, 1996
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