The breakfast's steering committee agreed in December to mail out the invitations, which previously were mailed by the governor's and mayor's offices in Honolulu. Third Canadian Physician Shot Jack Fainman, M.D., an obstetrician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was shot at his home in early November, apparently by antiabortion religious fanatics. A gunman fired a high-caliber bullet through two panes of glass, which lodged in the obstetrician's right shoulder, inches from his heart. The injury was not life-threatening. A gynecologist in Hamilton, Ontario, was shot at his home in the elbow two years ago, and another was shot in the leg at his Vancouver home three years ago.
All shootings remain unsolved.
A federal judge on Dec. 11 refused to issue a restraining order against state District Judge Scott Brister, who has a display of the Ten commandments in his Houston-area courtroom. The case may go to trial in early 1998. In a move that received a less than enthusiastic reception, the nation's Catholic bishops unanimously approved a proposal to return to meatless Fridays, a practice that hasn't been mandatory since the 1960s, except during Lent. Sen. Ament voted against the Foundation's proposed counter-monument as a member of the Capital Development Committee. Seven residents signed on the lawsuit.