DAILY BRIEFING
Nancy Reagan breaks pelvis in fall
CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES - Nancy Reagan was hospitalized with a broken pelvis after a fall at home, her spokeswoman said yesterday. The 87-year-old former first lady fell last week but she decided Monday to get evaluated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center because of persistent pain, Joanne Drake said. Reagan was undergoing physical therapy but surgery won't be required, Drake said. It was not known how long she will be hospitalized. She apparently got up in the middle of the night and fell after twisting on her leg at her home in Bel-Air. She was hospitalized three days in February after a similar fall at the hillside home she shared with President Reagan. (AP)
Virginia
Aide to King gets 15 years for incest
LEESBURG - A top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for incest. The Rev. James L. Bevel was a key architect of the 1963 Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Ala., and other pivotal moments of the civil rights movement. He was convicted earlier this year of having sex 15 years ago with his then-teenage daughter in Virginia. The prison sentence was the most severe the Virginia circuit judge could impose. Bevel, 71, says he is dying of pancreatic cancer. (AP) 