Third Colfax son earns Harvard admission without school
Reed Colfax, 17, becomes the third Colfax boy from Boonville Mendocino County to win Harvard admission after home schooling. The family taught math amid ranch life as Reed prepares to start in Cambridge in September alongside brothers Drew and Grant, both high achievers.
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Reed
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Miki
David Colfax
University of Chicago
Bell Companies Deny Overcharging
Washington AP report on regional Bell telephone firms denying claims they overcharged subscribers while earning billions in profits. The Consumer Federation of America warned that removing profit limits with price caps could boost rates, citing a $6 billion excess since spin off from AT&T after an antitrust decree.
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Washington
Bell Telephone
Consumer Federation of America
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow
Skies will be fair tonight with a low around 27. Tomorrow brings partly cloudy skies and a high in the upper 50s. Page 8A provides the full details.
Deaths of Henry Fraisher Jr J C Fulmer and George Washington
Obituary notices indicate the deaths of Henry Fraisher Jr of Philadelphia J C Fulmer of Saluda and George Washington of Augusta with further details on Page 8A.
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Henry Fraisher Jr
Philadelphia
J.C. Fulmer
Saluda
George Washington
Augusta
Rocket Maker Faces Dual Blow After Fatal Fire
Morton Thiokol suffers its worst day since the space shuttle disaster as a fire kills five workers and NASA reports a booster component failure delays Challenger successor launch. Spokesman Rocky Raab defends the company’s safety record as the setback stings the Utah firm.
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Salt Lake City
Morton Thiokol
NASA
Rocky Raab
Wasatch
America
Suspect Called Slavedriver In Family Murder Rampage
In Dover Arkansas neighbors and classmates described R Gene Simmons Sr as a sullen domineering father who forced hard work on his family. He is suspected of killing 16 people during a Christmas time shooting spree and faces murder charges to be filed later this week. A judge ordered him held without bond. Relatives say he, 47, incested with another slain daughter years earlier and fathered her child who also was killed. Simmons had previously faced incest charges in 1981 that were dropped.
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Dover
Ark
R. Gene Simmons
Simmons
Arkansas Gazette
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Leading Indicators Plunge 1.7 Percent In November
The Commerce Department reports the leading index fell 1.7 percent in November the largest drop in over six years driven mainly by a steep stock market decline. The index tracks 11 indicators and signals future economic activity six to nine months ahead with recent October revisions showing a rise despite stock weakness.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Standard & Poor
Further Peeples Investigation Doubtful Before Election
Legislators doubt any new probe into state Supreme Court candidate Rodney Peeples will occur before the January 19 election. Rep. Malloy McEachin urged an inquiry by a solicitor and ethics review by the Judicial Standards Commission.
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Supreme Court
Rodney Peeples
General Assembly
Malloy McEachin
Judicial Screening Committee
Peeples
Judicial Standards Commission
Barnwell
Jean Toal
D-Richland
High Court
Julius
Bubba
Ness
Robert Harte
Harte
State Officers Get New Tools Against DUI
South Carolina enacts a new law allowing blood or urine tests for motorists charged with DUI effective Wednesday. Troopers see it as backup evidence to the Breathalyzer, expanding implied consent with no extra penalty for refusal. Urine tests may better detect drugs, aiding earlier enforcement and deterring risky drivers.
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State Highway Patrol
J.H. “Red” Lanier
Lanier
South Carolina
Larry Mixon
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