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Crownsville Maryland pupil Mark McEwen who quit college one semester before graduation became a CBS This Morning weather man and music editor and will host a late night pilot Midnight Hour August 13 17 He left college in 1976 for stand up in Los Angeles but built a career as a DJ in several cities before TV. The piece notes his quick wit and live TV skills.
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Louisiana Morality Drive Splits Legislature and Roemer
Louisiana lawmakers push hard line on abortions and symbols while wrestling with a tight budget. Gov. Buddy Roemer vetoes a sweeping anti abortion bill and a proposed warning label measure amid industry pushback and concerns over free speech. Political scientists cite the fiscal crisis as a motive behind the moral policing push.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Buddy Roemer
Roemer
Elton Pody
North
Ruston
Wayne Parent
Louisiana State University
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Cocaine found in Colombian soft drink in Miami
A Miami man collapsed after drinking Bavarian Malt, a Colombian soft drink, with dissolved cocaine. Two other tainted bottles were found at his home, containing 54 and 37 grams of cocaine. FDA tests and authorities investigate links to Colombian smugglers while recalls and further testing proceed.
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Yaximo Menendez
Ciac
Jeanne Bush
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Manenden
FDA
Atlanta
Estela Brown
Menendez
Colombia
Brown
Customs Service
Zsa Zsa Spends Her First Night In The Slammer
Zsa Gabor spent her first night in a Los Angeles area jail serving a three day sentence for slapping a Beverly Hills officer. Police said she offered little comment besides noting the food was not haute cuisine. She was visited by husband Frederick von Anhalt and daughter Francesca.
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Zsa Gabor
Byron Sumrow
Miss Gabor
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Sumrow
Gabor
Frederick von Anhalt
Francesca
Governor ends electric chair controversy in Bertolotti execution
Florida Governor Bob Martinez said the Bertolotti execution ends weeks of debate over the electric chair. The May Tafero incident prompted court stays while experts tested chair function. Supreme Court rulings upheld the chair’s 2000 volt method, clearing paths for Bertolotti and related cases.
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Tafero
Court of Appeals
Atlanta
Martinez
Michael Morse
Auburn University
U.S. Supreme Court
Bertolotti
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Joneck
Peck
FAA Probes Near Collision By Jetliner And Student Pilot
Long Beach California FAA investigates near miss between an American Airlines MD-86 carrying 127 passengers and a single engine Cessna with a student pilot. The jetliner reportedly leveled off to avoid a collision after the Cessna passed within 100 feet laterally and 100 feet vertically. No injuries were reported.
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Calif
American Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
Dallas
FAA
T.R. Pollizi
Pollizi
Tim Smith
Elly Brekke
Ollizi
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