Woman killed after car crash and break in shocks Troy
A 71 year old woman, Kathryn Griffith, died after a stolen car crashed into a garage and a break in at her home. Suspect Gage Crim Langley, 40, Royal Oak, faced murder and related charges and was held without bail. Prosecutor says the victim’s fright may have caused a heart attack. Police traced the events to early Sunday morning in Troy Oakland County.
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Pontiac
Mich
Gage Crim Langley
Royal Oak
52Nd
William Bolle
Troy
Oakland County
John Knechtges
Kathryn Griffith
Griffith
L. Brooks
Patterson
Langley
Birmingham
San Diego Mayor Hedgecock Resigns Amid Conviction
Mayor Roger Hedgecock resigns as San Diego chief after a judge sentences him to one year in county custody and three years of probation for conspiracy and perjury. Ed Struiksma becomes acting mayor as council weighs next steps.
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San Diego
Roger Hedgecock
Hedgecock
Superior Court
William Todd
John Duffy
Edwin Miller
Todd
Ed Struiksma
Pete Wilson
U.S. Senate
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Lown and Chazov amid protests
American cardiologist Bernard Lown and Soviet deputy health minister Yevgeny Chazov accepted the Nobel Peace Prize as co founders of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War while human rights demonstrators protested outside. The awards accompany tensions over Soviet trade status and Middle East policy as international leaders address economic and political barriers.
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Oslo
Norway
Bernard Lown
Yevgeny Chazov
International Physicians For
Chazov
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
Soviet Union
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Beavers blamed for Vermont track washout
The National Transportation Safety Board blamed beavers for a flash flood that washed out railroad track in Vermont last year. The washed out section caused an Amtrak derailment killing five and injuring 26 seriously after upstream beaver dams collapsed overnight.
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Washington
Vermont
Amtrak
National Transportation Safety Board
Plan to end deficits ready for final OK
Congressional negotiators approved the final details of a landmark plan to end federal budget deficits by 1991 and increase the national debt limit to over 2 trillion dollars. President Reagan expressed support though concerns remained about defense funding.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Pentagon
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Congress
Judge Upholds Texaco Pennzoil $10.53 Billion Damages
A Texas judge awards Pennzoil $10.53 billion in damages after finding Texaco used unethical tactics to derail the Getty Oil merger. Interest brings the total to $11.12 billion, with Texaco planning an appeal and posting a $12 billion bond. Pennzoil praises the ruling, while Texaco vows to seek a new trial.
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Houston
U.S
Texaco
Pennzoil Co
Pennzoil
Getty Oil Co
Solomon Cassel Jr
Cassel
Joe Jamail
Hugh Liedtke
Alfred DeCrane
Chevron Corp
Gulf Corp
Getty Oil
High School Drug Testing Policy Declared Unconstitutional
A New Jersey judge ruled Becton Regional High School's policy requiring all 516 students to submit to annual urine tests for drugs and alcohol unconstitutional. The decision centers on students' rights and bodily privacy in East Rutherford suburb.
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Hackensack
N.J
Becton Regional High School
East Rutherford
General's Wife Among 3 Killed In Sierra Plane Crash
Barbara Jean Northcott Abrahamson, 45, wife of Air Force Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson, director of the Star Wars research agency, died in a Sunday crash of a single engine plane in the Sierra Nevada mountains 180 miles northeast of San Francisco. Authorities reported Tuesday.
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Placerville
Calif
Air Force
James Abrahamson
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Barbara Jean Northcott Abrahamson
San Francisco
Pentagon
Fisher Released From Hospital After Stage Collapse
Eddie Fisher, 57, was discharged from Pembroke Pines Hospital three days after nearly collapsing before a concert. Officials said he was in pretty good shape upon release, with a preliminary diagnosis of respiratory or cardiac distress and no further details provided.
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Fisher
Eddie Fisher
Ed Maas
Pembroke Pines Hospital
Pembroke Pines
Fla
Maas
AMA votes for ban on tobacco ads worldwide goal to 2000
The American Medical Association with 271000 members calls for laws banning all cigarette and smokeless tobacco advertising. It also backs a 21 year minimum age, ban on vending machines, and health warning labels on smokeless products. Leaders acknowledge Congress opposition but cite tobacco and lung cancer links.
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Washington
United States
American Medical Association
Association
House of Delegates
Congress
Student shoots at junior high. custodian killed and staff wounded
A 14 year old student opened fire with a semi- automatic rifle at a Portland Connecticut junior high. He killed custodian David Bengston and wounded Principal Don Rixon and secretary Lynn Haddad before taking a seventh grade pupil hostage for about 30 minutes and surrendering. Authorities did not release the suspect’s name.
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Portland, Conn
Lynn Haddad
Portland
Middlesex Memorial Hospital
Middletown
David L. Bengston
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London
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Plaza West Hair Designers
Edgewood Rd
Cedar Rapids
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East First
Armar Dr
Lindale Mall
Edgewood Road
S.W. Mile
Westdale Mall
Aun
McConville
Margaret
Peggy” Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Good Samaritan Hospital
Phoenix
AMA
Dazzler
Vickie Engel
Vickie
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Mon.-Thurs
North America
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Edward Dailey
Don Rixon
Rixon
Dailey
First Trust
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