Elizabeth considers counting out-of-town homeless for removal
Mayor Dunn proposes a city wide head count to identify homeless from other towns and return them to their last address. The plan aims to ensure locals get services and to shift burden to surrounding communities, drawing opposition from homeless advocates as illegal and immoral.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Thomas Dunn
Dunn
John Malloy
Union County
Westfield
Malloy
City
Newman donation tops agency African famine appeal
Paul Newman gave 250000 through Newman's Own to Catholic Relief Services in New York, the largest corporate gift for the African appeal, urging more long term support to make Africa food self sufficient.
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Paul Newman
New York
John O'Connor
Catholic Relief Services
Newman
Africa
Nebraska pastor's contempt sentence overturned by high court
The Nebraska Supreme Court unanimously overturned an eight month jail term for Rev. Everett Sileven tied to civil contempt in a battle over Faith Christian School. The ruling found the Cass County District Court erred by imposing criminal sanctions after initial civil contempt charges.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Everett Sileven
Cass County District Court
Sileven
District Court
William Hastings
Cass County
Ronald E. Reagan
Faith Christian School
Ronald Moravec
Supreme Court
Subway shooter rejects bail offer
Bernhard Goetz refused a donor's attempt to post his 50 000 dollar bail after surrendering to police for four attempted murder charges. Jose Gonzalez appeared with a cashier's check the corrections department called seemingly bona fide. Goetz's lawyer said he was arranging to bail himself out while supporters flooded newspapers with letters.
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NEW York
Bernhard Goetz
Goetz
Correction Department
Edward Hershey
Jose Gonzalez
Hershey
Frank Brenner
Louisiana executes David Dene Martin in electric chair
David Dene Martin 32, once a street preacher, was executed early Friday for the Aug 14 1977 murders of his wife's lover and three others. The firing of the chair followed a plea period by the Pardon Board, which declined clemency despite highlighting his troubled life and past rehabilitation efforts.
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Angola
David Dene Martin
Louisiana
Martin
Gloria
State Pardon Board
State Supreme Court
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pardon Board
Houma
Board
Luvena Farinala
Wheeling
W. Va
Richard Shapiro
David Martin
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England
Associated Press
Nebraska
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Faith Christian
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Collins Rd
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