Man falls seven stories after window attempt in Chicago
A 25 year old man Robert Jenkins died after crawling onto a narrow ledge and falling seven stories while trying to reach his girlfriend's apartment in Chicago. Police said neither the girlfriend nor her father was home when the incident occurred and a building custodian alerted authorities after a car alarm sounded from the fall into a parking lot.
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Chicago
Michael Chasen
Robert Jenkins
Chasen
Jenkins
Pentagon tightens contract rules to curb abuses
Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci announced modest changes in Pentagon contracting to curb abuses found in a defense procurement probe. The reforms limit Best and Final Offers and restrict contractors from amending final offers after submission to alter prices or specifications.
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Washington
Defense
Frank Carlucci
Pentagon
Carlucci
Defense Department
Nine-time drunk driver given maximum term in fatal crash
Norman Routhier, 44, of Tyngsboro Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the March 1987 death of Sandra Sant, 24, of Dunstable. The court imposed the maximum sentence of 34 to 7 years after prosecutors argued his nine prior drunken driving convictions show a total disregard for public safety.
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Manchester
N.H
Norman Routhier
Tyngsboro
Mass
Sandra Sant
Dunstable
Robert Walsh
Routhier
Japanese official apologizes for racial slur in speech
A senior Liberal Democratic Party official Michio Watanabe apologized after remarks during a party conference citing U S black Americans as he described debt and bankruptcy. He warned about violence from the phrase and later issued the apology.
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Tokyo
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Michio Watanabe
Policy Research Council
Liberal-Democratic Party
Finance and Trade
U.S
Sikh gunmen kill Golden Temple head priest in New Delhi
Sikh gunmen killed the head priest of the Golden Temple and a critic of armed militants in Punjab. Officials said it was the first such senior cleric death in memory and noted earlier assassination attempts against two other head priests. The killings could signal an attempt to stall unity moves within the Akali Dal party.
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New Delhi
India
Golden Temple
Punjab
Akali Dal Party
Counterfeit Bill Ring Targeted At Watertown Printing Plant
Federal agents say a Watertown printing plant owner and a co owner manufactured and planned to sell 3 million dollars in counterfeit currency. Richard Edmands was to be arraigned on charges of manufacturing counterfeit U S currency and possession of forgery plates and tools. A undercover agent arranged to pay 50 000 dollars for the fake bills. The Secret Service described the notes as average to good quality and printed on rag paper without security fibers.
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Watertown
Mass
Stewart Henry
Secret Service
Boston
Richard Edmands
Repropriat Co
U.S
Henry
Edmands
Cambodian War Talks Open With Pledges to Endure
Indonesian mediated talks among Cambodian factions and Vietnam began in Bogor with leaders face to face for the first time. Hun Sen unveiled a plan to form a National Reconciliation Council under Sihanouk and push for elections after a cease fire while demanding a withdrawal of Vietnamese troops by 1989 to 1990.
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Bogor
Indonesia
Cambodia
Vietnam
Ali Alatas
Hun Sen
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Khmer Rouge
Hanoi
California Traffic Violators Attend Karma Themed School
A New York Times look at California traffic violators joining a reform program led by Jennifer Fairbanks a re educator and comedian. It notes Gary Farris and 14 others at Thiggy's restaurant and explains California's traffic ticket volume and the eight hour course used to avoid fines and insurance hikes.
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San Francisco
Gary Farris
Jennifer Fairbanks
California
Aquino orders disbanding vigilante groups in Philippines
President Corazon Aquino urged Congress to end all armed right wing vigilante groups saying they harmed human rights and must be disbanded. She allowed new armed civilian units and did not rule out talks with rebels. Other reports note Marcos offering to return funds and a U S airman killed near Clark Air Base. A Belgian diplomat was wounded and a woman killed in a separate resort shooting.
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Gazette Wire
Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
Philippine Congress
Philippine
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
United States
Clark Air Base
Richard Blackmer
Mountain View
U.S. Air Base
U.S. Air Force
Clark
Air Force
U.S
Tempo
Benoit Standaert
Adorata Capistrano
Woman wanted in 1969 hijacking arrested in Albany
FBI agents arrested Linda Joyce Grinage 39 who had been living in Albany under an assumed name as Haziie Eytina. She was sought for the January 2 1969 hijacking of an Eastern Airlines DC8 to Havana with a 2 year old hostage aboard, no injuries reported.
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Cuba
FBI
Albany
N.Y
Linda Joyce Grinage
Haziie Eytina
Michael O’brien
Grinage
Eastern Airlines
New York
Kennedy Airport
Miami
Tyrone Ellington Austin
Havana
Austin
Black Power
Barbara Cottrell
U.S
Cottrell
Meese attacks two top aides who quit during scandal
Attorney General Edwin Meese III assails Deputy Attorney General Arnold Burns and criminal division chief William Weld for failing to conduct a thorough spring 1987 inquiry, triggering an independent counsel probe into Meese. He vows resignation by mid August and claims vindication. Burns and Weld will testify before Congress.
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Washington
Edwin Meese III
Meese
National Press Club
Arnold Burns
William Weld
James McKay
McKay
E. Robert Wallach
Wedtech
Burns and Weld
Burns
Weld
Senate Judiciary Committee
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