Stray gunfire kills Brooklyn child in Fort Greene apartment
Ed McKay laments a cancer of violence after 3 year old Ben Williams is killed by 18 bullets fired through a first floor door in the Walt Whitman housing project. The incident marks the third child killed by stray gunfire in New York City within a week, with prior deaths in East New York. Susie O Garro cared for neighbors' children as investigators search for motive while Police Chief Vincent Pizzo notes the use of three weapons. The grandmother's home hosts grieving relatives as authorities pursue leads.
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Brooklyn
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Fort Greene
Susie O’garro
Yakuimi Fruto
Veronica Corales
Fruto
Corales
New Jersey
Vincent Pizzo
Barry defense rests without calling mayor in trial
The defense rested in Marion Barry’s drug and perjury trial without the mayor testifying. Attorney R. Kenneth Mundy said Barry chose not to take the stand after warnings of cross examination. Prosecutors expect a rebuttal case to finish by Monday with closing arguments set for next Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Mundy
FBI
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Stern
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Judith Retchin
Atlanta
Julian Bond
Andrew Young
Retchin
Rescued Filipinos From Hyatt Hotel Rubble after 11 Days
In Baguio two survivors, Luisa Mallorca and Ariel Calabia, were pulled from the Hyatt Hotel rubble 11 days after a 7.7 magnitude quake. They remained in decent condition as rescuers found two male bodies and searched for others amid continuing debris.
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Luisa Mallorca
Hyatt Hotel
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Hyatt
Calabia
Mallorca
Navy Lieutenant Convicted of Rape Aboard Ship in Rota Spain
A U S Navy lieutenant from Rawlins Wyoming was convicted by a mid judge Friday of raping a female officer in her stateroom aboard an ammunitions ship at the U S naval base in Rota Spain. The military judge announced the verdict and scheduled sentencing for today at the U S Spanish naval station in Rota.
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Rawlins, Wyo
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Bomb injures West German official in Bonn
A roadside bomb exploded at high speed injuring Hans Neusel, No. 2 at the Interior Ministry, near a Bonn autobahn exit. Neusel escaped serious harm, suffering only minor cuts, as authorities noted the attack by the Red Army Faction marked a notable comeback after prior East German arrests.
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Coalition survives in East Germany
East Germany's four party coalition averted a crisis as Social Democrats withdrew threats to quit after Prime Minister De Maiziere dropped his opposition to a joint all Germany election next December. The parties reached agreement on unified election law and area with same conditions in both countries.
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Lothar de Maiziere
Richard Schroeder
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