Newark Postmaster Indicted as Inside Contact in $1 Million Theft
Atlantic City's postmaster Gordon Lawson was indicted on charges he acted as the inside contact for a group that looted the Atlantic City post office of $1 million in a Feb. 27 robbery. Lawson, 37, conspired with four others, provided vault and schedule details, and is charged with robbery.
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GM Extends Warranty For Chevymobiles Amid Ongoing Legal Battles
GM will extend a three year 36,000 mile warranty on engines transmissions and rear axles for 87 000 1977 Oldsmobiles Buicks and Pontiacs with Chevrolet engines. The swap program ends outside New York where a court extended it to June 1. GM faces 70 lawsuits over alleged Chevy engine use.
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Accused Drug Dealer Shot By SWAT Rifleman
In Los Angeles a 27 year old suspect Howard Lee McDowell was killed by a SWAT rifleman after a 29 hour standoff at the Airport Marina hotel. He had dragged his girlfriend Janet Meyers into danger during the siege and fired into the room when police entered.
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Apparent Overdose Fatal to GEICO Heir Goodwin
Leo Goodwin II the 25 year old heir to the GEICO fortune died after an apparent Quaalude overdose in his 25 room Fort Lauderdale mansion. His girlfriend Kim Benninghoff and staff found him unconscious in his locked bedroom and a physician treated both.
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Charge Nurse Charged in Brooklyn Patient Death
Kathleen Johnson 45 a former nurse at a Brooklyn psychiatric center is indicted on second degree manslaughter criminally negligent homicide and assault for beating Mary Wright 35 with a wooden chair after she vomited Wright died about 44 hours later the case notes she delayed summoning a doctor and Brooklyn DA Eugene Gold cites the attack date as June 9 1976 a conviction could carry up to seven years jail.
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Beverley Hills Supper Club Fire: Zebra Room Pointed as Start
Southgate Kentucky officials say they know the Zebra room was the fire’s origin and arson is ruled out. They are very close to determining the cause as the death toll reaches 16 after a wedding party left the room. Fire began after 8 25 p m with the alarm at 9 02 p m as staff and patrons fought the flames.
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Farrah Fawcett Majors Leaves Charlie's Angels Lead
Farrah Fawcett Majors did not return for the new season of Charlie's Angels and was replaced by Chevy Ladd. The press rep cited lack of contract and pursuit of movie offers. Producers said the current episode continues with Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson.
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Beechnut Baby Food Recalled Over Mold Contamination
The FDA recalls 280000 jars of Beechnut baby food due to mold found in Tapioca products. Jars include Beechnut Strained Dessert with Tapioca 4.34 oz and Beechnut Junior Fruit Dessert with Tapioca 7.34 oz with lot numbers 7112 and 7131. Baker Beechnut Corp. manufactured the items for eastern U.S. distribution.
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Youth Stairs Kills Niece in Hoboken Stabbing
A 17-year-old Puerto Rico visiting uncle stabbed his 9-year-old niece to death and wounded her siblings with a carving knife as they slept. Victims include Wanda Dore 14 Maria Vasquez 16 and Daniel Dore 8. Elizabeth Dore died from repeated back wounds. Police say the rampage followed family members going to bed. The uncle's name is withheld due to age.
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Priest Admits Giving 20 After Pie Hit Archbishop
In Minneapolis a Catholic priest says he gave $20 to the young man who threw a chocolate cream pie at Archbishop John Roach during a May 12 honor in St. Paul. The assailant, Patrick Schwartz, 22, faces disorderly conduct charges with arraignment set for June 16.
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U S Lead in Scientific Achievement In Danger
A major study funded by the National Science Foundation warns the United States faces a decline in basic research. It cites shrinking funding and facilities, uncertainty of long term support, a shift to applied work, risk aversion, and a weaker pipeline of young scientists as factors endangering U S scientific leadership.
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Journalist dies. veteran reporter and union publicist
Travis Hedrick, a journalist for nearly five decades and labor union publicist, died Monday in Arlington Virginia at age 73. He once wrote his own obituary claiming he was blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
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