Senate OKs Pentagon budget bill for next year
The Senate approved a 299.5 billion defense budget for fiscal 1989 after Senator D Amato dropped his demand for a death penalty amendment for drug dealers. The vote was by voice, with assurances a separate bill would be allowed to come to a vote next month. The two chambers must reconcile their versions in conference.
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Attacks on New York City Teachers Prompt Security Push
After a week of assaults on teachers, United Federation of Teachers President Sandra Feldman urges heightened security and tougher sentences. Mayor Koch convenes a summit with officials to address a spate of attacks including a Bronx PE teacher beaten with a bat and a South Bronx mugging in a school bathroom.
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Child neglected by mother sentenced for frostbite tragedy
In Crown Point Indiana a 25 year old woman Darlwin Britt pleaded guilty May 6 to felony child neglect after her 9 year old daughter lost both legs to frostbite while locked in an unheated apartment. A separate case in Kankakee Illinois saw a 31 year old man sentenced to death for kidnapping and murdering a businessman buried alive over a $1 million ransom. In Washington Charles Cooper a Meese aide resigned amid Justice Dept turmoil. In Jerusalem a 3 year old Arab girl died after tear gas during protests, cause not immediately determined.
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Myerson Charged With Shoplifting At Hill Department Store
Bess Myerson, longtime New York cultural affairs figure, was arrested Friday in South Williamsport and charged with attempting to steal merchandise valued at about 44 dollars from Hill Department Store. She appeared before District Justice John McDermott and was released on 150 dollars cash bail, saying she would pay fines by mail under protest if the offense is deemed first.
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Woman arrested after break in at Letterman home
Margaret Ray, 36, arrested again in New Canaan after entering TV host David Letterman’s suburban residence following a prior incident. She faces two counts of second degree burglary and first degree larceny, bail set at 25000, with June 15 court date. authorities note uncertain origin and ongoing investigation.
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Contra chieftain accepts amnesty amid cease-fire talks
In Nicaragua, rebel commander Alfa Lima, who led more than 400 men in Chontales, turned himself in with six followers and urged others to do likewise. He cited family, and desire for peace, as he joined government amnesty discussions. Ensuing talks consider extending the cease-fire set to end May 30 amid demands for democratic reforms.
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Violent death of Tot tied to mystical fate in leopard attack
Nashville rocker Joe Savage said his 2 year old daughter Nikka died after a leopard named Tabu escaped its cage near his farmhouse in Tennessee. Doctors cited head wounds and shock as the cause, while the animal was tranquilized and died en route to a quarantine center.
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Sleepwalker acquitted in in-law's death
TORONTO AP A man named Kenneth Parks was acquitted by an Ontario Supreme Court jury after defense argued he was sleepwalking when he drove 14 miles to his mother-in-law Barbara Woods home in Scarborough on May 24 1987, beating and stabbing her. Parks 24 remains in custody on related charges for the attempted murder of her husband Denis Woods.
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