Judge Tosses Out Craft Sex Bias Verdict in TV Suit
Federal Judge Joseph Stevens Jr. voided the $500,000 fraud verdict against Metromedia Inc., ordered a new trial, and denied Craft’s equal-pay claim. He found the jury's fraud ruling tainted by prejudice and mistaken facts, noting Craft's appearance concerns as a factor in the station's demotion. The retrial is set for January in Joplin with jurors sequestered.
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Kansas City
Christine Craft
U.S
Joseph Stevens Jr
Ms. Craft
Metromedia Inc
Milwaukee
Stevens
Dennis Egan
Metromedia
Sandra Schermerhorn
Ms. Schermerhorn
Joplin
Ridge Shannon
Shannon
Detroit engulfed by Devil's Night arson surge
Detroit faced the worst fire emergency since 1967 as 450 buildings burned in 24 hours during Devil's Night. 485 fire calls were logged while one man died and two firefighters were injured amid a citywide blaze spree blamed on teens.
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Detroit
Walter Chapman
Francis Szczesny
Chapman
Szczesny
Radical Civic Union Triumphs in Argentina Vote Over Peronists
In Buenos Aires Raul Alfonsin and the Radical Civic Union won Argentina’s first general elections in a decade, defeating the long dominant Peronist Party. Alfonsin's ticket captured 7.43 million of 14 million ballots with 318 electoral votes, while Italo Luder’s Peronist slate earned 5.71 million votes and 258 electoral votes. The government said the new leadership could take power by January 1984, amid record inflation, a $40 billion debt, Falklands War fallout, and postwar unrest with clashes between supporters.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Raul Alfonsin
Radical Civic Union
Peronist Party
Alfonsin
Victor Martinez
Italo Luder
Deolindo Bittel
Luder
Reagan to Lift Polish Sanctions on Fishing and Debt
U S to ease penalties imposed after Poland's 1981 martial law move. Policy relaxes the fishing ban in U S waters and a stance against debt renegotiation. Poland invited to Paris talks on debts. largely tied to release of prisoners and Papal visit.
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Washington
Reagan
Poland
State Department
U.S
United States
Paris
John Paul II
Grenada
Europe
Court order denied in bid to overturn Civil Rights Commission firing
U.S. District Judge Norma Johnson denied a request for a temporary restraining order to overturn President Reagan's removal of Civil Rights Commission members Mary Frances Berry and Blandina Cardenas Ramirez. Johnson said plaintiffs showed only some likelihood of success and failed to prove irreparable harm.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
U.S
Norma Johnson
Civil Rights Commission
Mary Frances Berry
Blandina Cardenas Ramirez
Socialite Frances Schreuder Sentenced to Life in Prison
New York socialite Frances Schreuder, 45, was sentenced in Salt Lake City to life in prison for plotting to have her son kill her millionaire father Franklin Bradshaw who was shot at his auto parts warehouse in July 1978. She claimed innocence as Judge Ernest Baldwin denied bail pending appeal of her Sept. 27 conviction.
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Salt Lake City
New York
Frances Bernice Schreuder
Security Council urges Iran Iraq to halt Persian Gulf hostilities
The UN Security Council in a 12 to 0 vote urged Iran and Iraq to stop fighting to keep oil tanker traffic moving through the Persian Gulf. Pakistan Malta and Nicaragua abstained as Iran rejected the resolution as a plot. Earlier Iraq claimed five Iranian vessels were destroyed near Bandar Khomeini.
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United Nations
Security Council
Iran
Iraq
Persian Gulf
United States
Pakistan
Malta
Nicaragua
Said Rajaie- Khorassani
Bandar Khomeini
Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 1126 in Eastern Turkey
At least 1,126 people are dead and 25,000 homeless after a Sunday earthquake in Erzurum Narman Pasinler Sarikamis and surrounding districts. Freezing temperatures and snow hampered rescues. 534 seriously injured and 50 villages leveled.
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Erzurum
Turkey
Soviet Union
Horasan
Narman
Pasinler
Sarikamis
Kars
The Gazette Company at Cedar Rapids Daily Publication
The Gazette established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list weekly carrier and mail options with four week and yearly prices. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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