Asimov to Play Poker With Computer in New York
Isaac Asimov will play five card draw on October 18 in New York against an electronic poker machine built by NYU professor Nicholas Findler and aide Charles Pearson. The machine aims to bluff and win chips, with Omni magazine editor Kathy Keeton also slated to be dealt in.
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New York
UPI
Isaac Asimov
New York University
Nicholas Findler
Findler
Charles Pearson
Kathy Keeton
Omni Magazine
Intelligent Machines
Talk softly and carry a big stick in Hollywood
James Stewart urges Americans to lower voices to avoid shouting the country to death while accepting an award in Beverly Hills. In Durham, Jimmy Snyder fell from a moped during a fitness feature and sustained bruises but is described as in good condition.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
America
Los Angeles
Durham
N.C
Jimmy
Snyder
Las Vegas
Duke Medical Center
Nixon backs away from Fifth Avenue condo sale chooses East Side townhouse
Former President Nixon will not buy the $925,000 Fifth Avenue condominium after residents sued to block the sale. He instead purchases a $750,000 townhouse at 142 E. 65th St, to be redecorated before moving in. The 12 room house sits near David Rockefeller’s residence and near Arthur Schlesinger’s home.
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NEW York
Nixon
Upper Fifth Avenue
East 65Th Street
Scott Mollen
Abraham Hirschfeld
Fifth Avenue
E. 65Th St
New York Times
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
64Th Street
Arthur Schlesinger
Kennedy
Three-Alarm Fire Evacuates 2000 at Park Plaza Hotel
A three alarm blaze at the Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston forced about 2,000 guests into the streets and caused minor injuries. Thomas Moran, 31, of Mattapan, admitted starting the fire and was charged with arson. he was not affiliated with the hotel. The fire damaged fourth floor conference rooms, with smoke filling the 14th floor of the 17-story building near the Boston Common.
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Boston
UPI
Park Plaza
Thomas Moran
Mattapan
Moran
John Minders
Indianapolis
Mon
John Paul II
Judge lifts Amtrak order opens way to cut trains
A federal judge in Wichita ruled the Amtrak Reorganization Act of 1979 favors Amtrak, lifting a restraining order and allowing the elimination of three money losing trains: the Lone Star, North Coast Hiawatha, and Floridian. The restraint will lapse at 6 p.m. CDT, with Kansas seeking a possible appeal.
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Wichita
Kan
Amtrak
U.S
Frank Theis
Carter
Theis
CDT
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Lone Star
Chicago
Houston
Hiawatha
Seattle
Miami
St. Petersburg
Fila
War hero arrested in pool contamination case
Harry Leland Leach, 33, a Vietnam War hero with a history of emotional problems, was arrested in East Palo Alto on suspicions tied to poisoning three apartment complex pools with Silvex and 2,4-D. He was previously charged with destroying $4,500 worth of fish and plants by dumping toxic chemicals into ornamental pools at Oakwood Gardens.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Harry Leland Leach
East Palo Alto
San Mateo County
Leach
Oakwood Gardens
Light sentences for police rejected in Houston death
The 5th Circuit overturned suspended sentences for three former Houston officers convicted of civil rights violations in the death of Joe Campos Torres, a 21 year old who drowned after arrest. They had received one year in prison and five years of probation on related charges.
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Houston
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Joe Campos Torres
U.S
Ross Sterling
Sterling
Terry Denson
Stephen Orlando
Joseph Janish
Buffalo Bayou
Carless Elliott
Campos Torres
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Sundial Solarian
Redbook Magazine
Solarian
Vallejo
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