Elderly Targeted as Hoodlums Move to Florida
Miami area reports rise in crimes against seniors as gangs prey on old residents. Police list attacks, robberies, and a death from gag suffocation in Miami and Miami Beach. St Petersburg notes multiple elderly victims as gangs operate on city north and south sides. Residents warn that crime fear touches the entire community.
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Beach
Fla
Florida
Max Serehuk
Dade County Council For
Miami
Miami Beach
St. Petersburg
Dartmouth Opens Doors to Computer Games for Learning
At Dartmouth College a new program lets students and even younger participants program and play computer games from distant terminals. The Kiewit Computation Center hosts activities where a 24 year old medical student in Chicago plays space war with another terminal user and a 15 year old high school student participates in XYZ CB radio style game. Officials frame the effort as educational and confidence building in using computers for both fun and learning.
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Dartmouth College
Arts College
Camigus
Marcincin
Barbara Long
Sophoare al Llanover High School
Paris
Don Juan
Dartmouth
John McGeachie
Computer Center
Thomas Kurtz
Academic Computing
Oil tanker Argo Merchant in rough seas near Nantucket
A Coast Guard strike team warned heavy weather could cause the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant to break apart off Nantucket after grounding on the shoals. The ship has leaked about 100000 gallons of heavy oil into Atlantic fishing grounds, with 40 knot winds and 8 to 10 foot waves threatening hull fractures and further spills.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Nantucket Shoals
Atlantic
Nantucket
Adm
James P. Stewart
Richard Gribbs
Richard Griggs
New York
Alfred Kirchhoff
Gary Gilmore Returns to Utah State Prison in Isolation
Condemned killer Gary Gilmore, recovering from a second attempted overdose, was placed in 24 hour isolation at Utah State Prison Infirmary after being released from the University of Utah Medical Center. Officials noted inmates may have supplied the drugs but no charges filed. Gilmore, awaiting execution, has repeatedly demanded execution and rejected appeals. He walked to the prison in 23 degree weather, barefoot, and would only converse via intercom.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah State Prison
University of Utah Medical Center
Gilmore
Provo
John Keahey
Medical Center
Nicole Barrett
Barrett
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Robert Marcincin
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Suede Ee and Hee
Poifay
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King's Fairgrounds Plaza
Piney Forest Road
Utah
Leon Hatch
Hatch
JT Townes
Riverside
Dial
Club
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