Convicted killer wins fiction prize in prison
Paul Ferguson, a 29 year old inmate who helped murder Ramon Navarro, has won a first prize for fiction from the American Center of PEN. Ferguson, who began schooling late and once worked as a steeplejack and other jobs, wrote a story about a jailed disillusioned youth. He reflects on life and writes to understand his own experiences.
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Paul Ferguson
American Center of P.E.N
International Writers’ Group
Ferguson
San Quentin
Cook County
Navarro
Hollywood
Red
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Time Magazine
Time
Douglas
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, N.C
Solzhenitsyn
U.S
James Scales
Scales
Tropical storm Amy forms off Atlantic coast
Amy formed 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras with 55 mph winds and moving east at about 10 mph. The storm brings rough seas and high tides along North Carolina shores as the National Hurricane Center predicts only slight strengthening through Sunday. In New York, a Brooklyn man faces charges after throwing his two young daughters from a roof and windows, leaving them in critical condition. the suspect had been on weekend leave from a prior prison sentence.
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Atlantic
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Brooklyn
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Kings County Hospital
White
Train Strikes Pickup Camper Killing Four Children in Rain
In Belle Plaine Kansas a Santa Fe freight train plowed into a northbound pickup camper during a heavy rainstorm. Four children aged between 5 and 14 died. The driver said he did not see the train until it was too late and the train could not stop. Highway patrolmen Brent Joy and a colleague investigated the accident.
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Toll in Eastern Air Lines crash rises to 112 in New York
The Eastern Air Lines jet crash near John F. Kennedy Airport now totals 112 dead after a Jamaica Hospital death. A male patient identified as John Doe died, leaving 12 other survivors in hospital. The New Orleans to Kennedy flight carried 116 passengers and eight crew.
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Jamaica Hospital
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Alaska Airlines
New Orleans
Kennedy
Canadian Margaree Lena Blanchet Freed After Five Days
Police stormed a farm house and freed Lena Blanchet wife of margarine magnate Conrad Blanchet from kidnapping. Two men arrested. $1 million ransom not paid. she was abducted Tuesday from their Quebec estate and was reported alive and well.
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Lena Blanchet
Beirut violence peaks as death toll tops one hundred one
Street fighting in Beirut intensifies with a 101 dead toll after six days of clashes. Masked gunmen block all roads into the capital as Premier designate Karami negotiates with President Franjieh and vows a new cabinet within 24 hours. Lebanese army guards key sites while Kuwait Bahrain and Iraq urge citizens home and call for regional action.
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Lebanon
Rashid Karmai
Suleiman Franjieh
Kuwait
Bahrain
Iraq
Arab League
Cairo
Pope Urges Priests to Promote Social Justice Before Pilgrims
Speaking before 100000 Holy Year pilgrims the pope told new priests to pay special attention to the effective promoting of social justice.
Osram Suspends Argentina Manager Over Nazi Links
Osram, the German light bulb maker, suspended Pedro Ricardo Olmos of its Argentine unit after Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal charged Olmos was the former SS officer Walter Kutschmann. Wiesenthal alleges Kutschmann oversaw the execution of 20 Polish university professors and 18 relatives on July 4, 1941.
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Gestapo
Osram Light Bulb Manufacturing
Pedro Ricardo Olmos
Simon Wiesentahl
Olmos
Walter Kutschmann
Wiesenthal
Jewish Documentation Center
Vienna
Kutschmann
Osram Argentina
Davidson wins U S Open Horse Trials in Hamilton Mass
Local favorite Bruce Davidson rode to a perfect final round to win the U S Open Championship Horse Trials in Hamilton Massachusetts. Princess Anne finished 10th after her horse Arthur of Troy knocked over two poles. Capt Mark Phillips, the leading rider after Saturday, was eliminated on Sunday when his horse refused repeatedly. Beth Perkins, age 19, who led after Phillips fell, was eliminated as well after a fall.
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Egypt
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U.S
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Hamilton
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England
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