Angolan mercenaries on trial defend actions and orders
Col Costas Georgiou testified he ordered the 12 mercenaries and covered their executions in Angola. Andrew McKenzie admitted participating in an execution under orders amid claims some men were disemboweled before shooting. The Angolan court considers death by firing squad for the group as the five man revolutionary tribunal hears the case. The defendants include three Americans Gary Acker Daniel Grillo and three Britons plus one Greek Cypriot.
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Angola
Costas Georgiou
Col. Callan
Georgiou
Britain
Fiveman Revolutionary Tribunal
Cyprus
McKenzie
England
Sam Copeland
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
National Front
Marxist Popular Movement
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Daniel
Gustavo Grillo
Jersey City
N.J
Tornado Swarm Hits Dakota Causing Damage
Tornadoes touched down in eastern North Dakota Friday night and Saturday tossing a car two miles, causing damage but no injuries. A tornado watch was posted Saturday night for parts of Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin according to the National Weather Service and United Press International.
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United Press International
North Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Twisters
Valley City
Drayton
Grafton
Neche
Jamestown
South Dakota
Richard Kneip
Bloomington
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Weather Service
Illinois
Nebraska
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Release of Heiress In Infants Deaths Case
Harriett Emory freed on 50000 bail while her husband Joseph and son Alan stay in jail on 10 and five murder counts respectively over alleged delivery of unlicensed infants at their Highland Park clinic. Prosecutors say half of the infants were stillborn or died soon after birth as a grand jury probe continues.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Harriett Emory
Sybil Brand Institute
Joseph Emory
Emorys
Alan
Highland Park
Emory
Marine Drill Sergeant Faces Trial In Pugil Stick Death
The general court martial of S Sgt Harold L Bronson began at San Diego's Marine Corps Recruit Depot. He commands the Motivation Platoon in which Pvt Lynn McClure died after pugil stick bouts on December 6. McClure, 20, from Lufkin Texas, suffered brain surgery and coma before his death March 13. The case followed a congressional probe and a $3.5 million wrongful death suit by the victim's family. Six Marines received nonjudicial punishment from the colonel and a captain.
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San Diego
UPS
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Harold L. Bronson
Freeport
Fla
Lynn McClure
McClure
Lufkin
Texas
Marine Corps
Eeeaining Regiment
Denege Lyre
Karate experts demolish house in world record run
Fifteen karate men from six San Antonio schools demolition team up to flatten a six room frame house in five hours and two minutes, beating the previous world record by 58 minutes in 90 degree heat for KTSA radio promotion. The record holder was a British team and the San Antonio group will submit their time to Cosmase Dank af Warid Rarardc.
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San Antonio
UPI
KTSA
Great Britain
Cosmase Dank Af Warid Rarardc
Detroit Mayor suspends 132 workers over residency rule
Mayor Coleman Young cited a century old residency statute to suspend 132 Detroit city employees without pay. The majority were police and fire personnel who plan to appeal, following years of court and arbitration rulings on enforcement.
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Detroit
UPI
Coleman A. Young
Michigan
Supreme Courts
Young
Pro-Lifers Lose Bid to Move Quinlan from Nursing Home
In Morristown New Jersey Judge Robert Muir Jr refused a request by the Human Life Amendment Group to order the removal of Karen Quinlan from Morris View Nursing Home. He said he could not overrule a prior state supreme court decision allowing her transfer from St Clare's Hospital to the nursing home.
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Morristown
N.J
UPI
Karen Quinlan
Robert Muir Jr
Human Life Amendment Group
Miss Quinlan
Morris View
St. Clare's Hospital
Muir
Supreme Court
Karen
Joseph and
Julia Quinlan
St. Clare’s
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