Times Square’s Deuce fixture fights to stay on the block
Fred Hakim, 68, the unofficial mayor of Times Square, recalls the area’s glow and cinema culture from the Empire Theater era while watching the revamp of 42nd Street. The neighborhood has shed adult shops for new anchors like Disney, yet Hakim hopes his six-seat luncheonette remains part of history amid ongoing changes and rising crowds.
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Fred Hakim
42Nd Street
Times Square
Hakim
New York
Empire Theater
Empire
Lovely Tobacco
Dixie Haberdashers
Father Duffy Square
Police hunt for clues in Boulder girl murder case
Boulder police assign 30 officers to the killing of 6 year old JonBenet Ramsey at the 6000 square foot family home in an upscale west Boulder neighborhood. Investigators search the 15 room house for footprints and other clues while the parents and 10 year old brother are in protective custody. No suspects are ruled out and authorities expect a lengthy investigation into the child’s strangling after a ransom note was received. The case marks Boulder’s first homicide of the year.
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Leslie Aaholm
Patricia Ramsey
West Virginia
John Ramsey
Access Graphics
Lockheed Martin Corp
West Boulder
Ms. Raholm
Boulder
Denver
Computer glitches ground jets along the East Coast
Two computer problems at a regional air traffic center grounded jets for about two hours. Radar loss forced Tampa and Orlando delays while later boards froze, prompting separation rules and groundings affecting flights through Florida air space and reaching New York Charlotte and Atlanta.
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Fla
Bob Ropelewski
Federal Aviation Administration
Ropelewski
Tampa
Orlando
FAA
Kopelewski
New York
Charlotte
N.C
Atlanta
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