Convicts sue custodians under state law in growing numbers
California inmates are suing prison staff under a nearly two year old law for medical malpractice and job injuries. Nine settlements total 795000, including a 450000 payout to a paralyzed man after brain tumor surgery. The department will appeal a 159000 jury award and notes rising inmate suits with about 600 cases naming the state.
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Clinton town reels from Carter visit and layoffs
Clinton Massachusetts struggles with 9.1 percent unemployment after the president's town visit coincided with the closure of Colonial Press and a 32 month strike at another plant. Residents defend Carter's visit while town officials form an economic development plan with neighboring Lancaster to attract federal aid.
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Sevareid To Retire From CBS After Long News Career
CBS veteran Eric Sevareid, born November 26 1912 in Velva North Dakota, will retire at month's end after 39 years with CBS News He spoke at a party near the White House where Supreme Court justices lawmakers ambassadors and journalists attended He will return as a CBS consultant and may appear on camera occasionally.
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Lost Pacifica Continent Theory Linked to Pacific Rim Mountains
Stanford geologist Amos Nur and Zvi Ben-Avraham of Weizmann Institute propose Pacifica a vanished continent that split under Pacific forces. They argue fragments welded to North and South America and Asia now form circum Pacific mountains including Wrangellia in Alaska and the Andes.
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