Gambling Legal In New Jersey Opens Atlantic City
Gov. Brendan Byrne signed a bill legalizing casino gambling in Atlantic City amid protests from Hispanic activists. The first casino is slated to open early next year, with officials urging clean, honorable operation and warning organized crime to stay out.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Brendan T. Byrne
Convention Hall
Byrne
Endum
Great Adventure Amusement Park
Atantic City
Joseph Lazarow
New Jersey
Brendan Byrne
Dam The Small Fish Full Speed Ahead
Justice Department lawyers urged the Supreme Court to allow the Tellico Dam project to proceed despite a snail darter endangered fish ruling. They argued the circuit court overemphasized Endangered Species Act language and halted a $116 million project on the Little Tennessee River.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Tellico
Little Tennessee River
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Tennessee
Congress
Tennesssee Valley Authority
TVA
Counterfeit Plot Alleged Heads to Grand Jury in Denver
Three men arrested at a Denver print shop face federal grand jury consideration for conspiring to manufacture counterfeit money. A fourth man was nabbed in Amity Arkansas in connection with the case. The Secret Service said no counterfeit cash was distributed. All three Denver suspects posted bonds, and Bruce faced a separate hearing. Bean was arrested in Amity on a conspiracy charge and may be returned to Colorado.
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Denver
Amity
Ark
Arkansas
Texas
Secret Service
West Denver
John Richard Lucas
Lonsdale
Richard J. Owens
Thomas Danny Bruce
el Paso
Bruce
Royce Sickler
Owens
Lucas
Sickler
Don Hoert
Joseph Carrol Bean
Hoerl
Bean
Colorado
Newark Police Strike Threat Sparks Action
Newark officials resume contract talks with 1600 public safety workers 24 hours before a strike deadline. About 700 members of the Police Benevolent Association and Superior Officers Association vote to strike at noon unless settlements are reached, amid deferred pay raises and safety assurances.
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Newark
Police Benevolent Association and Superior Officers Association
Ano
Hubert Willams
Prisoner Graduates Magna Cum Laude from Rhode Island College
James Gordon, a 24 year old inmate serving a 10 year term at Rhode Island State Prison, earned a bachelor’s degree in Afro American studies from Roger Williams College in Bristol and has been offered a Brown University graduate fellowship. He was among the first inmates to complete a degree in a pilot program to provide college education, now terminated due to funding limits.
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Cranston
James Gordon
Rhode Island
State
Roger Willants College
Bristol
Gordon
Brown University
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