Wrong baby mixup leads to $400000 settlement in New York
In New York a white woman who was inseminated with her late husband’s sperm and gave birth to a black baby reached a $400000 settlement. Julia Skolnick sued after a 1989 mixup at Ident Laboratories. The lab will pay $100000 and Dr. Hugh Melnick's practice the remainder for racial prejudice suffered by the child.
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Israel Accepts U S Formula for Middle East Peace Conference
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said he will recommend cabinet approval of the U S plan for a peace conference subject to Palestinian representation. Baker called Arab Israeli negotiations no longer a dream as Bush and Gorbachev planned a October meeting. In Montreal, authorities halted an international hashish haul with 25 arrests from several nations.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Claude Quinn
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Bar-and-grill operation deemed inappropriate by officials
Officials labeled the brick and mortar bar and grill as unsuitable for the area describing it as an old fashioned operation not fit for the location.
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Bush visits Kiev amid Ukraine independence tensions
President George Bush lands in Kiev as Ukraine presses for sovereignty and democracy while seeking strong U.S. ties to the central Gorbachev government. He meets Leonid Kravchuk and reiterates support for official Moscow relations alongside broader links to republics. Ukraine faces resistance to Gorbachev’s federation plan.
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Pocklington Probed by Revenue Canada in Edmonton Meats Firm
Revenue Canada investigators examining historic financial dealings at Gainers Inc. an Edmonton meat packing firm tied to Peter Pocklington amid a Calgary Herald report. Alberta government sources say the probe follows a 1989 government takeover and a $67 million assistance package. The inquiry may touch on a $70 million lawsuit filed by Gainers and the Alberta government against Pocklington and related parties.
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Peter Pocklington
Revenue Canada
Gamners Inc
Calgary Herald
Ine
Alberta
Gainers
Pocklington
Frank Calder
AIDS inmates sue to end isolation in Canadian prisons
Two prisoners with HIV sue the federal government in Federal Court seeking an end to isolation at Bowden Institution and Kingston Penitentiary. Robert Sklepowich argues isolation violates the Charter, requests classroom access and an AIDS education program for inmates and staff.
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Bowden Institution
Alberta
Kingston Penitentiary
Kenneth Ratte
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Bowden
Lesley Stalker
Calgary couple's family tragedy prompts international burial costs
Vincent King mourns his wife Leonie and daughter Yolanda after a rollover near Cobalt Ontario that killed 11 relatives from Calgary Jamaica Britain and England. With 70 000 needed to repatriate bodies Calgary friends and organizations raise funds to cover funerals in Calgary London and Calgary area.
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Thorton Heath
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England
Stafford Riley
Audrey Spence
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Spence
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Clair Burgher
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Conservatives Debating Immigration and Identity at Policy Conference
A federal Conservative policy meeting in Toronto will debate restrictive five year residence limits for immigrants and a return-to-homeland proposal for temporarily displaced foreigners. The conference aims to craft a platform for the 1993 election, with talks on scrapping the Multiculturalism Department and other contentious resolutions reflecting grassroots angst and shifting voter support.
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