Offenders win prize in city parking ticket contest
New York reports that Judyth Sant and her daughter Barbara won the $100 top prize in the 1987 New York City parking ticket competition by amassing about 310 tickets in their Bensonhurst Brooklyn neighborhood. They averaged more than a ticket per day, noting Sundays and holidays when restrictions are relaxed.
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Heroin Seizure Ties Montreal Ring to International Traffickers
Montreal and Ontario police seized three kilograms of heroin worth an estimated 15 million and arrested 10 members of a suspected international trafficking ring after a months long probe with Toronto customs. Four Iranian nationals living in Montreal were arrested after two additional kilograms were found in a city apartment.
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Jackson questioned over 1960 Illinois plagiarism claim
Several college classmates of Jesse Jackson tell a newspaper they believe the Democratic candidate plagiarized a paper as a University of Illinois freshman in 1960. The teacher named said he does not recall Jackson’s involvement or whether he was his student.
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Bethlehem Sees Peace as Christmas Brings Tourists and Pilgrims
The Associated Press reports Christmas in Bethlehem was calm with troops retreating and crowds of pilgrims and tourists returning. In Bethlehem's West Bank, officials noted no violence after two weeks of Palestinian rioting, while Pope John Paul II urged global faith to seek strength through Christ. In China Santa appeared in pink satin to give out Christmas cards, and Israeli security in Jerusalem eased as Christmas Day began.
Christmas Across the World Amid War and Turmoil
Pilgrims fill the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem under security fears as 2500 visitors attend midnight mass at St Catherine's basilica. Pope John Paul II delivers Christmas message while global scenes show Hope in the Gulf and varied observances in the Soviet Union Poland Beijing and England.
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Israeli minister vows crackdown on riot leaders amid West Bank unrest
Israeli Defence Minister Yitzhak Rabin promised to target organizers behind school linked riots that left at least 21 Palestinians dead. Israel reports 800 arrests since Dec 8 with detainees held at two sites. UN Security Council criticized Israel as most detainees are aged 17 to 30.
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Tearful plea in daylight disappearance of Coralynn
Edmonton police seek help after 3 month old Coralynn vanished from a pickup outside West Edmonton Mall on Thursday noon. Rose Donahue appeals for the child's return as relatives and police canvass buses terminals airports and other locations for the infant. Police urge anyone with information to contact them.
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Dozing holiday travellers survive Greyhound crash in B C
Thirty three people were taken to Penticton Regional Hospital after a Greyhound bus overturned on Highway 3A near Keremeos in the Okanagan Valley Christmas Day. A seriously injured passenger was airlifted to Vancouver's Shaughnessy Hospital. others were treated and released.
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