Postmen Continue Summer Wear Bet Amid Winter Mail Run
BERGENFIELD NJ AP Neither rain nor snow nor winter coats deter Ron Filera from routes while Steve Nason also endures in summer attire. A bet from October offers beer and pride if they last through winter with consent to extend next year. Supervisor Elizabeth Cohen may halt the stunt on the postmaster’s return.
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Bergenfield
Ron Filera
Filera
Steve Nason
Elizabeth Cohen
Prosector resigns after murder conviction in Yellowknife blast
Alberta top prosecutor Peter Martin resigns after 20 years with the Crown. The Calgary lawyer, 45, becomes president of the Law Society of Alberta on Wednesday. He cites conflicts between the justice department and the society and says he cannot serve both without risks of conflict or perception.
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Calgary
Southam
Alberta
Yellowknife
Crown
Peter Martin
Law Society of Alberta
Department of Justice
Law Society
Department
Martin
Bruce Fraser
Area
Peter
U.S and Vietnam move toward full ties with liaison offices
U S envoy James Hall and Viet Nam official Nguyen Xuan Phong signed a pact to open liaison offices in Hanoi and Washington as a step before embassies. The accord covers returning seized diplomatic properties and aiding inquiries into 1621 American MIAs, with Clinton urging progress on the MIA issue before full ambassadorial exchanges.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
James Hall
Nguyen Xuan Phong
Americas Department
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Bill Clinton
United States
Washington
Father vows new law after daughter's homicide
Steve Carpenter in Hope B C pledges relentless effort to change statutes to keep dangerous offenders off streets after Melanie Carpenter, 23, was abducted January six from a Surrey tanning salon and found dead near the Fraser River. Fernand Auger, a convicted sex offender, was suspected in the case and later died by suicide. Police traced Auger's movements, while volunteers aided the search and autopsy planned to determine cause of death.
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Steve Merts Hope
B.C
Melanie Carpenter
Steve Carpenter
Melanie
Fernand Auger
Fraser River
Vancouver
Surrey
Frank Henley
Surrey Rcmp
Serious Crimes Unit
Hope
Henley
Fraser
Auger
New Westminster
Carpenter
Cindy
Alberta
Trans-Canada
Calgary
Lethbridge, Allta
Hope-Princeton
Simpson lawyers clash over defense witness disclosure
In Los Angeles the O J Simpson trial pits prosecutors against defense over whether the judge should admonish the jury for the defense delaying disclosure of witnesses. Cochran argues it was a mistake. prosecutors push for a finding of misconduct and a possible delay.
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Los Angeles
O. J. Simpson
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Simpson
Ito
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Cochran
Mary Anne Gerchas
Grozny rebels stand firm as Russian assault intensifies
After a month of heavy shelling by President Yeltsin's forces, Chechen fighters remained defiant in Grozny while authorities claimed progress. Russian bombardment of the rebel suburb Chernovechiye intensified as government lines asserted Grozny suburbs were being liberated and rebels deserted, though Chechnya's vice president disputed these claims and said fighters still held two thirds of Grozny.
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Moscow
Reuter
Grozny
Boris Yeltsin
Chernovechiye
Chokhar Dudayev
Chechnya
Zalimkhan Yanderbiyev
Interfax
Yeltsin
Morin apology offered. full inquiry unclear
Ontario Attorney General Marion Boyd apologized to Guy Paul Morin for the decade of prosecution while Christine Jessop’s family received condolences. A public inquiry remains uncertain as police investigations continue and Deputy AG Larry Taman defends the system’s handling.
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Windsor Star
Toronto
Ontario
Marion Boyd
Guy Paul Morin
Boyd
Morin
Christine Jessop
Elizabeth Widmer
Larry Taman
Justice System
Widmer
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