Groom slain at Manhattan bachelor party after confrontation
Anthony Cammareri, 22, was shot and killed outside a Park Avenue discotheque as a group of 10 strangers approached after a night of celebration. John Fortunato, 19, was wounded. Edward Revulta, 26, shot the gunman in the hip. Della Valle, 24, hurt. the suspect charged with homicide. Cammareri, a Pace College graduate, planned to marry Linda Helen on August 6.
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New York
Anthony Cammareri
Midtown Manhattan
Cammareri
Park Avenue Hotel
Nicholas
John Fortunato
Edward Revulta
Revulta
Family Court
Joseph Della Valle
Manhattan
Bellevue Hospital
Brooklyn
Pace College
Linda Helen
Rare 1856 Stamp Valued At 288000 Dollars
London AP reports the 1856 British Guiana one cent black on magenta stamp now valued at about 288000 dollars or 120000 pounds, per Stanley Gibbons catalog. It is the sole known specimen. broader price jumps are noted for other stamps like the two penny blue Mauritius and the Canadian woodblock.
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London
British Guiana
Stanley Gibbons
New York City
Erwin Wynberg
British Commonwealth
Mauritius
Court overturns 125000 diving injury award in pool accident
The 3rd U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reversed a lower court ruling granting Pittsburgh teen John A Colosimo 125000 dollars for a 1965 diving mishap in a back yard pool. The court said a reasonably prudent teen with prior water experience would know the risks of diving.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
3Rd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John A. Colosimo
James P. Hughes
Colosimos
May Department Store
Kaufmann’s Department
Hughes
Robert Stack Defends TV Violence Against Censorship
Madison Maine AP Actor Robert Stack who portrayed Elliott Ness on The Untouchables argues that censoring violence on television is insane and dangerous He contends showing evil requires depicting criminals actions and that deemphasizing violence pushes audiences toward more violent films including The Godfather He warns of implied empathy for criminals.
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Madison, Maine
Robert Stack
Elliott Ness
Stack
Abbie Hoffman Indictment Dismissed in Washington Case
The indictment against Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman charging interstate travel to provoke a riot and obstruct a police officer was dismissed at the Justice Department’s request. The motion cites a June 19 Supreme Court ruling invalidating warrantless wiretaps on domestic subversives. Hoffman had faced a May 3, 1971 Washington riot charge.
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Washington
Abbie Hoffman
Justice Department
Supreme Court
New York
Hoffman
Wallenda On High Wire Again in Wheeling Tragedy
Veteran circus star Karl Wallenda walked the high wire in Wheeling West Virginia less than 24 hours after his son in law Richard Guzman died from head injuries after a fall from a tower Guzman touched a live wire and toppled to the ground during a Wallenda Leontini Circus performance in front of more than 6000 spectators Guzman was revived by a nurse then died at a local hospital He later said the show must go on and continued his wire walk to ground.
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Guzman
Carla
Wallenda
Wheeling
W. Va
Fall
Karl Wallenda
Richard Guzman
Wallenda-Leontini Circus
Walienda
Michigan State Coliseum
Detroit
Karl
Dieter Schepp
Richard Faughnan
Herman
Mario
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Colosimo
Red Cross
Francis L. van Dusen
William H. Hastie
Ruggero J. Aldisert
Wallendas
Wheeling Island
Schpp
Christina
Sarasota
Fla
Gunther Wallenda
Act
Yetta Wallenda
Omaha
Arthur Grotefent
Roderer
ECIUE
Central Ave
McAlpin
Pat Ai
Sale
Sele
Malpin
Queen
Orig
King, Orig
Reed Handcraft
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