Texas man gets death for Halloween candy murder
Prosecutor Mike Hinton told jurors Ronald Clark O Bryan killed his son Timothy Mark with cyanide laced candy to collect insurance. The jury and judge sentenced O Bryan to die in the electric chair after a one hour eleven minute deliberation. He faced additional charges for plotting harm to his daughter and others.
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O'Bryan
Austin
Marving Teague
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Optician
Elizabeth
Hinton
Daley cousin testifies paying bribes to bank and chaplin
John M. Daley testified under immunity that he paid 49 000 in bribes to Cook County Commissioner Charles S. Bank and former commissioner Charles F. Chaplin to push zoning amendments on a Wheeling Township tract and related actions in a federal extortion and tax case against Abel Bonk.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
U.S. District Court
Cook County
Charles S. Bank
Charles F. Chaplin
John M. Daley
Bank
Chaplin
Wheeling Township
Daley
Bonk
Gerald Chez
Hubert Will
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Leningrad a Window on the West in Soviet Era
Traveler notes render Leningrad as a Western aura city with Hermitage galleries and cross cultural exchange. The Hermitage hosts 100 Metropolitan masterpieces until July and then travels to Moscow and Pushkin, while the Met shelves Scythian gold from Leningrad. A fashion snapshot highlights miniskirts and denim as blue jeans spread.
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Leningrad
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
Peter the Great
Peter
Europe
Versailles
St. Petersburg
Lenin
Hermitage
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pushkin Museum
Met
United States
Wild lily trip ends in death and injuries at creek party
In Melbourne a 20 year old man died after a creekside party where six youths and a girl chewed wild trumpet lilies containing atropine. The group suffered hallucinations bruising and attempts at disrobing. An instructor linked the lilies to the drug found in the plants.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPI
Maurice Mashford
Melbourne University
U S seeks safer cigarette as health drive widens
A UPI report previews U S efforts to reduce smoking harm through safer cigarettes and substitutes. Government and industry discuss lower tar and nicotine, continued warnings, identifying high risk smokers, and techniques to preserve appeal with milder products and added flavors.
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New York
UPI
Uncle Sam
Sam
Gio B. Gori
National Cancer Institute
Ciga
Gori
Connecticut Commission upholds waitresses shaving rule
The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities ruled that Jerome Young, owner of the Plaza Restaurant in Somers, could fire Judith Quist for not shaving her legs. Examiner Neil Atlas found no violation of the fair employment act as patrons complained about the leg hair.
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Bloomfield, Conn
UPI
Connecticut Commission On Human Rights and Opportunities
Judith Quist
Neil Atlas
Jerome Young
Plaza
Somers
Young
Thompson Says He Will Decide By Early Summer
UPI reports Chicago U.S. Attorney James R. Thompson acknowledged reports he will resign to seek the GOP gubernatorial nomination. He said he plans to announce his decision by early summer and noted he will not let politics affect his office while significant cases proceed.
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Chicago
UPI
James R. Thompson
The
Chicago Tribune
Thompson
U.S
Northern Illinois
Tribune
Neil Mehler
Illinois
Grand Jury
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Minnesota
Moore McCormack Resources
Leavitt Morris
Christian Science Monitor
Wild Lily
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Carlyle
Zenith
Joliet Optical Hearing Aid CO
Joliet
Ae I
Luxe
Conte
Kernan, Ilinois
Streator
Rt. 18
SUN
G. Funk
Liberty
S.M.L
Spurgeon
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