Jury selection continues in Miami civil rights trial
In San Antonio the jury pool for former Miami officer Charles Veverka was narrowed as only two of 40 prospective jurors were Black. Five panel members were dismissed for expressed doubts about fairness. The trial relates to the beating death of Arthur McDuffie and follows earlier riots that killed 18 and caused over 100 million in damages.
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San Antonio
Texas
Miami
Charles Veverka
U.S
William
Hoeveler
Veverka
Arthur McDuffie
Tampa
Benjamin Civiletti
Atlanta
New Orleans
Doug Hartman
Brian McDonald
Sam Smargan
Steven Hartz
FBI
William Stocks
McDuffie
Harrelson faces more charges in Wood assassination probe
Culberson County grand jury indicts convicted gunman Charles Harrelson on illegally carrying a pistol and possession of cocaine. Prosecutors say the charges aim to pressure Harrelson to cooperate with federal investigators probing the assassination of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. He is jailed in Houston on multiple counts after a Sept. 2 incident near a service station in which he brandished a .44 pistol and threatened self harm before surrendering six hours later.
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van Horn
Texas
Charles Harrelson
U.S
John H. Wood Jr
Culberson County
Harrelson
Bill Ellis
el Paso
Wood
Ellis
Houston
Harrieson
San Antonio
San Antonio Express
Dallas
Hearne
Sam Degelia
Fire aboard Coast Guard cutter kills one in engine room
A lubricating oil leak fed by a loose fitting sparked a flash fire in the Durables engine room off Brownsville Texas killing Third Class Machinist Technician Patrick J. Ponthier. The ship towed back to port and two investigation panels will review cause and prevention. Nearby, other unrelated notes include a Houston assassination case and a separate Golden Fleece award to the Federal Highway Administration.
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Brownsville
Texas
U.S. Coast Guard
Durable
Doug Bandos
Here
Bandos
New Orleans
Theotis Wood
Houston
Wood
Patrick J. Ponthier
Bossier City
Stanford Wins First U S Patent On Gene Swapping
The U S Patent Office issued the first patent on recombinant DNA to Stanford University for genetic engineering methods that swap DNA to reprogram bacteria to produce hormones and proteins. The patent, number 4 237 224, lists Stanley N Cohen and Herbert W Boyer as inventors with priority from 1974 and covers use of restriction enzymes to cut DNA.
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Washington
U.S
Stanford University
Patent Office
Tanenholtz
Stanley N. Cohen
Herbert W. Boyer
Four Spades Victory Relies on Hearts Cash in Hand
In a bridge hand, declarer misplayed trumps and allowed a club ruff. If, at trick two, the hearts queen is cashed before touching trumps, the contract becomes ironclad. West's defense shifts to clubs, but the heart sequence ensures winning the rest and making four spades.
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West
Declarer
East
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Fleece
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Federal Highway Administration
Proxmire
Anne Adams
West 17 St
New York
Sears
Alvin
Goren
Vu O AK
South West North East
Jack of
Charles H. Goren
Toy
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