Murder charges dropped in Howard Beach attack case
In New York a judge dismissed murder manslaughter and assault charges against three white teens linked to a December 19 attack on three black men. Reckless endangerment replaced the counts as witnesses refused to testify. Police boosted patrols amid retaliatory violence and community tensions.
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Dominick Blum
Griffith
Blum
Sandiford
Alton Maddox
Wife missing on California trip ends with reunion in Eugene
Kenneth Zimmer left his wife Pat and five children in the van while he drank coffee in Redding. Pat Zimmer boarded a bus home in Red Bluff and reunited with the family in Eugene after police traced her travel.
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Pat
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Interstate 5
Red Bluff
AT&T to buy ITT telecom units in Caribbean
AT&T said it agreed to acquire All America Cables and Radio Inc. and ITT Communications Inc. Virgin Islands, firms providing domestic and international telecom services in Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin Islands. The FCC must approve the deal. AT&T will offer only long distance service there.
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ITT Corp
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U.S Virgin Islands
Federal Communications Commission
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ITT Communications Inc
Virgin Islands
At&t
Esther Silver-Parker
Fired worker returns armed in New York office raid
A burglar alarm salesman fired before Christmas chased coworkers from his former office with a rifle and hatchet. He smashed equipment and shredded files, claiming documents pertained to him. Lani Evans, 53, of Pt. Pleasant Beach New Jersey, was charged with burglary criminal mischief and possession of a deadly weapon.
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New York
John Healy
Lani Evans
Pt. Pleasant Beach
N.J
James Coleman
Residents urged to be careful on New Year’s Eve guns
Los Angeles police urged New Year revelers to abandon gunfire as noisemakers after years of stray bullets hitting roofs and a boy killed by a falling slug. Cmdr. William Booth warned that shooting upward can send bullets down at crowds, stressing ignorance of danger. Police estimate thousands fire into the sky, based on noise and spent casings.
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Los Angeles
Cmdr
William Booth
Interior undersecretary McLaughlin resigns to return to school
Ann Dore McLaughlin, a longtime Interior Department official and a possible White House press spokeswoman, resigns to study business and international economics at Wharton and teach public policy at the University of Pennsylvania. She will leave March 1 and has discussed succeeding Larry Speakes. McLaughlin has deep GOP ties and has previously led public affairs roles in EPA and Treasury.
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Philadelphia
Larry Speakes
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Wharton
New Coalition
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Nixon
John McLaughlin
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William P. Clark
Clark
Donald P. Hodel
Hodel
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Liberace settles palimony suit for 95000 in California case
Lib erace and former chauffeur Scott Thorson settle the palimony dispute for 95000. The order dismisses assault claims and the case moves to closure with terms sealed. Thorson had alleged life‑time pay and housing rights after moving in as Liberace’s secretary and companion.
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Liberace
Superior Court
Earl F. Riley
Las Vegas
Scott Thorson
Beverly Hills
Riley
Los Angeles Times
Toni Rae Bruno
Thorson
Palm Springs
Derailment Spills Lye Forcing Susquehanna Water Shutdown
A derailment near Conowingo Maryland spilled about 15,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the Susquehanna River. Nine of 72 cars derailed with one tanker leaking and the municipal water intakes ordered to halt pumping. Conrail will study the scene to determine causes while Perryville and Port Deposit residents are urged to conserve water.
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Susquehanna
Bob Thomas
Conrail
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Perry Point
Havre de Grace
Deer Creek
Baltimore
Port Deposit
Nuclear reactor set for operation window
Nuclear reactor at Hanford N Reactor in Richland Washington is being brought back online after a water flow monitor was repaired. The plant automatically shut down Sunday evening due to a false reading, UNC Nuclear Industries official Rudy Cortez said.
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Hanford Nuclear Reservation
U.S
Soviet Union
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Rudy Cortez
UNC Nuclear Industries
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