60 Minutes Victory in $30 Million Slander Suit
CBS and the program 60 Minutes won a 10 to 2 verdict clearing Dan Rather and producers of a $30 million slander claim by Dr. Carl Galloway over a report on insurance fraud. The jury found no reckless disregard for the truth.
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Los Angeles
Dan Rather
CBS
60 Minutes
Free Press
California
William Vaughn
Carl Galloway
David
Goliath
New York
Boone Arledge
ABC News
Cbs-Tv
CBS Evening News
Manchester West
Galloway
Rather
Steven Glauber
Retired General Allowed to Reveal Secrets in Embezzlement Case
In West Palm Beach, Richard B. Collins, 53, accused of diverting 445000 from secret military funds into Swiss accounts, may reveal classified information if his trial proceeds. A sealed order lets him present military secrets to defend that he was carrying out CIA and military intelligence operations in Europe.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Air Force
Richard B. Collins
Fort Lauderdale
Collins
CIA
Europe
U.S
James C. Paine
Union urges Mellon Bank boycott over Mesta dispute
Depositors led by United Steelworkers withdraw thousands from Mellon Bank to protest asset freezes on Mesta Machine Co. payroll and overseas lending. City funds may be pulled, while bank officials say losses are unquantified. union officials expect larger withdrawals but seek to pressure Mellon to reinvest in the Monongahela Valley.
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Pittsburgh
Mellon Bank
United Steelworkers Union
Mesta Machine Co
Mesta
Ron Weisen
USW
Mellon
Craig Ford
United Steelworkers
Ford
Weisen
Lloyd McBride
James von Dreele
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Homestead
Monongahela River
von Dreele
Denomination
Mission Strategy
Denise Davis
Popular teen William Shott hangs himself in New York suburb
North Salem New York police report 18 year old William Shott hanged himself at home three weeks after his girlfriend Cathy Ann Petruso, 17, killed herself at a Danbury drive in theater following a quarrel. The Westchester medical examiner classified the death as suicide. Shott had been withdrawn and obsessed with Petruso, with friends noting he spoke constantly of her and had 400 letters from her, while Petruso was a cheerleader and homecoming queen who died by suicide after arguing with him.
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North Salem
N.Y
William Shott
Cathy Ann Petruso
Miss Petruso
Sal
Shott
Gilbert
North Salem High School
Westchester County Medical Examiner's
Petruso
Danbury
Conn
Twisted brain cells linked to schizophrenia found
UCLA researchers report a novel structural abnormality in the hippocampus of ten deceased schizophrenics aged 25 to 67. The disorganized cells, formed likely before birth, suggest early developmental miswiring and raise hopes for future early identification of high risk cases.
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Los Angeles
Arnold Scheibel
Joyce Kovelman
UCLA
Brain Research Institute
Scheibel
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Zoubock
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