Court broad ruling strikes down state veteran job preference
Supreme Court in a 6 3 decision voided New York’s in state residency requirement for veteran civil service bonuses. The ruling says veterans serve the nation as a whole and rights to travel and equal protection prohibit denying benefits to those not resident at enlistment. Two Puerto Rico natives, Soto Lopez and Baez Hernandez, moved to New York after service and lost bonuses.
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Budget talks continue as Reagan rejects Senate offer
Senate budget writers press on with fiscal 1987 talks with the House while aiming to meet Gramm Rudman deficit targets. President Reagan's budget director James Miller rejects the latest plan which would delay military spending increases and cap popular programs without a tax increase. Domenici says parties should stand firm as he meets Gray to discuss the proposal.
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Fire helicopter crash hosed down after Jacksonville live shot
Firemen battled wreckage of a television helicopter crash in Jacksonville Florida during a live Monday broadcast as reporter Julie King and crew member Buddy were on scene.
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Mother Admits Smothering Three Children in Schenectady
Mary Beth Tinning, 44, confesses to smothering Jennifer, Joseph, and Barbara but says she harmed none of the other six children. She made the handwritten admission to state police on Feb. 4, a day before being charged with second degree murder in 1985 death of 4 month old Tami Lynne. Police previously treated six other deaths as suspicious, with only Jennifer Lewis’s death deemed not suspicious.
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Air Force KC-135 crashes near Howard Air Base
A U S Air Force KC-135 refueling jet crashed while attempting to land at Howard Air Base in Panama. four crew members aboard power loss during approach. Rescue teams dispatched as officials at Grissom Air Force Base confirm the crash occurred after completing a refueling mission and details remain sketchy.
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AT&T and union reach tentative contract settlement
Washington AP report says American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the Communications Workers of America reached a tentative contract settlement with 155,000 striking workers. A union spokeswoman cited possible strike ending as early as Sunday. Details were not immediately released.
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Ex-lawmaker Hansen vows continued fight after ruling
Former Idaho congressman George V. Hansen says he will keep appealing after a federal judge refused to reduce his five to 15 month sentence and fines for filing false financial statements to Congress. Hansen sought sentence reduction. judge Joyce Hens Green stayed the order to allow further appeal. Prosecutor Reid Weingold argued no demonstration of remorse or contrition.
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Group seeks to block Manion on federal bench race
A major civil liberties group announces a nationwide TV and radio campaign urging the rejection of Daniel Manion for a vacancy on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Reagan had nominated Manion, a conservative private lawyer from Indiana, with appeals from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
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Bleacher collapse injures 53 at circus in New York
In Greenport a 900-foot bleacher section collapsed during a traveling circus show, injuring at least 53 people and sending more than 60 to area hospitals. A 6-month-old Hudson boy suffered a fractured skull, while most injuries were neck or back sprains and bruises. Emergency officials blamed muddy ground and chaotic scene. investigations by district attorney, sheriff and state police are underway.
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Jury Chosen in Appleton Babysitter Murder Trial
A La Crosse Circuit Court jury was bused about 170 miles to hear opening testimony in the murder trial of Sandra Pankow charged with three counts of second degree murder after three infants died in her home over five years. The jury includes 12 jurors and two alternates chosen from La Crosse County due to pretrial publicity in Appleton where she baby-sat.
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