Haitian contractor jailed in million dollar cement tax swindle
Antonio Dupuy, a contractor in Port au Prince, was sentenced to four years after a scheme that defrauded about $1 million in cement taxes. He fled to the Mexican Embassy last year with Lucian Rigaud, who says he has documents linking Rep. Daniel Flood to arms and aid for Haitian officials in exchange for favors.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Antonio Dupuy
Dupuy
Lucian Rigaud
Rigaud
Daniel Flood
D-Pa
U.S
Friends of Flood
Earthquake devastates Salonika leaves 14 dead
A powerful quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Salonika Greece at 11 03 p m Tuesday causing 14 deaths and about 150 injuries. The city suffered damaged buildings and heavy traffic as residents fled though new structures largely withstood the shock. Rescue crews and authorities from Athens aided in search efforts amid power and water outages. The epicenter was Lake Volvi about 30 miles east of the city.
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London
von Hirschart
Sotheby Parke Bennet
New Bond Street
Madison Avenue
New York
von Hirsch
Sotheby
Mentmore Towers
Rotschild
Buckinghamshire
Salonika
Greece
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Athens
Lake Volvi
Corinth
Pope Paul VI marks 15 years as pope at Vatican
Pope Paul VI observes the 15th anniversary of his election with his usual schedule and a Mass on the feast of St Peter. The Vatican editorials call his reign a crucified life, amid clashes with modernizers and conservatives over Vatican II reforms and contraception.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
College of Cardinals
Giovanni Battista Montini
Milan
John XXIII
Paul
Peter
St. Peter's Basilica
Pope Paul
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Rudolph Baubst
Mistaken identity misled Akron crash victims
In Akron two teens, Steve Koval and Christopher Anfang, were involved in a car crash. Koval was wrongly believed dead and funeral plans proceeded, but he was found alive in critical condition. Authorities later identified Anfang as the deceased, while Koval died at 6:34 a.m. The mixup prompted family shock and limited comment from both families.
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Akron, Ohio
Steve Koval
Akron
St. Thomas Hospital
Koval
Stephen Koval Jr
Steve
Jim Johnson
Hummel Funeral Home
Christopher Anfang
Silver Lake
Anfang
Green Cross Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls
James Crane
Crane
Paul Hummel
Koyal
Hummel
Angang
Johnson
Oakland University returns bones to Michigan Indians
Oakland University officials sent 10 boxes of bones and artifacts from an Indian burial site near Rochester to local tribes. The Indians accepted after a peace pipe and arrow ceremony with Reuben Torch. Remains dated to 1200 A.D. and had sparked concerns over desecration of a burial site and state law. The bones will be reburied in a secret ceremony at an unidentified cemetery.
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Rochester, Mich
Oakland University
Rochester
Reuben Torch
School of Arts and Sciences
Fred Boyd
Oakland University Anthropology
America
Richard Stamps
Torch
Stamps
Teachers Suffer Battle Fatigue Amid School Violence
New York public school teachers face battle fatigue due to student violence and abuse, a City Council report says. It urges criminal prosecution for assaults, more expulsions and longer suspensions after noting 2,420 assaults, 617 robberies, 2,420 larcenies, 858 threats and arson-type fires, 83 sex crimes and 682 narcotics offenses in the 1976-77 city schools.
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New York
Researchers exposed to lassa fever in lab mishap
Two medical researchers at Fort Detrick isolated after rat blood contaminated with lassa fever splashed during transfer. They await symptoms in strict hospital isolation. CDC withheld names for privacy. No infection confirmed. officials note the exposure occurred June 5 and the most critical period may be past.
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Washington
Army
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Nigeria
Africa
United States
John G. Fuller
Sierra Leone
Maryland
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Disease Center
Meats to contain bone fragments under new rules
The Agriculture Department approved rules permitting pepper sized bone particles in frankfurters canned spaghetti and other meats starting July 20. The salvaged meat will be labeled clearly as mechanically processed beef or pork product and also indicate it contains powdered bone. It will be used in many products but banned from baby foods.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Carol Tucker Foreman
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Golda
Golda Meir
Anna
Sydney
Australia
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Tokyo
Chen Chang
Kamaishi
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Korea
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Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
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Bella Abzug
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National Conference of
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Costas Pylarinos
Nikos
Gousmas
Cheryl Neilson
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PTA
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Cheryl
Baubst
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Haubst
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Chevron
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