Morgana King Wins 165000 Settlement In Auto Death Case
A New York jury awarded singer Morgana King 165000 in the suit over her husband Willie Dennis’s death in a Hertz rental car driven by Francis Wenisch. Dennis, 36, died in Central Park after the car hit a tree. The award targets Hertz for vehicle owner liability due to driver negligence. Contempt charges against Frank Sinatra related to a New Jersey probe were dismissed after his testimony.
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Morgana King
Willie Dennis
New York
Supreme Court
Robert V. Sabagisi
Singer
Hertz Corp
Francis.e Wenisch
Dennis
Hertz
Wenisch
Alfred S. Julian
Central Park
Frank Sinatra
State Crime Commission
New Jersey
Navy Grants Leniency for Brief Drug Users in Some Cases
The Navy will be more lenient toward sailors who briefly experiment with amphetamines or barbiturates and then reject them. A commander may report circumstances to the chief of naval personnel rather than discharge the offender, in cases of short term involvement or intermittent use that ends.
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Navy
Washington
Navy Reg
Chief of Naval Personnel
Seizures in Newark and Jersey City 127 teachers arrested
In Newark and Jersey City, police and sheriff deputies arrested 127 teachers and union leaders in the 18 day walkout. AFT president David Selden was among those arrested in Jersey City as courts ban strikes while teachers demand higher wages.
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Newark
N.J
American Federation of Teachers
Alfred Scriffignano
Jersey City
Superior Court
John F. Lynch
David Selden
AFT
Two Non-Strikers Slain in Yellow Cab Gunplay
MIAMI UPI reports a chaotic gun battle at Yellow Cab Co headquarters on Le Jeune Road left two non-strikers dead and a third hospitalized. Police engaged the warring factions as about 15 units arrived. Jose Morales was found dead in his cab from multiple gunshot wounds. Rolando Jimenez, 37, died, Eugenio Claude, 33, was wounded and hospitalized with aggravated assault charges noted. It remained unclear if the violence tied to AFL CIO Brotherhood strike action.
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Miami
UPI
Yellow Cab Co
Lejeune Road
1Lice
Jose Morales
Rolando Jimenez
Eugenio Claude
Claude
Cop Killer Suspect Slays Self Near Folsom Lake
A 20 year old Placer County man, Carl Snyder of Foresthill, shot and killed Highway Patrol Patrolman Raymond Carpenter, a father of five, then killed himself during a gunfight as officers closed in near Folsom Lake. Myron Curtis and a Vacaville officer helped track Snyder after a radiotelephone alert.
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Auburn II
Placer County
Carl 5
Snyder
Foresthill
Folsom Lake
Raymond R. Carpenter
State Communications Division
Myron Curtis
Curtis
Vacaville
Penryn
Carpenter
Sacramento County
Diplomatic offensives clash over Israel arms aid
Egypt and Israel pressed rival diplomatic campaigns as Cairo sought Western pressure on U S arms to Israel and Israel pressed the United States for more Phantom and Skyhawk jets. Egyptian efforts paralleled Abba Ebans talks with Western European leaders while fighting raged along the Suez Canal north of Qantara with two air strikes.
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Egypt
Israel
London
Ahmed Hassan El-Feki
Harold Wilson
United States
U.S
Abba Eban
Suez
Mercy Hospital Fire in Laredo Kills Patient and Evacuates 33
A fourth floor blaze at Mercy Hospital in Laredo resulted in the death of Pablo Garcia, 61, who was trapped under an oxygen tent during pneumonia and heart trouble. Thirty-three patients were evacuated while two orderlies suffered smoke inhalation. The fire burned about an hour with $10,000 damage, confined to Garcia's room, and autopsy was ordered. Sisters of Mercy aided evacuations as patients were restrained from panicking. A separate note reports a thief stole an 18th century painting valued at $15,000 from London's National Gallery.
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Alfred Newman
Hollywood Movie Colony
Cedars of Ushanon Hospital
Bernadette” Newman
New Haven
Conn
Hollywood
Alexander
Laredo
Tex
UPI
Mercy Hospital
Pablo Garcia
Mike Perez
Carola
Garcia
Rhom
Sisters of Mercy
London
Scotland Yard
National Gallery
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Geoffrey Hague
Morristown
Tenn
Tey
Lague
Dave Beale
Vague
Burger
Warren E. Burger
Association of the Bar of the City of
By Fred S. Hoffman
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Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
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Charles Boone
Ind
Richard Hatcher
United Press International
Sky
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Aaron Schultz
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