Benton boy saves friends from icy pond in Centralia
Nine year old Ricky DeVore and friends Charles Pennington Jr and Clarence Tracy fell through a pond ice near Centralia while sliding. Ricky retrieved a branch, then a neighbor for help, and Charles pulled Woody to safety with help from the branch. Neighbors wrapped the boys in blankets. all survived, Ricky calling himself lucky and a budding hero.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Hubbard’s Pond
Centralia
Ricky DeVore
Benton
Ricky
Tina
Steve Manchura
Charles Pennington Jr
Clarence
Woody
Tracy
Charles
City pays $600000 to man wrongfully jailed for child assault
Charles Daniels, wrongfully convicted in Queens for a child sex attack and attempted murder, spent four years in harsh conditions and was beaten and scalded in prison. NYC agreed to a $600,000 settlement after a federal suit, one of the largest for police suppression of evidence in a criminal case. Daniels, 41, emphasized the ordeal and the injustice of years lost.
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New York Times
NEW York
Charles Daniels
Queens
Daniels
New York City
Federal District Court
Brooklyn
Leonard Olarsch
Corporation Counsel’s Office
Man in Jail Recall Dread After Child Abuse Case
In an interview Daniels recalls fear of murder while jailed after being arrested Sept 27 1978 in a South Jamaica Houses apartment. A 2-year-old boy found naked sexually abused near the complex and a 10-year-old witness linked Daniels. Detective Miele later confirmed the identification.
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Daniels
Jamaica
City Housing Authority
Michael Miele
Queens
Charles
Miele
Senate Republicans concede taxes may be needed to cut deficits
Senate Republicans acknowledge that higher taxes could be required to meet their three year goal of slashing deficits. Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island said taxes would be necessary after efforts to halve the deficits by 1988. Budget hawks debate if a hidden tax rise, such as cigarette tax retention, will be used alongside spending cuts.
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Senate
Washington
GOP
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Chafee
Robert Dole
Robert Packwood
Senate Finance Committee
Dole
House Republicans
Cas
VA saves foreclosed home for ill child's family in Chicago
The Veterans Administration arranged a repurchase agreement allowing Michael and Susan Maher to live in their foreclosed Northwest Side house for 400 dollars per month. Elizabeth Maher, born February 1982, requires 24 hour nursing care and life support, with monthly medical bills around 25 thousand dollars. The VA had previously funded the house and shifted from eviction to indefinite occupancy to aid the family amid overwhelming hospital costs and a Ravenswood Bank fund contributing nine thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Veterans Administration
Michael
Susan Maher
Elizabeth
Maher
Ravenswood Bank
NOW forms abortion clinic vigils nationwide
Alabama abortion counselor Kathryn Wood, injured in a protest, joins NOW led vigils at 25 clinics in 18 states to mark the Supreme Court anniversary. Officials say overnight gatherings aim to show resolve against threats, while workers recount fear, threats, and attacks on clinics and families.
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Washington
Alabama
Kathryn Wood
Women’s Community Health Center
Huntsville
National Organization For Women
Supreme Court
Wood
Ms. Wood
Judy Goldsmith
Hijacker Apprehended After Eastern Flight 403 Emergency Landing
A man threatened to ignite gasoline aboard Eastern Airlines Flight 403 from Newark to Miami. The jet diverted to Orlando where, upon being told he was in Havana, Lazardo Hernandez surrendered after dropping his lighter and substance. All 129 aboard were unharmed and the plane resumed to Miami.
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Orlando
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Eastern
Newark
N.J
Miami
Lazardo Hernandez
Passaic
Roger Myers
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Dennis Lawrence
Hernandez
Orlando International
Lawrence
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Icy Pond
Plymouth
Mass
Pentagon
House
Robert Michel
Michel
Weinberger
Illinois
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