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Youth killed infall at stadiumPITTSBURGH (AP)-The Allegheny County coroner’s office has ruled that the death of an East McKeesport youth who fell from an exit ramp at Three Rivers Stadium last month was accidental.But the attorney for the family of 17-year-old Joseph Farrell says he may sue the stadium’s concessionaire for allegedly allowing the sale of beer to the youth before his death.* At a coroner’s hearing Tuesday two high school pupils testified that Farrell had purchased -beer from vendors at the stadium just before he fell 82 'feet to the pavement outside the stadium, April 18, following the Pittsburgh Pirates home opener.Police said Farrell was trying to leap across a five-foot opening between two exit ramps.Attorney Joseph Maurizzi said testimony from Tuesday’s hearing showed that illegal beer sales were responsible for ^Farrell’s death.The two youths who testified ^admitted that they also purchased several beers at the sta-•fdium from vendors who, they £said, ‘‘looked about 19 yearsyldr* The legal drinking age in ^Pennsylvania is 21, but the •youths said there were no questions about their ages.* Dr. Charles Winek, the coro-Iner’s chief toxicologist, said**blood tests revealed Farrell had consumed the equivalent of between four and six 12-ounce containers of beer prior to his death.Winek said the alcohol content of Farrell’s blood was higher than the point at which judgment and depth perception become impaired.Vatican to restore PietaVATICAN CITY (AP) - Ex-perts began preliminary work Tuesday toward restoration of Michelangelo’s vandalized Pieta. Workmen put up scaffolding barring the view of the marble masterpiece in St. Peter’s . Basilica.After a day of conferences, the Vatican’s experts said they were more hopeful that the restoration would take less time than had been expected.Deocelcio Redig de Campos, director of the Vatican restoration workshop, had said Monday the restoration might take years.
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Thu, May 25, 1972
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