Mall shoppers rounded up for jury duty
In New Bedford Massachusetts after jurors ran out a judge sent officers to a mall to round up about 50 downtown shoppers and bystanders for jury service. Juror selection in the Tiki X marijuana trafficking case resumed with two more jurors needed to complete a panel of 16 for the trial of a dozen of the 26 defendants. James Stewart 39 was escorted from the mall to the courthouse when unsure where he was.
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New Bedford
Mass
James Stewart
United States
Superior Court
Chris Byron
Waller main break floods NYC streets
A 12 inch water main burst in Herald Square early today flooding streets and a Consolidated Edison substation at 38th Street and Seventh Avenue. Power was cut to area customers including Macy's and Gimbels as streets closed and firefighters fought transformer fires amid water heat and steam.
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New York
Herald Square
Consolidated Edison
Macy's
Gimbels
Midtown South
38Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Con Ed
Seventh Ave
Family of man slain by robot awarded $10M
A Wayne County jury ordered Unit Handling Systems, a Litton division, to pay $10 million to the family of Robert Williams, 25, of Dearborn, killed January 25, 1979, at a Ford Flat Rock casting plant when a malfunctioning robot struck him as he climbed a rack for parts. Williams died instantly. attorneys say the robot should have warned workers it was operating.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Unit Handling Systems
Litton Industries
Robert Williams
Williams
Dearborn
Ford Motor Co
Flat Rock
Mich
Gas leak forces Windsor residents from their homes
A 20,000 gallon liquid propane tank leaked after being punctured by a storm fallen branch near Windsor North Carolina 100 miles northeast of Raleigh prompting about 100 homes to be evacuated as repair crews drained the tank The public safety chief said the tank was still leaking but slowed and no injuries were reported from the leak or storms
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Raleigh
N.C
Melvin Pierce
Windsor
Pierce
Dem official and mob figures nabbed in racketeering case
Riviera Beach Police Chief William Darden and five Gambino family figures were arrested on racketeering charges tied to a Palm Beach bottle club operation. Indictments in West Palm Beach named Darden and 10 associates for conspiracy extortion and racketeering stemming from a two year probe into a loan sharking and gambling ring at Suite 100.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Darden
Gambino Crime Family
Palm Beach
Suite 100
Mike Levin
U.S. Justice Department
Miami
Marine weighs in on TV dream for half-brother
Bakersfield story notes Carolyn Pomerene hoped to meet her half-brother Lance Cpl. John Terry on the show Fantasy. Officials say Terry is 13 pounds overweight and unfit to appear, ending the plan unless he loses the weight. He plans to cut back to try again.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Carolyn Pomerone
U.S. Marine Corps
Lance Cpl
John Terry
Marines
Terry
Pomerene
Mrs. Pomerene
Bakersfield College
Naval Submarine Base
Bangor
Wash
Natalie Cole Opens a New Chapter in Her Life
Natalie Cole discusses a comeback after personal struggles including a court conservatorship, rehab for cocaine, and throat polyp surgery. Her new management, album I'm Ready, and tour aim to restore her career, with acting possible.
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Natalie Cole
Hollywood Boulevard
Nat King Cole
Los Angeles
Manny
Miss Cole
Mister
Cole
Neon Citgo sign to be relit in Boston’s Kenmore Square
Archaeologists and preservationists celebrate the relighting of Boston’s 60 foot Citgo neon sign after four years of darkness. Society founder Arthur Krim hails it as a victory for Roadside America as demolition had been ordered by Citgo and halted by Boston’s Landmark Commission. A documentary on neon preservation titled War Without Winners airs in 30 cities. Viewers may pledge via a toll free number. Actor Bob Hope tops Playgirl’s sexy men list.
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Arthur Krim
Society of Commercial Archaeology
Kenmore Square
Boston
Krim
Mass
America
Fenway Park
Citgo Petroleum Corp
Landmark Commission
Associated Press
Iers
New York
Haskell Wexler
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Suzanne
Gayone
Jonathan Pinegar Osmond
Osmond
Utah Valley Hospital
Provo
Utah
Rich Little
David Niven
Niven
Lou Gehrig
Little
al Newman
Mgm-United Artists
Paul Newman
Bob Hope
Playgirl Magazine
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