Boston Hotel Found Guilty of AIDS Bias
A Massachusetts hearing officer ruled the Boston Harbor Hotel discriminated against waiter Douglas McKinley after supervisors assumed he had AIDS. McKinley, of Cambridge, died Oct. 16 at 40 from AIDS related complications. Damages awarded: $30,000 to his estate.
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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Boston Harbor
Douglas McKinley
McKinley
Cambridge
Commission
New busing plan to integrate La Crosse schools despite board ouster
In La Crosse Wisconsin a controversial busing plan to rebalance student income levels will proceed in the fall despite anti-busing candidates ousting most of the school board. About 2,200 of 3,800 elementary students will be bused to 11 schools in La Crosse and nearby Lawn. Administrators say the plan cannot be stopped as classes begin in August. The plan aims to have low income students range from 17 to 52 percent per school, up from current 3 to 70 percent, to expose students to diverse cultures and improve opportunities for poorer pupils.
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Mississippi River
la Crossé
Mississippi abortion waiting period begins amid calls
Panicked women flooded Mississippi's three abortion clinics as a 24 hour waiting period took effect. The law, upheld by the 5th Circuit, requires patients to wait 24 hours after seeing a doctor and for doctors to inform them of abortion risks and alternatives. No abortions occurred Monday. staff reported numerous upset calls.
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Miss
Mississippi
U.S. Supreme Court
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Orleans
Bungee jumping becomes 'kiddie ride'
Florida lifts a one month emergency ban on bungee jumping and imposes safety rules. Leaps are limited to 100 feet with mandatory body harnesses and engineer inspections. Operators fear reduced thrill and possible closures. under 12 barred from jumping.
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Fla
Florida
Jules Ross
Bunce Terror
Dania, Fla
Fort Lauderdale
Sun-Sentinel
Texas executes ninth inmate of 1992 year
Curtis Lee Johnson, 48, was put to death by injection in Huntsville for the 1983 Houston apartment break in and murder of 25 year old Murray Sweat. Johnson and accomplice Roy Junior Jones burglarized Sweat’s home and stole a camera and eight dollars. Johnson’s appeals were denied by Texas high court and federal courts.
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Texas
Curtis Lee Johnson
Texas’ High Court
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Murray Dale Sweat
Sweat
Roy Junior Jones
Houston
Associated Press
Powell and fellow LAPD officers plead not guilty to federal beatin g case
In Los Angeles on Monday three officers including Laurence Powell Briseno and Wind pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges over the videotaped beating of Rodney King. The trial date is set for September 29 though potential judge disqualification could alter proceedings.
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Rodney G. King
King
Laurence M. Powell
Powell
Theodore J. Briseno
Timothy &. Wind
Wind
Stacey C. Koon
Robert Stone
Lot
John Davies
Federal District Court
Campbell Comes Home to CNY Fans After Olympic Comeback
Chris Campbell returns to a warm Syracuse area welcome after narrowly missing gold at the Olympics. He signs autographs, poses with his medal, and reflects on a long career from NCAA champion to comeback competitor. His wife Laura, Carrier, and Mohawk Valley club members praise his grit as he plans next steps with employers and coaching duties.
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Kay Percy
Campbell
Cornell University
Iowa
New Jersey
Var
John Peterson
U.S
Cornell
Syracuse University
Laura
Carrier
Son
Don McGee
Chris
Chittenango
Samouel
Washington, D.C
White House
Tim Reese
Virginia Foulkrod
Chris Campbell
Barcelona
Spain
Hancock Airport
Ireland and U N aid Somali famine via airlift plan
Irish Foreign Minister David Andrews visits Nairobi en route to Mogadishu to urge attention on Somalia's starving population. A United Nations team surveys logistics for an airlift guarded by security forces as aid workers warn of rising deaths amid warlord politics and bandit looting.
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Ireland
Somalia
U.N
David Andrews
Dublin
Mogadishu
Red Cross
Andrews
Concern
al Mahdi Mohamed
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Moadishu
Afgoi
Aidoa
Bardera
Mohamed Siad Barre
Horn of Africa
Baidoa
Aidid
Barre
United Nations
Yugoslav Premier warns West of intervention risks
Premier Milan Panic warned that Western intervention could trigger a full scale guerrilla war in Bosnia and a second Vietnam. Western powers faced reluctance amid reports of executions and starvation in Serb camps, while UN debates a force for aid deliveries without risking direct conflict. Sarajevo remains encircled with 400,000 residents facing bread shortages.
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Koroman
U.N
Milan Panic
Bosnia
Vietnam
Balkans
United States
France
Britain
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N. Human Rights Com
DA and lawyer negotiate over Kinge fate
The district attorney and defense counsel discuss possible offers for Shirley Kinge as she faces a four month trial verdict. Harding, tied to the case through fingerprints on a gasoline can, faces accusations of faking evidence and potential conflicts of interest spark calls for a special prosecutor.
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Sullivan
Harding
Tompkins County
Mark Allen Prentice
Kinge
Dentes
Harris
Harris House
Dolores Harris
Friedlander
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