Jury selection begins in torching of Brooklyn tourist case
In Palm Beach jurors begin screening for a six person panel to try Lakeland workers Mark Kohut and Charles Rourk for the torching of Christopher Wilson, a Brooklyn tourist. Prospects show little factual knowledge and most are dismissed for hardship fears if sequestered. The trial was moved to Palm Beach after Tampa publicity.
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Palm Beach
Brooklyn
Lakeland
Mark Kohut
Charles Rourk
Christopher Wilson
General Questins
Circurt
Donald C. Evans
Tampa
Doctor slaying tied to abortion clinics forces clinic close
Mobile police probe the weekend killing of Dr. George Wayne Patterson, a physician at the Family Planning clinic in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Administrators say the shooting likely ends the Florida center’s operations, as the area hosts another doctor previously killed during an abortion protest in Pensacola.
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Mobile
Ala
George Wayne Patterson
Patterson
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Sandra Sheldon
David Gunn
Women's Medical Services
Pensacola
Ann
Pensacola Clinic
Juries acquit three officers in Detroit cocaine case
The jury verdicts found Officer Robert Nevers guilty on none of the key counts while Officer Budzyn was found not guilty of assaulting Green. Officer Lessnau was acquitted on the assault charge. The verdicts conclude a 13 week trial that sparked citywide attention and delayed sentencing set for October 12.
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Sherny Green
Crockett
Robert Lessnau
Green
Lessnau
Budzyn
Kart
Nevers
Rosie Brooks
Fae
Wat Green
Detroit
West Warren
Near West Side
Ralph Fletcher
Ilinois
Cine
Larry Nevers
Wailer Budzyn
Tra
Sandra Davis
Nathan Randall
Malice Green
Oswald File Fragments Hint At Diary Inconsistencies
Review of four CLA boxes reveals Oswald diary fragments from 1959 to 1962 showing mood swings and idealism, with notes on returning to the United States with Marina. Scholar Edward Jay Epstein questions authenticity, noting handwriting analysis suggesting a single sitting. Unreleased items include Hoover to Katzenbach CIA Mafia note and CIA Cuba files.
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CLA
Oswald
Soviet Union
United States
Marina
Moscow
Edward Jay Epstein
Lee Harvey Oswald
Epstein
Butter sculpture honors ill children at state fair
The 25th annual butter sculpture titled The Innocence of Youth depicts three Camp Good Days and Special Times attendees. Morgan and Jamie Dair praised the lifelike figures as the artwork showcased for a week in a climate controlled Dairy Products building with support from Raymond Mackintosh and the camp's Syracuse director Andrey Janka.
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Protos
Len Lat
Joel Nichols
Butler
Keuka Lake
Morgan Dair
Ammuth Cave
Baldwinsville
Jamie Dair
Dairs
Dairy Products
Raymond Mackintosh
Ontario
Canada
William Clements
Andrey Janka
Syracuse
Food items at 1893 Empire Showcase menu
The Empire Showcase article notes popular foods of 1893 including salty potatoes, oysters, frankfurters, nuts, cider, bottled peaches, sausages, grapes and popcorn. Vendors debated which fare was favored, reflecting offerings at that New York State show.
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New York State
Health code notes for food prep standards
The health checklist highlights key requirements for safe food handling. Temperature control to 165 degrees, protective headwear for workers, gloves when scooping or handling uncooked food, proper thermometers, clean surfaces, accessible handwashing facilities, and no pests.
Food vendors shine as health checks at fair improve
About 200 vendors inspected at the Syracuse state fair showed broad compliance with health standards. For years many vendors were cited for violations, but the 1992 fair marked a return to clean records with on the spot corrections and no enforcement actions.
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Ders
George McConville
State Health Department
Syracuse
McConville
Dietitian Tips for Eating on the Midway at the Fair
Registered dietitian Linda J. Quinn offers midways eating guidance. She says keep favorites in check with sensible eating over the year, choose low fat treats to curb weight gain, share a treat to cut intake, and eat a solid breakfast to avoid hunger on arrival at the Fair.
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Linda J. Quinn
Midway Foods
Buller
Heat up hamburgers to 155 degrees to curb E coli
Officials urge cooks to grill beef to 155 degrees, 15 degrees above code, after an E coli outbreak in Washington and California that killed one and sickened at least 300 at Black in the Box restaurants. McConville voices concern that 140 degrees may be inadequate.
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Mometers
Restaurateurs
Washington
California
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Nevers and
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EMS
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Nicholas Katzenbach
CIA
Cuba
John McCone
John F. Kennedy
Suzanne M. Jackson
Staff Water
Page
Paisano’s
Wickman Foods
Naturaire
Sue Weiberabt Naylor
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