Liquor Authority faces probe over unusual licensing patterns
Senator Roy Goodman, leading a two year inquiry, describes a bizarre top to bottom breakdown in New York State Liquor Authority licensing and supervision, raising concerns of potential corruption despite no direct evidence. Probes include backlogs, delayed disciplinary hearings, and a push to question Edward McLaughlin, with focus on 24 hour operations and a 200 foot rule.
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New York
State Senate
Roy M. Goodman
Manhattan
Goodman
Edward J. McLaughlin
Authority
McLaughlin
Martin C. Epstein
L. Judson Morhouse
New York City
Buffalo
Osteria Romana
Congregation Shaary Tefila
Love Canal fears rise near Linde plant
In Tonawanda New York residents fear radioactive waste from World War II era operations may affect health and property values. A New York State Assembly report says federal dumping reached over 37 million gallons at Union Carbide Linde facility. Neighbors worry stigma and future sales while recalling Manhattan Project era secrecy and past fires.
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E. J. Dionne Jr
New York Times
Tonawanda
Love Canal
Joseph T. Kluge
Union Carbide
Kluge
Linde
State Assembly
Buffalo
Terry
New York State Assembly Task Force
Donald Evans
Building
Evans
Laurie Allaire
Harris May Face Questioning Over Last Letter to Tarnower
Jean Harris returns to testify as prosecutors review the “Scarsdale Letter” she wrote before the March 1980 killing of Herman Tarnower. The defense sought to suppress the letter while Harris argues her actions stemmed from personal crisis and a failed relationship.
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Harris
Tarnower
White Plains
Jean Harris
Madeira
Lawyers Hiking Divorce Fees In New York
Six months after major changes in New York divorce law took effect, many matrimonial lawyers report higher fees due to complexity and time needs. They warn two to three years for guidance, note uncertain tax consequences, increased use of experts, and the shift to hourly billing with retainers.
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Angel Castillo
New York Times Service
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Fire department closes church. sidewalk services protest
In Manhattan, St. Clement's Episcopal Church was shut by the Fire Department for fire code violations, forcing parishioners to hold services on the sidewalk. church leaders denounce the action, urging officials to recognize the church's history and appeal for reinstatement as crews inspect and cite ongoing infractions.
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New York
UPS
St. Clement's Episcopal Church
Manhattan
Broadway
Parents to keep school open in Queens clash
In New York City Queens a group of about 35 parents barricaded a closed school annex to keep it operating their own classes. Mayor Koch urged them to end the protest and send students to Intermediate School 231 as buses would be provided to other city schools. The parents defend the annex as working and vow to stay until their aim is achieved.
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New York
Edward Koch
Queens
Koch
Rosedale
Springfield Gardens
Sandra Swirsky
New York Tollto draw yields six numbers, supplement 26
Winners announced for the Tolto weekly draw with numbers 35 36 21 29 40 34 and supplementary 26. The daily numbers game produced 263 as the top result.
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New York
UPL
Earliest evidence of technology found in Ethiopia
In 2.5 million year old Hadar site ruins in northeastern Ethiopia, a French American team uncovered sharp stone flakes and choppers likely used as knives and for bone processing. The find pushes back known tool manufacture by about half a million years, suggesting early group behavior and a notion of home. The artifacts, found near Hadar in the Afar Triangle, were dated after initial fossil discoveries at the site.
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Jack Harris
University of Pittsburgh
New York
East Africa
Ethiopia
Associated Press
Hadar
Afar Triangle
Don Johanson
Cleveland Museum of Natural
Maurice Taieb
French National Center For Scientific Research
CNRS
Marseille
Yves Capnens
Musee de Homme
Paris
F. Clark Howell
Oma River
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University of Pittsburg
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