Dead man linked to decades of traffic tickets in Philadelphia
Police traced nearly 21 thousand dollars in violations to Robert Maher over the last year plus, though he died long ago. A judge freed the disheveled man claiming misinformation as clerks uncovered unpaid citations under alternate names tied to Harold Shypp Sr. and James Robinson.
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Philadelphia
Robert Maher
James Robinson
Court
Laine
Autayrites
Robinson
Maher
Dial
CniGnte
Harold Shypp Sr
James Poles
Anthony Robinson
James Parker
James A Robinson
Joseph Lawrence Robinson
Frank DiCicco
Asthma deaths rise alongside cases in 1982 1992
CDC officials report asthma cases rose 42 percent from 1982 to 1992, with death rates up 40 percent from 1982 to 1991. About 5 percent of the U S population suffers, with higher death rates among blacks. Data cover ages 5 through 34 due to diagnostic limits in older groups.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Teen-ager charged after newborn thrown from second floor window
In Chicago an unwed teen-ager who hid her pregnancy gave birth in a bathroom then tossed her naked infant from a second-floor window as she went to school. Mansel Melendez, 18, faces ag partial battery to a child charges with the infant named Zoe in critical condition. The mother, a high school senior, was held on 500000 dollars bond. Police say the baby suffered skull fractures, hypothermia, and dehydration.
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Chicago
Mansel Melendez
Zoe
Jose Arteaga
Melendez
West Side
Arteaga
Linda Reiter
Gloria Sosa
Sosa
Mike Maggio
Loyola University Medical Center
Benign growth found on Quayle appendix after surgery
Indiana report says Dan Quayle had a non malignant mucinous cystadenoma on his appendix detected by a CAT scan. Surgeon Dr David Canal reported the appendix was removed at Indiana University Medical Center and Quayle is recovering eating regular food and watching television.
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Indianapolis
Dan Quayle
David Canal
Quayle
Indiana University Medical Center
Tungs
Four Firefighters Feared Dead In Seattle Warehouse Fire
Four firefighters were trapped when the main floor collapsed into the basement of a Seattle warehouse. Fire Department spokeswoman Georgia Taylor said they had a half hour of air left when last seen about 7 30 p m Thursday. A large explosion preceded the collapse and flames rose two stories high. Crews initially left after the blast, then re entered for about 30 minutes before retreating again as the building stayed too dangerous to enter. The fire was contained around 1 a m still under assessment of danger.
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Seattle
Georgia Taylor
Taylor
Gingrich Proposes Bipartisan Push From House Podium
On the second day of the new Congress Newt Gingrich urged Democrats to think beyond the norm as he testified to the Ways and Means Committee. He floated ideas from Medicare reform to a laptop tax credit and urged a cooperative path to fund tax cuts through spending reductions. Clinton supported bipartisan restraint while signaling openness to agreement on the Contract With America.
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Washington
Congress
House
Newt Gingrich
Clinton
White House
Gingrich
Taxwriting House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
America
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Hnton
Sam Gibbons
Florida
Democrat On Ways and Means
Gibbons
Ways and Means
State Senate bans all night sessions in New York
Albany reports the New York State Senate voted to bar sessions from midnight to 8 am with limited exceptions. The move aims at reform and follows Assembly action last year, while lawmakers debate broader rules. Senator Hoffmann praised the action as a landmark, and Majority Leader Bruno signaled broader reform to come.
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State Senate
Albany
New York
Nancy Lorraine Hoffmann
Senate
Joseph Bruno
Assembly
Marc Cuomo
George Pataki
Hoffmann
GOP
Bruno
Rensselaer County
Ralph Marino
Pataki vows to cut ail costs in state travel saga
The piece traces New York governors Cuomo and Pataki over state aircraft use and costs. It notes Cuomo signed a $130,000 salary raise amid tax quirks, defending mobility uses of a Gulfstream jet and helicopters that taxpayers covered. Pataki, pledging fleet cost cuts, flew to Manhattan for Bel Toro funeral as he contemplates reductions.
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Cuomo
Treasury
The
Herald-Journal
Matilda Cuomo
Pataki
Manhattan
Angelo Bel Toro
Protests Over Carrier Dome Traffic Plan Divide Syracuse
Residents at Pioneer Homes threaten road blockouts to reroute Dome traffic, urging parking surcharges and bus in alternatives. City officials say protests won’t stop the plan while officials seek new routes. DOT and Mobley push for limits on fumes from nearby overpass and steam plant amid air-quality concerns.
Residents protest plan routing traffic through Pioneer Homes
Residents in the Pioneer Homes neighborhood oppose a traffic scheme that would send thousands of cars through their streets on event days at the Carrier Dome. The plan would close part of Adams Street and divert vehicles to bypass a federal air quality monitoring station, raising concerns about safety and pollution exposure.
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Pioneer Homes
Adams and
Townsend
Harlow
Robert Mobley
Tenants Association
Almus Oilver ‘Towers
Burt St
Mobley
Landerkin
Transportation Council
Carrier Dome
East Adams Street
South Townsend
Almond Streets
Syracuse
Onondaga
Oswego
Madison
Corner Dome
Carter Dome
Adams Street
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