Abscam defendants seek verdict overturned in probe
Attorneys for seven convicted in the FBI Abscam sting ask a federal judge to overturn convictions amid charges of gross improprieties and illegality. The hearing may require high officials to testify as questions of due process and government misconduct loom, with Judge George C. Pratt to set scope.
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Richard T. Pienciak
New York
FBI
Abscam
Philadelphia
Raymond Lederer
D-Pa
Michael Myers
John Murphy
N.Y
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
Abdul Enterprises
Anthony Amoroso
Tony DeVi
Benjamin Civiletti
William Webster
U.S
George C. Pratt
Myers
Pratt
Murphy-Thompson
Lederer
Carey State of the State draws criticism from educators and labor leaders
ALBANY UPI Critics call out omissions in Gov. Hugh Carey's State of the State message. Raymond Corbett cites low unemployment and disability benefits and denounces up to 800 million in tax cuts as voodoo economics. Edwin Robisch urges a 250 million education rise to avert higher property taxes. Carol Bellamy laments subway capital needs and urges a 14 billion, 10 year plan to prevent transit collapse.
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Hugh Carey
New York City Council
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Afl-Cio
Raymond Corbett
New York Educators Association
Edwin Robisch
Carol Bellamy
Corbett
New York State
New York
Meyer Frucher
State Office of Employee Relations
State Labor Department
Frucher
Robisch
Counter Nazi Rally Plans Spark Buffalo News Conference
Civil rights groups edge toward a counter demonstration to a neo Nazi rally in Niagara Square Buffalo with lawyer William Kunstler among attendees and 300 from New York City expected. City denies permits yet organizers proceed as King Day observances shift nearby.
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Buffalo
1JPI
William Kunstler
Niagara Square
Dennis Serrette
National Black Communication Coalition
Larry Holmes
World Workers Party
Victor Carpenter
Arlington Street
Boston
Mass
Kunstler
New York City
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
Lafayette Square
United Auto Workers International
Douglas A. Fraser
Erie County
Edward Cosgrove
Senate chamber renovation draws mixed reviews in Albany
The Albany Senate enters a 18 month remodeling phase with $2.5 million in work to revive original Richardson design. New 100000 iron gates by Albert Paley divide lobby from side rooms amid mixed reactions. reporters chairs remain until 1982. Cuomo jokes about the Dantean doors while Thompson notes no federal funding.
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UPI
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Senate
Roger Thompson
Signer
H.H. Richardson
Thompson
Mario Cuomo
Albert Paley
Rochester
Cuomo
Hell
U.S
Possible Sinatra linked to theater skimming probe
A New York grand jury continues a probe into whether Frank Sinatra and associates skimmed theater proceeds at the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown. Witness Louis Pacella, a Sinatra friend and alleged Mafia member, testified about under the table payments tied to Sinatra appearances in 1976 and 1977. Pacella, who was sentenced for tax evasion, denies Sinatra wrongdoing. Bank records and testimonies also implicate others close to Sinatra.
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Arnold H. Lubasch
New York Times Service
New York
Frank Sinatra
Westchester
Manhattan
Sinatra
Sheldon Roskin
Louis Pacella
Westchester Premier Theater
Nathaniel H. Akerman
Akerman
Pacella
Jilly Rizzo
Mickey Rudin
Tarrytown
Funzi Tieri
Barry J. Slotnick
Slotnick
Aladena Fratianno
Harris defense in second week in Tarnower murder trial
In White Plains AP reports the defense enters its second week of testimony in Jean Harris’s murder trial. Prosecutors say Harris killed Her ma Tarnower, a Diet doctor, during a jealous rage over another affair while the defense argues Tarnower’s death followed Harris’s suicidal act.
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White Plains
Jean Harris
Scarsdale
Herman Tarnower
Joel Burnou
Albany man dies in second floor apartment blaze
Albany authorities say 23 year old William J. Carey died in a fire that gutted the second floor of a building at 74 Bradford Street. He suffered third degree burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. The blaze began around 6 30 am and destroyed the second floor while the first floor suffered smoke and water damage. Fire investigators continued the probe.
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Albany
UPI
William J. Carey
Bradford St
Carey
Off-duty officer killed in Queens bar hold-up
An off duty New York City police officer, Robert E. Walsh, 36, was shot and killed at the BVD Bar and Grill in Maspeth after drawing his revolver on three armed masked robbers who barged in. Walsh died at Wyckoff Hospital after being struck in the head. The three suspects fled in a beige late model Chevrolet. a witness fired at the getaway car.
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NEW York
Robert E. Walsh
Walsh
Bvd
Flushing Avenue
Maspeth
Queens
Seventh Precinct
Manhattan
Walsh Drew
Wyckoff Hospital
Lottery Winners in New York Latin Drawings Report
UPI reports Saturday Latin drawing numbers 30 18 4 19 1 11 with supplementary 26. Daily numbers gate winner 580 on Saturday, with Friday’s 666 appearing in the record.
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New York
UPI
New Regulation Change Filed by New York Telephone
The Public Service Commission is asked to adopt a revised regulation effective January 29, 1981 allowing co and d action of customer provided premises wiring for one button and one button plus holding pickup with mechanical hold telephones on residential and non coin business service in addition to non Kay telephones. The regulation details are available for inspection at New York Telephone Company offices and in the Public Service Commission tabulations.
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Public Service Commission
Tnatrica
Public Service Commision
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