Nashua seniors reach wholesome compromise on Beatles song
Nashua High School seniors and Principal Ronald Jean resolved a sit-in after negotiation over a commencement song. The group agreed to replace the controversial line and sing a wholesome version of With a Little Help from My Friends, emphasizing a first line change to I get by with a little help from my friends.
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Embezzler Kathryn Hock Sentenced in Bucks County Case
Kathryn Hock, former business manager for New Hope-Solebury School District, received 16 months and was ordered to repay 2,043,903 dollars funds taken from 1984 to 1988. She apologized, claiming coercion by Marc and Teresa Suckman, who remain at large after a grand jury probe.
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Teresa Suckman
Los Angeles
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Donations pour in to aid freed Peoria man hostage case
Nursing homes hold bake sales and waitresses donate tips to help raise the ransom for former Peoria man Scott Heimdal 27 held by Colombian kidnappers for over a month. Donations nationwide followed his parents Roy and Marge Heimdal appeals. Funds reached at least 17,000 by Wednesday with more contributions to a trust fund and at-home donations.
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Explorers drill toward buried warplanes in Georgia ruins
CHAMBLEE Ga Explorers bored a 250 foot shaft through the Greenland ice cap to a B 17 bomber buried since World War II sponsor Pat Epps president of the Greenland Expedition Society said they plan to enlarge the hole to reach a hatch If needed someone will descend with electric chain saws The bomber is one of two B 17s and six P 38 fighters crash landed after fuel loss and decoy radio transmissions from German subs in 1942
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Greenland Expedition Society
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Europe
Anti-nuclear protestors arrest on Astoria bridge trespass
Eight Greenpeace activists were arrested after dangling from a bridge to block the USS New Jersey’s entry into the Columbia River. The climbers, using gear on a 205-foot bridge, held Nuclear Free Seas banners and lowered to 50 feet before retreating, then were charged with criminal trespass. The Navy has not disclosed ship nuclear status.
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Author offers to educate vandals who painted swastikas
White Plains judge sentences three youths for spray painting swastikas at Ardsley High School on June 20, 1989. Author James Michener offers to help educate them about the Holocaust, urging them to abandon bigotry. The men will be quizzed on Holocaust knowledge by a panel of three judges on June 25.
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John Carey
Ardsley High School
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Poland
Carey
Michael Morano
Michael Venturino
Neville Anthony Mason
Engine of Death Lane doctor crusades for right to die
Dr. Jack Kevorkian promotes assisted death with a device enabling patients to end their lives. He has faced little formal charges, works largely outside mainstream medicine, and seeks cases to apply his method while remaining isolated from professional bodies. He recalls his roaming search for a supportive clinic and recalls Donahue TV remarks.
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Portland woman dies by own action in Michigan case
Janet Jaine Adkins, 54, of Portland Oregon, died after using a homemade euthanasia device in Michigan following Alzheimer's diagnosis. Family says she remained capable, had lifelong loves of music and mountaineering, and joined Hemlock Society yet sought death for personal reasons. Michigan law has no death by own action statute, while Oakland County prosecutors seek injunction to bar Kevorkian device.
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Hemlock Society
Neil Adkins
Oregon
Oakland County
Richard Thompson
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Frank Kelsey
Thompson
Alice Gilbert
Lawmakers push Senate proxy bill on medical decisions
The Assembly approved a bill allowing New Yorkers to name health care proxies to direct treatment if recovery is unlikely. It faces uncertain Senate action amid opposition from Ralph Marino. The measure, supported by many groups, would let a signer appoint a proxy with two witnesses and revoke it anytime while facilities may refuse proxy decisions on religious grounds with prior notification.
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Kevorkian death device tests Michigan legality politics
Detroit reports Dr. Jack Kevorkian's patient Janet Adkins died after using a button operated device in his van. Legal authorities fear Michigan could become a haven for death by choice, with prosecutors and judges weighing charges and potential restraining orders as lawmakers assess current statutes.
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Alexander Capron
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