Boston Jury Convicts Two Men in Subway Death
In Suffolk Superior Court a jury finds Francis Devin and William Joyce guilty of manslaughter for the chase that led William Atkinson to the subway tracks. They are also convicted on three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The panel was sequestered overnight and returned verdicts this morning.
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Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
Francis X. Devin
William M. Joyce
William F. Atkinson
Roger Donahue
Teen drives stolen bus in multi-county chase
Francisco Rodriguez, 17, faces 10 counts of aggravated battery and 10 counts of aggravated assault plus reckless driving, lacking a valid license, and resisting arrest with violence in Broward County. The chase damaged nine police cruisers and injured three officers. additional charges were possible in Dade County.
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Miami
Highway Patrol
Francisco Rodriguez
Broward County
Florida Highway Patrol
J.C. Baker
Dade County
Baker
Defense Fund to fight loss of NAACP label
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund plans an appeal after a federal judge ruled it cannot use the NAACP initials. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued an injunction to stop the shorthand, citing potential confusion among contributors, and NAACP leaders voiced hopes for reconciliation between the two groups.
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Washington
Naacp Legal Defense Fund Inc
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
NAACP
Doctors attend Clark funeral in Washington
The University of Utah Medical Center delegation attends Barney Clark's funeral in Federal Way. Surgeons Dr. William De Vries and Lyle Joyce who implanted the artificial heart, inventor Robert Jarvik, and others from the team are among the mourners. Dr. Willem Kolff delivers the eulogy at the LDS church stake center.
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Federal Way
Wash
UPI
Barney Clark
University of Utah Medical Center
Clark
William de Vries
Lyle Joyce
Robert Jarvik
Helen Kee
Linda Gianelli
Peg Miller
Quirks in the news These firemen just couldn't get to blaze
Sixteen firemen chasing a Wolf Point Montana call were 294 miles off. They mistook Debbie Scott's address and arrived late as her house in Billings burned. Damage reached four thousand dollars. Ike the bull seal in Baltimore seeks a female mate after spring fever, but breeding is impossible with the smaller harbor seals. Officials seek a partner elsewhere.
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Billings
Mont
UPI
Wolf Point
Debbie Scott
Scotts
Scott
Montana Public Service Commission
Mountain Bell Directory Assistance
Dale
Baltimore
Ike
National Aquarium
Mystic Marinelife Aquarium
Connecticut
Bill Flynn Jr
Satellite malfunctions after launch of $53 million search and rescue craft
At Vandenberg NASA reports a $53 million satellite designed for global search and rescue failed shortly after lift off. The device controlling stability malfunctioned causing the craft to rotate like a propeller. NASA spokesmen express confidence the issue can be fixed.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Jim Elliott
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Elliott
United States
Los Angeles
NASA
Supreme Court rules Minnesota paper tax on press unconstitutional
The Supreme Court 8 to 1 strikes down Minnesota’s tax on paper and ink used by large newspapers as a First Amendment violation. Justice O’Connor says the tax targets the press and risks burdensome charges, threatening press independence. Star Tribune challenges the tax and wins. Rehnquist dissents calling it a hollow victory for papers. Iowa and other states’ use taxes noted.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Sandra Day O'Connor
Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co
High
William Rehnquist
Star Tribune Company
Minnesota Department of Revenué
Iowa
Cuban couple freed from Cuban prisons after four months
Berni Hofstadter and Gina Strickland of Brownsville were released after four months in Cuban jails. They were forced to confess to drug smuggling and spy allegations under isolation and poor conditions, then flown home with Rep. Mickey Leland. They denied the charges and credited diplomatic effort for their release.
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Houston
Texas
Berni Hofstadter
Gina Strickland
Brownsville
Hobby Airport
Mickey Leland
D-Texas
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Hofstadter
Cayman Islands
Florida
CIA
Ms. Strickland
Weather snapshot across the Northeast and nation today
Rain and snow linger in the Northeast with light precipitation from West Virginia to Maine. Thundershowers forecast for Texas and Oklahoma later, rain Pacific Northwest, snow in northern New England. Clear in southern New England and mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Southwest. Temperatures range 5 to 70. Air quality good at 38.
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West Virginia
Maine
Ohio
New York State
Texas
Oklahoma
Pacific Northwest
New England
mid-Atlantic States
Great Lakes Region
Southwest
Marquette
Mich
Key West
Fla
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Tau Kappa Epsilon
Cleveland State University
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