Cuban hijacker on Miami to New York flight sparks security debate
A gray haired Cuban man with a wired neck device hijacked Eastern Flight 24 from Miami to New York and diverted to Havana. The plane landed six hours late at LaGuardia after the hijacker was seized in Cuba. FBI and FAA said no immediate security upgrades planned despite three hijackings this month.
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New York
Miami
Federal Aviation
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
la Guardia
Havana
Amy O’brien
Carlos Arias
Miami International Airport
Eastern
Jim Ashlock
Ashlock
FBI
Federal Aviation Administration
Barker
U.S
Capitol Air
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Chris Mazzella
AP Lasar
Miami International
De Lorean Ridiculed for Claiming Innocence in Drug Case
Prosecutors ridicule John Z. De Lorean’s innocence claims in newly released court papers. They describe him fondling 25 kilograms of Colombian cocaine on videotape and toasting his narcotics future during the sting operation. Trial set for August 9 with co-defendants Harrick and Arrington.
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Los Angeles
John Z. de Lorean
U.S
Robert Takasugi
Associated Press
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Takasugi
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
de Lorean
Northern Ireland
William Morgan Herrick
Stephen Lee Arrington
James Walsh
CWA Leaders Emphasize Human Touch in Information Age
The Communications Workers of America frames its role as a people centric union guiding workers through rapid tech changes. It pledges contracts and work rules that preserve dignity while ensuring technology serves individuals, recalling early automation in telephone service and urging a productive transition to the Information Age.
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CWA
The
Communications Workers of America
Detective sues Colt over gun discharge injuring officer
Grand Rapids detective Allen Darzniek sues Colt Industries Corp claiming a .45 pistol discharged while in his waistband wounding him in the buttocks. He alleges the weapon was misrepresented as suitable for police work and failed to warn buyers that it could fire with a round in the chamber. He seeks damages for injuries medical expenses and humiliation.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Allen Darznick
Darzniek
Colt Industries Corp
Military joins slaying probe linked to Palestinian suspect
In Troy Alabama authorities say Sami Aburahama 23 is charged with murder and four counts of attempted murder after he allegedly wounded Arab companions and rammed a maroon van into a pickup killing the female driver Dorothy Hartley 54. An Israeli made Uzi and four other weapons were found in the van. Military intelligence officers joined the investigation as documents in the van suggested PLO ties.
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Troy, Ala
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sami Aburahama
Doug Bennefield
Bennefield
Pike County
Joel Folmar
Aburahama
PLO
Dorothy Hartley
Troy
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Jack Barker
Atlanta
Camillus
Fayetteville
Highbridge Bt
Syracuse Circle
Penn Can Mall
CWA Security
Afl-Cio
K St. NW
Washington
Newhouse News Service
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