GOP Delay on Cuomo Challenger Darkens State Convention
Albany sources say New York Republicans lack a high profile candidate to face Gov. Mario Cuomo with party chair J. Patrick Barrett admitting only Herb Holland and Herb London showing interest. Assembly Minority Leader Clarence Rappleyea declined to run, leaving Barrett hopeful but unsure about a nomination. Cuomo plans a third term as GOP efforts head toward convention.
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Memorial names spark small town feud in Cheektowaga
Residents dubbed the seven as the Lucky Seven while critic Farle Rosenthal says locals oppose the memorial. Anonymous calls and ridicule follow the dispute over the tribute. Police report a separate fatal highway crash on the Thruway near Montgomery County killed Bing Kwan Miu Kwan and two Kwans, ages 21 and 22.
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March for racial peace in Brooklyn near boycotted Korean stores
About 100 marchers from a civil rights coalition in Flatbush protested bias related violence as police in riot gear watched. The event targeted two Korean owned stores amid a broader call for unity across races while past assaults were recalled and a black woman reported an earlier incident. Norman Siegel urged New Yorkers to stand against racism.
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Dinkins pleads for end to racial hate in Harlem
Mayor David Dinkins delivered a plea for racial peace from a burned Harlem church pulpit and led a Martin Luther King Jr memorial march through Midtown Manhattan. He urged the city to calm hot rhetoric ahead of Nelson Mandela's upcoming visit, stressing unity and peace.
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Kashmir religious leader slain in Srinagar amid tensions
Gunmen killed Maulvi Mohammad Farooq in his Srinagar office as U S delegates began talks in New Delhi. Aide says three unidentified youths abducted him and wore Western clothes. Curfew imposed. thousands mourners gathered at the hospital and headed to Jami Masjid.
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South Korea Demand Halt to Violent Protests in City
South Korea officials urged an end to three days of violent protests in Kwangju, as radical student leaders demanded police be held responsible for a student’s death after a fatal head injury from a Saturday train incident linked to the demonstrations.
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