Moon Aides Face Tax Charges Seen as Witch Hunt
AP reports federal indictments accuse Rev Sun Myung Moon and aide Takeru Kamiyama of false tax returns for 1973 74 75 including $112 000 in interest and $70 000 in stock dealings. Church leaders denounce the case as harassment while detailing Tong II and Tong Il ties and corporate record changes.
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New York
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
South Korea
Moon
Takeru Kamiyama
Tarrytown
Mose Durst
United States
Justice Department
Kamiyama
Tong 1 Enterprises Inc
Korea
Tong II
Hak Ja Han
Chase Manhattan Bank
Rex
Mose Burst
Unification Church of the
New trial ordered in 1973 libel case
New York Court of Appeals orders a new trial for New York Magazine and Sandy Treadwell in the 1973 libel suit against Hamilton Maule, who died earlier this year. The ruling affirms Maule as a public figure and sends the case back to the state Supreme Court for retrial.
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John Strachan
Albany
Court of Appeals
New York
Sandy Treadwell
Sports Illustrated
Hamilton
Tex” Maule
Maule
Treadwell
Andre Laguerre
Supreme Court
Manhattan
State Supreme Court
Robert Abrams
Brooklyn
Meade Esposito
Long Island
Esposito
Abrams
Kings County
Suffolk Meadows
Yaphank
Chesterfield
Essex County
Ronald Bailey
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Henry Bennage
Lyman Martin
Bailey
Canada vows action against U S polluters
Ontario to sue U S environmental agencies unless urgent steps clean up the Niagara River. Premier Davis and Ontario officials push firmer action after reports EPA study, a task force plan, and a three year study alleging up to 560 million gallons daily of toxic waste entering the river.
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Toronto
Ontario
U.S
Niagara River
Keith Norton
Norton
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The
Buffalo
N.Y
Evening News
EPA
New York
Public Interest
Niagara
New York State
Robert Slater
Canadian Environment Department
Canada
William Davis
Hugh Carey
Robert Flacke
State
Utilities adopt bill of rights for customers in New York
Albany AP Acting under a mandate the Public Service Commission issued a Utility Consumer Bill of Rights. The rules aim to curb service denials and terminations for nonpayment and create a toll free line for customers facing health or safety threats. They require 20 days of continued service during medical emergencies and extend that if needed, protect elderly households in winter, cover two family homes on one meter, require PSC approval of estimated bills, and mandate easy payment plans with possible direct penalty payouts to customers for noncompliance.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
PSC
Medicaid study upends NYC welfare money myth
In New York City about 35 percent of Medicaid funds go to nursing home care for under 4 percent of recipients. The study shows 36.1 percent funds in hospital care for 19.3 percent of recipients, with 45 percent to those eligible for Medicaid but not welfare. Elderly, disabled and SSI recipients drive costs.
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Albany
New York City
Barbara Blum
Jew York
State Eyes Cuts to Home Relief Eligibility
Albany AP reports state welfare officials plan to ask the Legislature to tighten Home Relief eligibility to align with ADC standards after Reagan budget cuts. About 36 000 people aged 18 to 21 and 5 000 parents could be shifted away, saving about 80 million though overall welfare rolls may rise due to additional federal cuts.
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Albany
New York
Barbara Blum
Social Services
Richard Chady
Blum
Ena
Reward Offered for Nun Rapist as Clergy Attacks Rise
New York officials posted a 10000 reward for the man who raped a nun in a convent and scratched 27 crosses on her body. Mayor Edward Koch and Police Commissioner Robert McGuire urged harsher penalties and called for a death penalty revival. Earlier, a teen sprayed mace on a religious brother near a church and robbed him of 100 dollars, marking a third clergy assault in a week.
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New York
UPI
Edward Koch
Robert McGuire
East Harlem
Odre undergoes surgery after Rome pope attack
Ann Odre, a Buffalo woman wounded in the May 13 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, underwent surgery to redirect an intestinal bypass. The 58 year old widow is listed in stable condition at Buffalo General Hospital after a June return from Rome and 39 days hospital stay.
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Odre
Buffalo
Ann Odre
Pope John Paul II
Rome
Valerie Lamarca
Buffalo General Hospital
United States
Rochester fisherman drowns after boat capsizes in bay
In Irondequoit Bay near Rochester, diver Jack D. Wendt of Ontario Center drowned after his 14 foot fiberglass boat took on water and capsized near the Route 104 bridge. Passenger Arnold Myers, also aboard, was rescued after remaining with the overturned craft.
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Rochester
Irondequoit Bay
Monroe County
Jack D. Wendt
Ontario Center
Arnold Myers
Wendt
Myers
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