Judge upholds non jury trial for Christopher killings case
In Buffalo AP report, Justice Flynn refuses to revisit his earlier ruling allowing Joseph Christopher a non jury trial on four 1980 killings of four Black men in the Buffalo area. Defense claims psychosis and mental instability, but judge rules no change. Trial concerns include a Niagara Falls slaying and separate Niagara County proceedings.
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Joseph Christopher
State Supreme Court
William J. Flynn
Christopher
Mark J. Mahoney
Flynn
Mahoney
Erie County
Niagara Falls
Niagara County
Long Island Sound jolted by first quake since 1937
A 3.4 to 3.7 magnitude quake struck under Long Island Sound at 12 49 pm yesterday. The epicenter was 10 miles northwest of Greenport and 10 miles south of Old Saybrook. No damage or injuries were reported though residents felt a rumble and some chandeliers rattled.
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Moon Pleads Innocent To Tax Evasion Charge
Rev Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, pleads not guilty to filing false income tax returns for three years. He is released on a 250000 personal recognizance bond, surrender of his passport, and travel restrictions. Outside, hundreds of supporters gather with banners and flags as he arrives and faces arraignment.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Moon
Charles Stewart
Stewart
United States
Rev. Moon
Judge Won't Step Aside in Guard Murder Case
Dutchess County Judge Albert Rosenblatt refused to disqualify himself from the Lemuel Smith trial. Defense contends Special Prosecutor William Stanton withheld grand jury evidence suggesting a prison guard or other officers could be involved. Rosenblatt ruled past judicial practice supports impartiality and rejected the motions.
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Dutchess
Lemuel Smith
Green Haven
Donna Payant
Albert M. Rosenblatt
William E. Stanton
No agreement near on new property tax in New York
Governor Carey pushes for a special legislative session to approve a new property tax assessment law by Oct. 30 while acknowledging no clear path to compromise. He backs a GOP Senate concept of seven thousand as a starting point but refuses to adopt it. Discussions also cover oil tax changes, mass transit funding, and welfare aid amid federal cuts.
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Albany
Hugh Carey
Carey
Iam
Arey
Senate
New York City
State Environmental Conservation Department
State sues Con Ed over phantom tax charges
New York Attorney General Robert Abrams files in state Supreme Court alleging Consolidated Edison collected at least 336 million dollars in phantom taxes over ten years by labeling deferred federal taxes as taxes. The suit also targets the Public Service Commission for rate approval.
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New York
Robert Abrams
State Supreme Court
Consolidated Edison
Abrams
State Public Service Commission
New York Telephone Co
PSC
New Yorker
Con Ed
Nathan Riley
Attorney General
New York Telephone
Con Ae
Cameras Allowed in Court in Wayne County Shootings
A Wayne County judge waived state law to permit sheriff's deputies to videotape courtroom testimony of migrant workers who witnessed a fatal shooting of a fellow worker. Judge Carmen R. Parenti acted at prosecutors' request to keep eyewitnesses from Florida and Haiti from becoming unavailable for trial.
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