Judge orders juror anonymity in Pizza Connection trials
A federal judge, Pierre Leval, ordered juror anonymity in two organized crime trials including the Pizza Connection case citing Mafia turncoat Tomasso Buscetta's warning that jurors could be targeted. Jury selection began today as bribe attempts and threats are deemed possible in such cases. Oil cleanup from a Panamanian tanker spill in Delaware River could take months.
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New York
Pizza Connection
U.S
Pierre Leval
Tomasso Buscetta
New York Post
Leval
William Westmoreland
CBS
The
Post
Claymont
Del
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Coast Guard
Edward Roe
Philadelphia
Roe
Edwards weighs self defense in Edwards racketeering trial
Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards and seven co defendants face a federal racketeering trial in New Orleans over a $10 million fraud claim. Edwards, 57, contemplates pleading his own case after advice from attorney James Neal. Opening arguments will outline government allegations of political back scratching, deceit, and bribery.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
James Neal
Nashville
Tenn
U.S
John Volz
Marion
Charles Isbelt
James Wyllie
Ronald Falgout
Phillip Brooks
Designer wins gold treasure award in Key West hunt
In Key West, Debra Benedict won a $50,000 gold bar from a sunken Spanish galleon and a $10,000 emerald after 151 other contestants in a week long treasure hunt. Merchants sponsor the event to boost tourism. Benedict will sell the prizes and donate part to charity. Contestants aged 10 to 78 traveled from as far as the Cayman Islands and stayed up late solving clues across streets, alleys and beaches.
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Key West
Fla
Debra Benedict
Florida Keys
Benedict
Cayman Islands
Urban Indians at conference seek hope amid poverty in cities
About 300 tribal representatives convened to examine urban Indian life, noting half of the 1.5 million surviving Indians live in cities due to mid-1950s termination policies now criticized as a failure. The gathering highlighted squalor and deprivation facing urban Indians and the need for better opportunities.
Spielberg funds new radio dish for SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory
The 84 foot dish near Boston gains a $100,000 computer receiver funded by Steven Spielberg to boost Project Sentinel’s search for intelligent extraterrestrial signals. Carl Sagan and Paul Horowitz lead the effort, aiming at magic frequencies from distant stars with 8 million channels.
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Steven Spielberg
Spielberg
Oak Ridge Observatory
The
Woods
Boston
Jackie Gleason
Carl Sagan
Loséronore
Max
Sagan
Planetary Society
Pasadena
Calif
Paul Horowitz
Harvard University
Project Sentinel
Philip Morrison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ames Research Center
Stanford University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Horowitz
SETI
Zarth
Palo Alto
NASA
Chaucer
Hewlett-Packard
Bleachers Collapse at Tecate Bullring Injures Dozens
Vacationers describe a sudden collapse of temporary bleachers during the Pamplomada bull run near Tecate. Injured victims were carried out on makeshift stretchers. some were airlifted to hospitals in Tecate, Tijuana, and the United States. Officials initially reported about 200 injured as crowds watched the event unfold.
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Cincinnati
Jerry Shoemaker
Shoemaker Ambulance Service
Darla Wis-Bailey
Tri-State Travel Tours
Galena, NL
Washington, D.C
Page al
Anthony Guerreri
Centereach
Long
Land
David Kahn
del Mar
Calif
Chuck Ellis
San Diego
Ellis
Martinez
Tecate
Tijuana
United States
Los Angeles Times
Local liquor stores weigh impact of tax rise
Industry voices split on effects with Birnbaum predicting losses for Monarch Liquor while others expect minimal change. Retailers note higher prices for some brands may hit restaurants and consumers, yet anti drunken driving groups see only a limited behavioral shift.
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Lichtman & Co
Liverpool
Stanley Dean
Ray
S. Salina St
Areaavenas
Jack Burns
Jack Appleseed
Erie Blvd. East
New York Times
Robert Sievers
Distilled Spirits Council
Washington
Sievers
Monarch Liquor
Birnbaum
Council
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Swett
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Birbaum
Monarch
Steven W. Bradley
Skadeateles Liquor Shop
Bradley
Lewis Rothenberg
Nottingham Discount Liquors
Central New York Retail Liquor Dealers Association
William Crandall
Peter Lau
County Office of Traffic Safety
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