Murderer convicted 26 years after Long Island slaying
Rudolph John Hoff, 56, was found guilty by a Suffolk County jury of second degree murder in the 1954 killing of Kathryn Ann Damm, whose nude body was found near Pinelawn. Hoff had been linked to the case after detectives revisited files in 1979. He confessed at a pretrial hearing but the judge ruled the confession invalid for lacking legal counsel. Hoff faces 25 years to life. first degree murder charges were also filed but do not carry the death penalty in this case.
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Riverhead
N.Y
UPI
Long Island
Suffolk
Steven Willutis
Rudolph John Hoff
Suffolk County
Kathryn Ann Damm
Hoff
Doyle
New York
Robert Doyle
Willutis
Freeport
Thomas Gill
Italians clash over quake relief in parliament
In Rome the ruling Christian Democrats and the Communist Party argued in parliament over relief work as demolition teams began dynamiting crumbling walls in quake devastated villages. Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani accused the Communists of exploiting the disaster for political gain.
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Rome
Italy
UPI
Christian Democrats
Communist Party
Arnaldo Forlani
Naples
Interior Ministry
Forlani
Courts defied as 3 whites attend school
In Alexandria Louisiana three white girls Ramona Carbo Lynda McNeal and Michelle Laborde were escorted into Buckeye High School by sheriff deputies defying a federal order for desegregation. District Judge Nauman Scott had ordered the girls removed from Buckeye after a custody dispute and legal sparring over integration in Rapides Parish.
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Alexandria
Lips
Buckeye High School
Buckeye
Charles Waites
Ramona Carbo
Lynda McNeal
Michelle Laborde
Richard Lee
Nauman Scott
Rapides Parish
Scott
Rapides
Lee
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