Peter Pan pirate dies and Captain Hook star Cyril Ritchard
Cyril Ritchard, famed for portraying Captain Hook opposite Mary Martin in Peter Pan, died at 79 in Chicago from cardiac arrest after a hospitalization since November 25. The Sydney native won a 1954 Tony for Peter Pan and had Broadway and television roles, with a planned funeral in Ridgefield Conn.
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Five Men Rob Carliele Hotel Safe on Upper East Side
Five men wearing wigs and mustaches held employees at the Carlyle Hotel on New York City's Upper East Side at about 4 am and rifled the safe deposit boxes. They escaped with valuables of unknown total. police found a handgun and police radio left behind. No injuries reported. The thieves left the disguises and did not provide a theft estimate.
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Ordinary guy with big heart dies in rescue
Dennis Michael Van Dyke, 34, a Kansas City construction worker, died after repeatedly stabbing while trying to stop an abduction. Witnesses say he jumped on the assailant, leaving with a woman and two men in a car. Widow Kristine Van Dyke recalls his protective nature as police seek three suspects. He would have marked his third wedding anniversary on December 26.
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Canforas to get $$ for arrest
Portage County Sheriff Allan McKinnick paid 4000 to Albert and Ann Canfora for false arrest near Kent State campus after a July demonstration against a gym. McKinnick apologized for arresting them at a roadblock leaving the protest site. The ACLU said the settlement upholds that lawmen are bound by the law.
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U.S and Vietnam begin new round of talks in Paris
In Paris UPI reports the United States and Vietnam opened a fresh round of talks to establish normal diplomatic and commercial relations. Police dispersed a protest by about a dozen Vietnamese refugees outside the Vietnamese Embassy as talks started at 10 a.m. Inside, officials discussed the three Americans held after allegedly sailing a yacht into Vietnamese waters.
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