White couple fights Connecticut policy to adopt black baby
In Vernon Connecticut the white foster parents of a four month old black child challenge what they call an unwritten state policy against interracial adoptions. State social worker George Lincoln testified he placed the infant with the Lusas at five days old on March 16 for a temporary home and did not know of such a policy. The Lusas seek to keep the child as a foster child pending adoption, arguing the state seeks to reclaim the baby for a more suitable home. The attorney general says the couple has the child illegally. Judge Harry Hammer allows custody to continue pending the hearing outcome. Lincoln apologized in court for the error in judgment.
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Vernon, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
George Lincoln
Vernon Superior Court
Lincoln
Brotherhood of Man
Stephen O'Neill
Superior Court
Harry Hammer
Lusas
31 Bodies Left in Defunct Kansas City Mortuary
Kansas City health officials uncovered 31 decaying bodies in a closed midtown mortuary, many in caskets or on tables. In the basement three high stacks and a sheet moving revealed the grisly scene as investigators described a filthy, abandoned site with embalming fluids on the floor. Authorities noted missing death certificates and an ongoing effort to revoke owner Don Coldsnow’s license brought by the Missouri Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.
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Kansas City, Mo
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City Health
Richard Biery
Biery
Jackson County
Bonita Peterson
Missouri Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Don Coldsnow
State Board
Murder trial for doctor begins after nine years
Alfred and Mildred Kassab from Cranbury New Jersey waited through jury seating on the first day of Dr Jeffrey R MacDonalds federal murder trial. MacDonald an emergency room physician faced charges in the 1970 stabbing deaths of his wife Collette and two daughters Kimberly and Kristen. The Kassabs supported him after years of investigation and delays as prosecutors pursue the case begun after grand jury actions and appeals.
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UPI
Alfred
Mildred Kassab
Cranbury
N.J
Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Kassabs
Kassab
MacDonald
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