Word: corona
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Corona, Calif...
...last year involving three other Brink's defendants together are likely to empty the public coffers of an extra $7 million to $10 million, rendering it the costliest state prosecution in the history of the U.S. The figure makes the two trials of California Mass Murderer Juan Corona ($4.6 million) and the "Hillside Stranglings" case of Angelo Buono ($1.6 million) seem like bargains. The Wayne Williams trial in Atlanta and the related police investigation into the slayings of 29 young blacks ran upwards of $2.5 million...
Another unusual feature, which should make the machine highly useful in a dorm, is the Macintosh's lack of fan noise. The annoying hum prevalent in many small computers--not to mention the commonplace Smith-Corona--has been designed away. The Macintosh cools itself...
Joel T. Stovall Corona, Calif...
Often, news executives who might otherwise be restrained rush the news into print to avoid being scooped. The Oakland Tribune, however, chose to run that risk when it learned that Mass Murderer Juan Corona had wanted to enter a guilty plea at his long and costly ($5 million) retrial, but was dissuaded by his attorneys. Editor Maynard kept the story secret until the trial was complete. He explained: "There was no doubt in my mind that if we had printed the story, it would have caused a mistrial, which could have forced yet another trial and the expenditure of still...