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...highlight the visit of President Reagan to the Bitburg cemetery in West Germany. This event was condemned by numerous religious and veterans' groups and was widely perceived to be insensitive to the memory of those who perished during the tumultuous years of World War II. Noach Dear, Councilman 32nd District, Brooklyn New York
...ranking officials from lobbying for any foreign principal in the ten years after they leave office. It is outrageous that public service is being used as a training academy for lobbyists who will enrich themselves on $250,000 annual retainers from Singapore and Brazil. Howard Wolpe, U.S. Representative Third District, Michigan Washington...
...that is not quite the end of the story. Fidelity at first canceled the park district's insurance, but eventually renewed for much less coverage at a greatly increased premium. "Park districts are a terrible risk for any carrier to have to assume," explains Jacob. Finally, the park district, gun-shy because several suits are still pending against it, began tearing down all jungle gyms and slides over 6½ ft. high and carting them out of the city's 513 playgrounds. "Accidents happen no matter what you do," says Park District Treasurer Jack Matthews. "In the past, when Johnny fell...
...floodlight off the roof of a California high school as a lark; he fell through the skylight and suffered loss of the use of all four limbs, plus severe brain damage. The skylight had been painted the same color as the roof and was indistinguishable at night; the school district knew that it was dangerous because someone else had been killed falling through a similar skylight at another school six months earlier, and had scheduled the skylight for repainting. It settled out of court for $260,000, plus $1,200 a month initially, to be increased by 3% each year...
Police admit they are stymied. Says Francesco Fleury, the district attorney in charge of the investigation: "The man could be your respectable next-door neighbor, a man beyond any suspicion." The authorities thought they had a lead last year. On Sept. 8, two French tourists camped in a tent became the latest victims. The woman's body was slashed 100 times, and one of her breasts was cut off with a sharp instrument. One day later police received an envelope addressed with letters cut from a newspaper. Its grotesque contents: part of the woman's genitalia. On the morning...