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...contender who, along with Truck Driver John Artis, was convicted in 1967 of shooting three people in a Paterson, N.J., tavern; by a U.S. district judge, on the ground that the verdict was based on prejudice and prosecutors' errors. The case received national attention in 1976, when the New Jersey Supreme Court threw out the original convictions. Bob Dylan championed Carter's plight in song and, along with Boxer Muhammad Ali, helped raise a $600,000 defense fund. The two men were convicted again in a retrial after which Carter served nine more years in prison...
...help of an extra incentive: a company-sponsored program that rewards employees for taking steps to safeguard health. By attending smoking or stress workshops, exercising for at least 20 minutes, keeping their weight down, wearing seat belts while driving, or installing smoke detectors at home, employees of the New Jersey consumer health-care giant can earn "Live-for-Life dollars," good for such items as clocks, fire extinguishers, Frisbees and sweat suits. Says Benda, who chalks up about 15 "dollars" a week for running and weight lifting: "The goodies are psychological incentives that can sometimes motivate me to work...
...Washington conference billed as the U.S. Congressional Summit on Exchange Rates and the Dollar, some 400 international finance experts began talking about new ways of doing things. Sponsored by Presidential Hopefuls Jack Kemp, a Republican Representative from New York, and Bill Bradley, a Democratic Senator from New Jersey, the two-day conference attracted such luminaries as Jacques Attali, counselor to French President François Mitterrand, New York Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn and Yusuke Kashiwagi, board chairman of the Bank of Tokyo. No agreements were reached, but a consensus emerged: more must be done to narrow currency fluctuations...
Harvard (4-5, 1-3 Ivy) traveled to New Jersey Saturday hoping to end a three-game skid, against one of only three teams on its schedule not ranked in the top 25. Recent history, however, was not on the Crimson’s side, as Harvard held a 14-game losing streak against the Tigers. Make that...
With the first and third doubles matches complete—a split between the Crimson and the Tigers (13-7, 2-3)—the fate of the doubles point rested squarely on the shoulders of the players occupying Princeton’s middle court Saturday in New Jersey...