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...Atlanta) have in recent years enacted relatively stringent fire codes. But nearly all, including Las Vegas, have grandfather clauses that exempt existing buildings or require only minor improvements. Miami Beach, for example, adopted a tough code in 1976 but only requires its existing hotels to install, among other measures, manual fire alarms and emergency doors. A team of Miami Beach fire officials is going to Las Vegas to see what lessons the MGM Grand Hotel case holds for their city. Admits Assistant Fire Chief Braniard Dorris: "The potential [for a similar fire in Miami Beach] is there...
...first murder, of a Leeds prostitute, in October 1975, the police are not close to an arrest. They have, however, built up a general picture of the killer; they know his blood type and shoe size and believe that he is between 30 and 50, an artisan or manual worker, powerfully built and white. Still, they cannot explain many points, including the variable intervals between killings that range from as little as three weeks to as long as 14 months...
...Milk cow by hand, now lawn with manual mower, cultivate garden with handplow, become independent of gasoline driven machine, substitute candlelight for electricity...
Among thousands of former New Jersey convicts, a new 18-page manual called Clearing the Record is must reading. Put together by two experts at a Camden legal clinic for the poor, it tells how a criminal slate can be wiped clean under a year-old state "expungement" law that is the most advanced of its kind in the nation. The statute offers no help to most repeat offenders and those guilty of serious crimes like robbery and rape; rather, it is aimed at people who have fallen afoul of the law once or twice but have otherwise...
Expungement is in demand because a criminal record can prevent a person from getting a job, admission to a school or financial credit. A record can also be psychologically haunting. Stephan Haimowitz, one of the manual's authors, says interest in expungement is keen among older people, "who seem to have an emotional desire to leave this world with an unblemished record...