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Residents of northern Colorado can sleep a little easier now that 82-year-old Jack Kelm is back behind bars. Two weeks ago, police nabbed the octogenarian as he pedaled away from an alleged stickup at a Longmont, Colo., bank on a stolen bicycle. Kelm has confessed to a string of stickups committed, he said, to supplement his Social Security check. With a rap sheet covering nearly seven decades, he is believed to be the oldest bank robber on record. If convicted of all charges, Kelm could be sentenced to 120 years in the slammer...
Neither in Poland nor in Kampuchea could these dramatic reversals have been made without the sponsorship of Gorbachev. They follow a string of precedents set by the Soviet Union: its first contested elections in 71 years; withdrawal from Afghanistan; constructive mediation in southern Africa; offers of significant cuts in the Warsaw Pact's conventional-force structure in Europe; and even, despite reports of an unwelcome sale of jet bombers to Libya, suggestions of a generally more helpful approach to the Middle East...
Cleveland, coming off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees, pulled to within 3-2 on Carter's homer, which snapped Boddicker's scoreless string against the Indians at 16 and two-thirds innings...
Without a doubt, the easiest match of the day was at fourth singles. Mulvehal blasted Meredith Stein, 6-0, 6-0, continuing her four-year Ivy individual match undefeated string...
...wreck was the bloodiest in Amtrak's history. On Jan. 4, 1987, a string of Conrail locomotives rolled past warning signals near Baltimore and collided with a high-speed passenger train carrying more than 600 people. The fiery crash killed 16 and injured 176. Public dismay turned to anger when it was revealed that engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana at the controls of the Conrail train. Gates admitted the drug use and pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a urine test, required by the Government of railroad employees involved in serious accidents, revealed traces of marijuana. The tragedy fueled...