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...charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter resulting from technical foul-ups and poor judgment in the operating room. A five-page list detailing the charges specifies that Billig "wrongfully sewed" and tied blood vessels during bypass surgery, "improperly manipulated" heart tissue and, in one case, "tore" a woman's aorta and "improperly repaired" it. Also listed are 24 counts of dereliction of duty for performing unauthorized operations. If he is convicted on all counts, the surgeon, who was commissioned in December 1982, faces dismissal from the Navy and a maximum of 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, 15 of Billig...
...quickly the joyful atmosphere turned ugly as roving mobs tracked down Duvalier's henchmen. When one militiaman was spotted, the frenzied crowd tore off his uniform. Protesters throughout the capital called for "death to the Tonton Macoutes," the secret police that had protected the Duvalier family for 28 years. Terrified by the mob's fury, they tried to hide inside their barracks. A reporter claimed to have seen one Tonton Macoute, cornered by an angry crowd, shoot himself in the head. At week's end as many as 75 people reportedly had been killed...
Mobs of Haitians singled out monuments to the memory of Papa Doc for destruction. At the Leogane traffic circle south of Port-au-Prince, hundreds of people brought a commemorative ironwork structure crashing down. At the national cemetery in the capital, a mob tore apart the late dictator's marble- and-granite mausoleum. Although bodies in nearby crypts were disinterred, Papa Doc's remains were said to have been removed to safety. The tin-roofed house & on 22nd September Street, where the elder Duvalier had once lived, was stoned and set alight. Rampaging groups attacked properties owned by Michele Duvalier...
Flashy second-line center Bourbeau is the Crimson's second-leading scorer and the spark to the hosts' flashy "Killer B" unit. Bourbeau tore a stomach muscle over a week ago in the first Beanpot game, and although he played last weekend at Princeton, he missed the Beanpot consolation. Bourbeau did not practice yesterday, and his injury will probably keep him out this weekend, as well...
...Lesotho people greeted the news with undisguised glee. Crowds jammed the main street of Maseru to cheer the soldiers. Outside the city, celebrators joyously tore down a highway sign bearing Jonathan's name. The news was just as warmly received in South Africa, which allowed three freight trains carrying vital food and gasoline to pass into Lesotho for the first time in three weeks...