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AROUND NEW YORK Sharpton stabbed in Bensonhurst Teenager killed in Massena house fire

MASSENA, N.Y. IAP) - A lGyear-old youth was killed and his parents were injured when a fire swept through their northern New York home, state police said. State police said Ryan Smith died in Friday's early-morning fire. Police said the boy's father tried to rescue his son from an upstairs bedroom but was unable to reach him. The teen-ager was declared dead at the scene of the fire. His fa­ther Lynn Smith, 49. suffered burns to his feet and his mother Pat­sy Smith, 50, suffered burns to her head and face. Both were reported in stable condition at Massena Memorial Hospital. Lynn Smith said the fire broke out near a fireplace that had been in use.

Court to decide on cose of note-taking juror ALBANY. N.Y. (API — New York's top court is being asked to

throw out the convictions of two robbers whose take was a stack of adult magazines from New York City's Grand Central Terminal. At the heart of the case is the question of whether the verdict against the men was prejudiced because a juror took notes about the com­plicated string of charges the men faced. Note-taking by jurors has a long and controversial history in New York .Recording to court papers filed by both sides in the case. Jurprs_are allowed to jot down

.facts tqjog their memories — if the notes concern testimony or evi­dence at a trial? according to court papers. But lawyers for the mag­azine thieves argue that the state Legislature has expressly forbid^ den the taking of notes on the charges defendants face.

Wife testifies in Buffalo bodyguard murder trial BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A woman charged wkh the shooting

death of her husband, a bodyguard for celebrities, testified that he was obsessed with a fear of being killed. Robert DiGiulio feared for his life because of problems with organized crime and his work with the FBI. Anita DiGiulio Marvin said Friday at her state Supreme Court trial for the DiGiulio's 1985 murder. She said he was so obsessed with the thought of his own death that about a year before he was shot he got boxing champion Larry Holmes, one of his employers, to agree to pay for his funeral. Marvin testified that her husband had money problems and trouble with underworld associates and constantly predicted he would be killed. As a result of his fears and threats on his life, she and her husband were work­ing with the FBI when DiGiulio was shot outside their home on April 17, 1985, she said.

Binghamton labor bosses odmit to racketeering BINGHAMTON, NY. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Bingham-

ton-area laborers have their union back now that three top labor of­ficials have pleaded guilty to racketeering-related charges. "We have removed these people from Local 7 and we have returned that union to its members," said Gary L. Sharpe, assistant U.S. attorney. "Contractors who work in this community won't have to suffer ex­tortion demands from them any more." Peter Pavlisak, 65, of Binghamton. business manager of Laborers •International Union Local 7 for 32 years, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a charge of racketeering conspiracy as did Michael "Mickey" Lovaglia. 53. of Vestal, union president and field representative, and Martin T. "Booty" Chine, 59. of Deposit, executive board member and steward.

Albany Law School picks new dean ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — John Baker, a professor of law at Indiana

University and former dead of Howard University Law School, has been selected as the 13th dean in Albany Law School history. Baker, 50, is the first black dean in the school's 140-year history. "We are pleased that Mr. Baker has accepted the position," said James Con-way. cnairman 6f Albany Law's board uf uuslees. On Friday. Poker teaches courses on corporate law, civil rights and contracts at In­diana. He once served as law clerk to U P n»«fn>t Pmirt .Ttirfgg

By CATHERINE CROCKER Associated Press Wnter

NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton was stabbed in the chest Saturday afternoon minutes before the controversial black activist was about to lead a protest march through Ben­sonhurst. The alleged attacker was arrested and another was in police custody.

The knife-wielding assailant, 27-year-old Michael Riccardi of Brooklyn, was immediately sub­dued by police assigned to pro-t e c t m a r c h e r s i n t h e p r e d o m i n a n t l y w h i t e neighborhood, said police spokesman Sgt. Ed Burns. Ric­cardi is white.

Sharpton was rushed to Coney Island Hospital by another mar­cher, arriving there about 15 minutes after the 1:30 p.m. stabbing. He was "stable, coir-

"scious and resting ^omfortahly*" said hospital spokeswoman Bar­bara Sullivan.

A second man was also being questioned at thp fi?nH Prf^inct _ Neither had been formally charged, although Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes said a grand jury will get the case Monday.

The stabbing occurred in a schoolyard at 20th Avenue and 67th Street, just blocks from the site where a white gang cornered and killed 16-year-old black youth Yusuf Hawkins. The slain teen's parents were at the Saturday march.

Sharpton held the rally in response to lenient sentences given Friday to two of the young men involved in the at­tack on Hawkins.

Dr. Lenora Fulani. a marcher who heads the New Alliance Party, said the attacker "came through a line of about 100

jcops...After Rev. Sharpton was ""stabbecT the "cops madeTR* move. They had no medical services there, no ambulance in a situa­tion that was clearly explosive."

She said Hawkins' father Moses Stewart "tackled" the

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The Rev. Al Sharpton (wearing black) reaches out to a minister during an October 1990 rally in Schuylerville, N Y . Sharpton was stabbed during a Bensonhurst, N Y . , rally Saturday.

stabber as he tried to get away. Sgt. Tina Mohrmann, a police

spokeswoman, disputed Fulani's description, saying: "A number of people — officers and civilians — went after him. It was a mob scene. It's ludicrous to say that we just stood by."

"This is the greatest fear any person of color has in this coun­try — the fear that some crazed person. Caucasian, will kill them on the street," said C. Vernon Mason. Shai^tojous -ireqtretit companion and adviser, at the hospital.

The man jumped at Sha<rpton from a crowd of people on the corner and plunged a kitchen knife with a 5-inch blade and a

plastic handle into his upper chest, said Burns. Sharpton was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where he was in stable condition. Burns said.

"I'm deeply disturbed by the stabbing of the Rev. Al Sharp-ton today." said Mayor David Dinkins, who visited Sharpton with Police Commissioner Lee Brown. "We will not tolerate one individual using violence to stop another individual irom -twinge

~Tiis or her First Amendment rights."

After the stabbing, more than 100 protesters conducted a peaceful demonstration with no incidents. Burns said. Hostile local crowds have taunted

demonstrators in the past, hurl­ing racial epithets and holding watermelons, but there have been few violent incidents.

Fulani said the marchers would return to Bensonhurst Sunday for a rally at 2 p.m.

The march was the latest in a series of demonstrations Sharp-ton has led through Bensonhurst since Hawkins' murder by the white gang, a killing which in­flamed racial tensions during a" mayoral race.

Local residents were not very sympathetic toward the wound­ed Sharpton, although they denied the neighborhood is racist.

Past may hurt Ferraro's D'Amato challenge By PAUL GEJTNER

Associated Press Writer

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Harold Tyler in the Southern District of New York and spent a year ~as4aw deairaiTHoward. his alma mater.

Geraldine Ferraro was dissected hv fhp mffdia hnried pnder the

Officials confirm Montgomery jail food poisoning FONDA, N.Y. (AP) — The state Health Department has confirm­

ed that food poisoning was to blame for making 55 inmates and .three guards ill at the Montgomery County Jail. Health Department spokesman William Fagel said a test on one of the victims revealed the presence of salmonella poisoning. Tests on twelve other victims and on food samples taken from the jail have not yet been returned from the laboratory. Fagel said. Fagel said Friday it was unclear so far whether the poisoning was present in food when it arrived at the jail or whether it developed during preparation.

Coroner: Elderly recluse died of heart failure SCHENECTADY, NY. JAP) - An elderly woman who lived

without heat, running water or electricity died of hypothermia, a coroner said. Jennie Leone, believed to be about 80, was found dead in her home Wednesday. She had lived in tl^ house with her 90-year-old sister, Angeline Leone. Schenectady County Medical Exam­iner Robert Sullivan said Friday Jennie Leone died of heart failure due to hypothermia. Authorities found about $1,600 in the sisters' home. Police said the two had enough money to pay for utilities but chose to live a meager life. The Leones relied on kerosene for heat and lights. They got water from a well in their yard.

12 arrested in Rochester peace protest . . ROCHESTER. N.Y. (API - Twelve people have been charged

with criminal trespassing for staging a peace protest in the offices of two congressmen. The 12 were arrested Friday afternoon after they occupied the Rochester offices of Sen. Alfon9e M. D'Amato and Rep. Frank Horton, both Republicans. Both legislators were in Washington at the time of the protest. The sit-in began at around noon, at the same time that other protesters began a prayer vigil at a downtown Presbyterian church.

Legislature's minority caucus plans Wilder speech ALBANY. N.Y. (AP) - Virginia Gov L Douglas Wilder and New

York Gov. Mario Cuomo, two potential 1992 Democratic presiden­tial contenders, could be sharing the same stage next month, of­ficials said Friday. The head of the New York State Black and Puer­to Rican Legislative Caucus said Wilder would be delivering the kevnote address at the caucus' annual conference dinner. Relations between Wilder and Cuomo have been strained on occasion. In November. Virginia Democratic Chairman Paul Goldman called

_Cuomo^a "VVall Street Democrat" who "sounds like Ronald Reagan That prompted I letter to WlKtef^from New York l^emtr era tic Chairman John Marino, a close Cuomo political aide. Wilder eventually telephoned Cuomo to make peace.

1984 Reagan landslide and en­dured what she calls the "politi­cally motivated" prosecutions of her husband and son.

So why is she thinking about running for office again?

"Addicted to politics? Who knows? In a way, maybe," she says, somewhat defensively."

The former assistant district attorney. Democratic con-gresswoman and vice presiden­tial candidate considers herself more a dedicated professional than a political junkie.

Political animal But there's no mistaking that

gleam in her eye as she talks about throwing her cap into the ring again, this time to challenge U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato in 1992.

Ferraro, 55, has yet to formal­ly announce: she wants first to analyze the results of a poll she'll be taking this month.

But after six years of sitting on the sidelines — dealing with family matters, campaigning for other politicians and writing her memoirs — Ferraro is obviously eager to get back in the game.

"I do miss the opportunity to speak up and make a dif­ference," she said in a recent in­terview at her SoHo office, filled with political memorabilia and dozens of framed pictures of herself with everyone Irom George Bush to Frank Sinatra.

"That s what 1 miss — that ability to have an influence on things that are shaping the world."

History -Earraro^A lawyer who_spent

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sands of famil ies

throughout the

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run into problems,

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think, moved on.

Is there more?

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Gerotdine Ftrraro

I think, moved on." she says. **ls there more? Absolutely not."

—Political weakwatt

Uoyd Wright choir probably stolen by collector BUFFALO. N Y <AP> - A Frank Lloyd Wright chair that

vanished late last month from a house designed by the famous ar­chitect was probably stolen by aV6I%ctor or someone who knows its value authorities said. ~I think they knew what they were after." said John O'Hern. former curator of the Darwm Martin House, the site of the Dec. 29 theft The FBI has joined the investigation of the missing chair, which is valued at $60,000 to $70,000. because the case involves the theft of a valuable piece of art and because the curved-back chair or its proceeds may eventually leave the state

NYC police officer charged with murder NEW YdRK"<XFV - A aty pnface tffxStf mis ti^gvC »iih

ond-degree murder Friday for fatally shooting a man in Brooklyn while off duty, pobce said Robert W. Smith 28 a rooioe officer assigned to the 63rd Precinct, imualh* told investigators he fired the lata! £fk*4 aiU£ IfWr vliJii. \*ug*i ii hi.1.. »?UL I S€ig«drrrtr raid Sgt Tina Mohrmann. a pobce spokeswoman ^mith told the Mv&H gators that the shooting occurred at 7 a m Thursday, when the of­ficer west to his car parked m front of 939 E 106 St in Brooklyn and found the man sitting m the dn\~er'§ seat, she said. However as autopsy determined that the victim, identified as Raiad Martinet 23. of *! Ridgewood Ave m Brooklyn, had been shot m the back and Srratfe was chsr$^6 with the mm&* pobce said

four years as a prosecutor, was elected to Congress from Queens m 1978 She made history when Walter MondaJe picked her as his running imate. the -first woman on a national party tick­et.

"It's not me. I t s what the candidacy d i d / ' she says modestly If the second-highest office m the land is open to women, "how can you justify harriers fin* other places*"

Her one regret about the race*1

That she hadn't first sought a change in state law that would

dfiow AJ hfcr u> nm fur her House sear at the same time, like the ooe passed for Lyndon Johnson in Texas —"Mv wnrk way not

Ho bitterness She professes to harbor no

lingering bitterness, but her abrupt manner and forced smile belie her. She seems to endure interviews as a necessary evil, but collects every article written about her. handing them in a thick packet to her interviewer, pointing out positive ones to rebut the negative.

Her defensiveness may be understandable, though, con­sidering what she's been through.

As an Italian, she was sub­jected to rumors of Mafia ties, although none was ever found. As a Roman Catholic, the Church singled her out for in­tense criticism for her pro-abor­tion stance.

The Reagan Justice Depart-menfdraggedTout foFZ2 months an investigation into complaints that she had failed to fully disclose her husband's finances while tn Congress. ~ -

Only after she ,said she wouldn't run against D'Amato in 1986 did they announce the investigation had ended with no charges filed

Meanwhile she says her fami­ly was being targeted by overzeahros prosecutors nat-tracted by her famous name

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victed in 1988 and served three months under house arrest.

It's enough to scare anyone out of public life for good. But Ferraro says its all behind her. Her children are tougher, less cocky. Her husband is more cautious in the people he deals with.

"We're a family, like hundreds of t h o u s a n d s of famil ies throughout the country, who have run into problems, and who have addressed the problem, and

, But few «doubt that the old stones will be rehashed by op-ponents if she re-enters the polit­ical arena.

"That's the nature of a D'Amato campaign / ' said W i l l i a m C u n n i n g h a m , spokesman for the state. Demo­cratic Committee.

D'Amato's own conduct may well be an issue. The Senate Ethics Committee is weighing an investigation of the two-term Republican who has been accus­ed of using his influence to steer money from the Department of Housing and Urban Develop­ment to friends and supporters.

"I think Ferraro's best chance of running for public office is running against D'Amato." said independent political strategist David Garth. "Any shadow that's been cast over her background has certainly been c a s t o v e r D ' A m a t o ' s background."

Ferraro plans to raise the question in her polling.

44If they're going to say to me, "Forget the fact that you were a lawyer and a legislator, forget the fact that none of this involv­ed you, we're going to hold that against you,* ... then I'm not go­ing to do it." she savs.

**I am not going to get into a race that I don't think I can win."

"she says after House was there only three

Ferraro looks moch the as she did m 19*4 - with that windswept Dorothy HamiB hair­cut nmiess glasses .maybe a couple more Janes on her face

estate developer John Zaccaro. pleaded guihy in 19&5 to a misdemeanor count of falsifying btig»nfrsg dor«f**»tA He waajc^ quitted -m - ^ * : -ot .extortion charges

In i9*f her son. John Jr.. a setuor at Mxkifebary College m Vermont was arrested far sell­ing a quarter gram of cocaine to an undercover cop He

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