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Herkimer Dispute Stirs Mohawk Valley

BY a curious chain of events the guardianship of the historic Herkimer homestead in the Mohawk Valley has passed in great meas ure into the control not of patriots of American ancestry and traditions but of the New York State German-American Alliance and its foreign-born ... Source : query.nytimes.com

Doris Jonas Freed, 90, an Expert on Family Law

Doris Jonas Freed, a national authority on family law who headed the American Bar Association's committee on divorce law and procedures, died on July 23 at Keswick Nursing Home in Baltimore. She was 90 and had lived in Manhattan until May. Her daughter, Gloria Kane, said the cause was heart failure. Dr. Freed was an expert and practitioner in matrimonial law who wrote extensively on different aspects of family law. She was co-author of the six-volume revision of "Law and the Family, New York" (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Corporation, Rochester, 1986-90) with the late Henry H. Foster and Joel R. Brandes,

Emotional ad stirs gay health rights debate at U. Wisconsin.

Fair Wisconsin recently unveiled a television ad claiming medical rights will be threatened if the proposed civil unions ban passes in the Nov. 7 election, drawing heated debate as to just how far the effects of the amendment will reach. In the emotional advertisement, a lesbian named Lynn described the obstacles she faced when her partner was diagnosed with cancer. According to Lynn, it was "unclear" if she would be able to make critical medical decisions and ensure long-term financial stability for their adopted daughter. The advertisement claims the proposal "could" deny medical decisions and hospital visits to domestic partnerships.

Disturbed Man Wielding a Hammer Is Killed by Police in Brooklyn

Mr. Busch's mother, Doris Busch Boskey, 62, of Dix Hills, described him as ''sweet, talented and brilliant,'' a former medical student who left Mount Sinai Medical School in 1991 because of a kidney ailment. Through a spiritual awakening that led him to Israel and an interest in Orthodox Judaism, he became progressively more depressed and troubled, she said. He did not seek medical attention for either his kidney disease or his increasingly depressed and emotional state, although Mrs. Boskey's husband, Howard Boskey, a psychiatrist, attempted to persuade him to seek counseling. Neighbors in Borough Park said he often walked around

Review of Kenya’s Compliance with the ICCPR

We write to share with you information about violations of women’s property rights in Kenya to assist your review of Kenya’s second periodic report on its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) at your eighty-third session. The Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch has reported and conducted advocacy on women’s property and inheritance rights abuses in Kenya for the past several years. These abuses grossly violate women’s civil and political rights. Background Women in Kenya are denied equal property rights, putting them at greater risk of poverty, disease (including HIV/AIDS),