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JUNE 28, 1995
BEEKMAN BAR AND BOOKS PROMOTES CIGAR USE AMONG WOMEN
889 1 AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-WOMEN SMOKING CIGARS IN BAR, MANHATTAN BUSINESS WOMEN NETWORKING, 1990S FASHION AND HAIR, CU OF WOMAN SMOKING
-ALICIA WILSON WELCOMES GROUP OF WOMEN SMOKERS, THANKS SPONSORS, TEACHES CROWD ABOUT CIGARS, CONNECTICUT WRAPPER TOBACCOS, DISECTS A CIGAR TO DEMONSTRATE, DESCRIBES THE CIGAR MAKING PROCESS AND HOW TO LIGHT ONE
-EXT OF BAR, DAYTIME, COUPLE MEET AND KISS
-STREET SIGN: EAST 50 ST AND 1 AVE

JUNE 29, 1995
HIT AND RUN LEAVES MALE BICYCLIST VERY CRITICAL
4 AVE AND 26 STREET, BROOKLYN, SUNSET PARK
-DAYTIME ACCIDENT, NYPD POLICE CAR, SCENE CORDONED OFF, BICYCLE IN STREET, BLOOD STAIN, BYSTANDERS WATCH
-HISPANIC TEEN GIVES STATEMENT IN SPANISH, VICTIM'S SHOE AND HAT IN ROAD, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS INVESTIGATE, MEASURE DISTANCES
-MAN GIVES EYEWITNESS REPORT OF HIT AND RUN
-STREET SIGN: 4 AVE AND 26 ST

JUNE 30, 1995
TRANSIT TRUCK ACCIDENT
BRUCKNER BLVD AND 149 ST, SOUTH BRONX
-NYC TRANSIT TRUCK CRASHED INTO HUGE COLUMN UNDER HIGHWAY, FDNY AND NYPD ON SCENE TRYING TO EXTRACT DRIVER, NIGHTTIME ADDICENT, USING FLASHLIGHTS TO SEE. GENERATORS AND SAWS
-DRIVER EXTRACTED AND STRAPPED TO STRETCHER, CONSCIOUS, GRIMACING IN PAIN, ZOOM INTO LEG INJURIES
-EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS LOAD VICTIM INTO AMBULANCE
-CU OF FLAMABLE GAS LABELS ON TRUCK

JUNE 30, 1995
LIZ HOLTZMAN ROBBED AT ATM MACHINE
WATERSIDE PLAZA, FDR AND EAST 25 ST, MANHATTAN
-LONG SHOT OF CRIME SCENE, ALONG EAST RIVER, NYPD POLICE CARS IN LARGE PARKING LOT, EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVES, MANHATTAN AT DUSK
-STREET SIGN: EAST 28 ST AND 2 AVE, GRAMERCY
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE ATM, DUST FOR PRINTS, EXT OF CHEMICAL BANK
-STREET SIGN: EAST 28 ST AND PARK AVE SOUTH

JULY 1, 1995
SWEARING IN OF POLICE OFFICERS
BROOKLYN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
-NYC POLICE COMMISSIONER BILL BRATTON SPEAKS AT CEREMONY, BOSTON ACCENT
-PAN OF THE NEW OFFICERS
-MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI SPEAKS TO AUDIENCE, PEP TALK TO NEW COPS
-BENEDICTION, ALL RISE AND BOW HEADS, POLICE CHAPLAIN

JULY 1, 1995
GOD AND THE LAW
79 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT
-BLACK CHURCH-GOERS MARCH AND CHANT IN FRONT OF PRECINCT, WEST INDIAN MINISTER CHANTS "JESUS", SINGING ON DARK STREETS
(DEMONSTRATING THE ARREST OF A PASTOR OVER DOUBLE PARKING TICKETS OUTSIDE THE ELIM FELLOWSHIP CHURCH)
-EMTS ARRIVE, EMERGENCY MEDIAL TECHS
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR AND HELMETS EXIT AND LINE UP IN PARKING LOT
-INT OF PRECINCT, DEMONSTRATORS MAKING ALOT OF NOISE, COPS LINE UP AT PARKING LOT
-EXT OF LARGE BRICK CHURCH
-STREET SIGN: MADISON ST AND CLASSON AVE

JULY 1, 1995
LIZ HOLTZMAN'S ROBBER WALKED, 13 PRECINCT
230 EAST 21 ST, MANHATTAN
-LIZ HOLTZMAN TALKS TO THE PRESS, CONGRATULATES THE COPS, PERP HAD A VERY BIG GUN AND A FDNY FIREFIGHTERS JUMPED OUT OF THEIR TRUCK AND SAVED HER, WORRIED ABOUT ATM MACHINES, POSES WITH FEMALE COP IN TEQUILA TANK TOP
-PERP WALK THROUGH PRECINCT AND OUT TO SUNNY STREETS
-EXT OF 13 PRECINCT

JULY 1, 1995
FIREWORKS RAID
5-20 124 ST, QUEENS, COLLEGE POINT
-FIREWORKS ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-EXT OF SUBURBAN STYLE HOME
-STREET SIGN: 124 ST AND 6 AVE

JULY 2, 1995
BENSONHURST OF FIREWORKS (MAJOR CACHE)
1836 73ST, BROOKLYN
-FIREWORKS BEING LOADED INTO POLICE TRUCKS AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN
-STREET SIGN: 73 ST AND 18 AVE
-FDNY FIRETRUCK ON SCENE WITH FLASHING LIGHTS

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