Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 13:27:07 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Harassment charge kills appointment NEW YORK - A recently appointed deputy to Mayor David Dinkins has stepped down after a former aide accused him of sexual harassment five years ago, the mayor said yesterday. Randy Daniels, 41, a former CBS television news correspondent, was to have assumed his $112,500-a-year post next Monday as the mayor's media and political adviser. Last week, a woman who worked for him in 1987 alleged he had made unwelcome advances and threatened her job if she did not have sex with him. The mayor said he reluctantly granted a request by Mr. Daniels to withdraw his appointment, announced Oct. 15. But Mr. Dinkins stressed the charges remain unsubstantiated. Mr. Daniels denounced the allegations as lies spread by political opponents. An attorney for Mr. Daniels, Regina L. Darby, said Sunday she would file a $21 million libel and slander lawsuit this week naming his accuser, Barbara Wood, and her uncle, ex-TV reporter Bob Teague. Mr. Teague said in published reports he consoled his niece when she confided in him. S=NEW STORY Edison earns college degree TRENTON, N.J. - Inventor Thomas Edison finally received his college degree Sunday, 61 years after his death. Thomas Edison State College conferred on its namesake a Bachelor of Science degree for lifetime achievement. "Academically speaking, Thomas Edison was a late bloomer, witnessed by the fact that it took him 61 years to get his degree," said Barry Sloane, Edison's great-grandson, who accepted the honor. College President George A. Pruitt said the degree was not honorary but was earned by Edison, who was self-educated and whose inventions include the light bulb and phonograph. Members of the Edison Papers project at Rutgers University submitted 17 portfolios detailing the inventor's research. After evaluating the material, college faculty granted the degree with a specialty in applied science and technology, Mr. Pruitt said. Mr. Sloane, 42, picked up Mr. Edison's degree in a special graduation ceremony held for more than 170 older students, whose average age was 39. Mr. Edison's name was listed in the program with the others. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM