Milestones Jun. 10, 1996

CONVICTION OVERTURNED. Of "Hollywood Madam" HEIDI FLEISS, 30, found guilty in 1994 of pandering; by a state appeals court; in Los Angeles. The court ruled jurors had made a "farce" of the trial by trading votes. The ruling does not affect a separate federal money-laundering conviction, for which she awaits sentencing.

AILING. HERB CAEN, 80, prolific Pulitzer-prizewinning San Francisco Chronicle columnist-humorist; of lung cancer; in San Francisco. Caen announced his illness in his column.

DIED. JERRY JUNKINS, 58, strong free-trade advocate and chairman of Texas Instruments; of a heart attack; while on a business trip to Germany.

DIED. TIMOTHY LEARY, 75,...

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