Wish Granted With Execution
Convicted murderer Frank J. Coppola 38 chose execution after a swift Supreme Court ruling. He died at 11 27 p.m. EDT, the fifth U S inmate executed since 1976 and the first in Virginia in 20 years, despite last minute appeals. Protests outside the prison voiced anti execution messages as Coppola walked to the chair.
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Richmond
Frank J. Coppola
Coppola
U.S. Supreme Court
Muriel Hatchell
Newport News
Steven Judy
Indiana
Virginia
Supreme Court
Raymond Procunier
Plane Crash Near Okefenokee Swamp Claims Two From Augusta Area
Searchers sought the identity of a downed Piper Cherokee found on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. The plane had departed Daniel Field Friday with Lisa Boydston 24 of North Augusta and Bryan Rankin 27 of Martinez both Savannah River Plant employees. A helicopter was to lift the wreckage today as authorities continued to investigate the fate of those aboard.
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North Augusta
Georgia Civil Air Patrol
Okefenokee
Daniel Field
Lisa Boydston
Augusta
Bryan K. Rankin
Martinez
Savannah River
Gloverville Man Charged After Barrett Street Shooting
Joseph Cecil Bell of Barrett Street Gloverville faces assault and battery with intent to kill after a shooting on his property. He posted $20,000 bond. Bert Baker of General Delivery Gloverville is listed in fair condition at Talmadge Hospital after being shot at least once in the back with a 22 caliber rifle.
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Gloverville
Joseph Cecil Bell
Barrett Street
Bert Baker
General Delivery
Talmadge Hospital
Aiken
Ralph Gunnells
Baker
Gunnells
Have You Heard the Laurens Street Philosopher's Cipher
A quip plays on expectations with the line no matter how it turns out there's always someone who knew it would, attributed to the Laurens Street philosopher, reflecting local wit and curiosity.
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Laurens Street
Plutonium Not Lost Or Stolen, DOE Says
The DOE reports no evidence that about 35 pounds of plutonium and 6.8 pounds of enriched uranium disappeared from the Savannah River Plant in early 1981. Officials say losses were due to measurement errors or residue, not theft, with the plant producing materials for U.S. nuclear weapons.
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DOE
Columbia
Savannah River
Department of Energy
Norman C. Rasmussen
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
South Carolina
Georgia
The
du Pont Co
Ralph E. Caudle
Energy Department
Office of Safeguards and Security For
Defense Programs
No Evidence Links Blood Disease to Savannah River Plant
Medical experts say the rare blood disease polycythemia vera around the Savannah River Plant is not unusual and shows no link to radiation. They cite Mayo Clinic and Mount Sinai studies, estimating 3 to 11 natural cases yearly among 700,000 nearby residents.
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Charlotte
N.C
Savannah River
National Cancer Institute
New York
Joseph Fraumann
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Louis Wasserman
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Wasserman
Fraumann
Suspect Identification Questioned In Dunbar Murder Trial
In Aiken County the murder trial of Howard Daniel Holloway 23 center on identification and motive. Key witnesses described the shooting of John W. Dunbar at his home and Holloway's alibi shifts while police note two guns found at the scene with no decisive match.
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Howard Daniel Holloway
Eutaw St
South Carolina Electric and Gas
John W. Dunbar
Aikens County General Sessions Court
Robert Harte
Holloway
Sylvia Westerdahl
A.L. Whittington
Aiken
Morris Deason
Dunbar
Sexton
Roger F. Martin
Martin
Betty Jean Holloway
John Lites
Asken Nt of Public Safety
York Street
Lites
Whittington
R.P. Voight
Westerdahl
Det
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