Gilmore Fires Another Lawyer Amid Hunger Strike
Gary Gilmore, who has not eaten since Friday, fired attorney Dennis Boaz and seeks death over life in prison. Boaz described Gilmore as irritable and weakening on a hunger strike after officials refused to allow a call to his girlfriend Nicole Barrett. Gilmore said he wants to die and would not want to live even if freed or allowed to live with Barrett in prison.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Dennis Boaz
Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Boaz
Nicole Barrett
Nicole
Tom Jones
Vern Damico
Provo
State Pardons Board
Calvin Rampton
Robert van Sciver
Samuel Smith
Aiken Standard Notes Publication Details
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except weekends from Aiken South Carolina with AP dispatches and reserved republication rights. It states no responsibility for ad omissions and offers corrections in the next issue.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
Jerry Lee Lewis Scream Seeks Elvis Sparked Outburst
Memphis singer Jerry Lee Lewis, 40, says resentment at Elvis Presley publicity spurred his roadside profanity and a pistol display outside Presley's mansion. He faces public drunkenness charges after a separate collision arrest in Collierville, driving with no license and reckless driving, then released on bond.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jerry Lee Lewis
Elvis Presley
Presley
Lewis
Collierville
Tenn
Gonzalez to Track Kennedy Assassination Claims
Rep Henry Gonzalez, a San Antonio Democrat and Kennedy witness, led the drive to reopen probe into JFK death. He helped push a House panel to investigate assassinations, and as of 1975 eyed chairmanship on the new committee amid debate over CIA involvement theories.
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Washington
Henry D. Gonzalez
John O'Reitiens
Gonzalez
San Antonio
Tex
Dallas
Kennedy
Parkland Hospital
Jacqueline Kennedy
Watergate
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
America
CIA
Rockefeller Commission
House
Congressional Black Caucus
Martin Luther King
Congress
Weather outlook for northern Rockies Plains and Great Lakes
Snow and showers forecast for the northern Rockies and adjacent Plains with continued flurries along the Great Lakes. Temperatures will run cool in the West and Atlantic coast, mild over the Plains.
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Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Carter May Pick Midwest Secretary of Agriculture
President elect Jimmy Carter may choose a Midwest native for the agriculture secretary post. Sen James Abourezk said Carter told him the appointee should be a farmer advocate with Midwest roots. Lynn Daft leads the transition team, drafting policy options and preparing new farm legislation to replace expiring programs in 1977.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Midwest
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Carter
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Lynn M. Daft
Baltimore
Ohio
Agriculture
Daft
Agriculture Department
John A. Knebel
Congress
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