Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Arguments
The Supreme Court spent four hours weighing four capital cases family of crime and punishment. The session focused on whether death is valid for rape or non murder crimes and how post escape crime risk affects sentencing. Justice Powell and Stewart questioned life imprisonment as a substitute for death for escapees. The decision could reshape non homicidal death penalty use in Georgia, Florida, and Texas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Ehrlich Anthony Coker
Georgia
Waycross
Coker
New York
David Kendall
Kendall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Potter Stewart
Atty
B. Dean Grindle
Florida
Texas
Amarillo sixth graders craft verse on home town tales
Mrs. Ernestine Wakefield shared an Amarillo history slide show with St Andrew's sixth graders. The class responded with poems titled The Place Saloon The Canyon Windmill and more, capturing cattle drives street life and local lore. A visiting NCAA basketball coach praised a player for freewheeling style and fun over rigid tactics.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Ernestine Wakefield
Wakefield
St Andrew's School
Amarillo
American Association of University Women
Soviets Threaten Chill in Relations
Moscow reports say Soviet leader Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko warned U S Secretary of State Vance that U S support for Russian dissidents could jeopardize relations. Brezhnev said constructive development is impossible if U S policy does not honor noninterference principles.
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Moscow
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Trinion
Brezhnev
Vance
Gromyko
Tass
Carter
Soviet Union
Ance
Vladivostok
Gerald Ford
Blame for Jet Crash Debated Over Tenerife Disaster Toll
Spanish officials point to a possible miscommunication between American and Dutch pilots and the airport tower as a cause of the Tenerife crash that killed about 574 to 600 people. casualty tallies vary with 326 dead on Pan Am and 248 on KLM. White House expressed sorrow as authorities review control tower actions and insurance liabilities rise beyond 250 million.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Spain
UPI
Tenerife
KLM Airlines
Pan American World Airways
KLM
Rochester
N.Y
Washington
White House
Jody Powell
Carter
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Federal Aviation Administratio
Cifra
Pan Am
New York
Antonio Oyarzabal
Oyarzabal
Winter Weather Deepens U S Trade Deficit Records
February imports exceeded exports by 1.866 billion dollars as severe winter fuel demand and icy rivers slowed movement, swelling the monthly trade gap to a new high while analysts expect some improvement with milder weather. Foreign oil now accounts for over a quarter of U S imports and crude prices rose.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Courtenay M. Slater
U S
Oscars Shine on Finch Dunaway and Rocky Sweep
Peter Finch became the first posthumous best actor winner for Network while Faye Dunaway claimed best actress. Rocky won best picture and best director John Avildsen. Jason Robards and Beatrice Straight won supporting acting honors. Ali interrupted Sylvester Stallone’s moment as Streisand’s Evergreen won best original song. Ivory Coast film Black and White in Color took best foreign language film.
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Los Angeles
Peter Finch
Faye Dunaway
Rocky
John Avildsen
Jason Robards
Washington Post
Beatrice Straight
William Holden
Warter Beatty
Finch
Paddy Chayefsky
Music Center
Academy
Darling
Paddy
Robards
Bradlee
Miss Straight
Eugene O'Neill
Robert Redford
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Ben
Sylvester Stoone
Mohammad Ali
Stallone
Ali
Ivory Coast
France
Italy
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Air Ministry
Informaciones
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Paul Williams
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