Hall on trial in prison murder case in Madison County
Madison Superior Court hears testimony in Hall’s first degree murder case over the April 28, 1977 stabbing death of John Shaw at the Indiana Reformatory. State says Hall hunted Shaw with premeditation and malice, stabbing him nine times after chasing him from a cell toward a shower area. Prosecution links the incident to a homosexual relationship among Shaw, Hall, and inmate James Woolery.
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Ed Alley
Hall
Madison Superior Court II
Marion County
Madison County
John Shaw
Reformatory Triangle
Rls
Shaw
Cell
Woolery
Jim Nave
Alley
James Woolery
Reformatory
John Hall
Nave
Paani
Delco Remy optimistic on automaker future says Czapor
Delco Remy will recall 200 employees Monday as Ed Czapor notes continued demand for Delco products. GM plans a $100 million investment in new Delco products in Anderson this year while total GM sales show a March decline yet improved outlook. The division serves 400 non GM customers including International Harvester Caterpillar John Deere and Cummins Engine. Czapor says new products will reduce weight and boost fuel economy to meet government standards and beat foreign competition.
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Nancye Hawes
Delco Remy
D-R
Ed Czapor
General Motors
Draper
The
Herald
Delco-Remy
Craper
International Harvester
Caterpillar
John
Anderson
Czaper
California
DELCO
J.C. ‘Penney
Kmart
Montgomery Ward
Czapor
Forged signature alleged in Heaton case trial
Handwriting experts from Indiana State Police and the FBI testified that Ruth T. Heaton's signature on an $11,000 check given to Michael J. Cox was forged. FBI lab specialist William Oberg said the signature was slowly prepared and inconsistent with Cox's handwriting, while Cox faces charges of uttering a forged instrument.
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New Castle
Indiana State Police
FBI
Ruth T. Heaton
Michael J. Cox
Cox
Anerson
Henry Circuit Court
Robert Fancher
Anderson Police Department
Heaton
Fancher
Robert Shearer Jr
Oberg
Indiana
Douglas Buck
Inside Page Index Highlights For Readers
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Weather Outlook With Showers and Clearing Skies
A 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today with partial clearing tonight and sunny Friday. Lows tonight in the low to mid 50s. Highs today and Friday in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Anderson’s high Wednesday 60 and low 46.
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Anderson
Subway assault victim recalls chilling mugging
Betsy Kenedy, AP staff member, describes a subway mugging on Lexington Avenue near 96th Street. A young man grabs her, covers her mouth, and whispers Shh as she fears rape and fights for escape. She finally breaks away as rain begins, clutching her bag and considering her driver’s license and credit.
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Eeene Pbs
Betsy Kenedy
Associated Press
New York
Lexington Avenue
96Th Street
Harlem
My Place
Unsolved Murders Plague U S Cities
A report surveys unsolved killings in several U S cities. In Columbus Georgia a Fort Benning soldier faces murder charges in one case while six elderly white women remain strangled in Wynnton Road. In Birmingham Michigan police may close the Oakland County murder probe. In Wichita Kansas the BTK Strangler has tied several cases over four years with recent links to additional crimes.
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Birmingham
Mich
Oakland County
Wichita
Kan
BTK
Columbus
Wynnton Road
Hillside Strangler case haunts Los Angeles police
LOS ANGELES AP The Hillside Strangler case has 13 victims with no single motive or weapon found. Police chief Daryl Gates defends the department amid ongoing breakthroughs and public doubts sparked by TV depictions of policing. A 93 member task force continues work, with little physical evidence and no clear common denominator among victims.
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LOS Angeles
Peter Mark Jones
Daryl F. Gates
George
Gates
Cooke
Jack the Ripper
Jack Webb
John Brady
Hillside
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