Texas Man Seeks Electric Chair After Court Appeal
A Texas man on death row asks the U S Supreme Court to allow execution by electric chair, potentially marking the first U S inmate executed since 1967. Rob ert Excell White, 30, from Waco, was convicted of first degree murder in a 1974 rural North Texas holdup.
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Washington
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Robert Excell White
High Court
Florida
Georgia
White
Waco
Tex
James Livingston
Powell
Gary Dale Livingston
FBI Guards Top Korean Agent in Washington
FBI agents guard Kim Sang Keun a KCIA official listed as a South Korean Embassy counselor who defied orders to return home and is cooperating with the U S probe into alleged Seoul influence buying. His wife and family are protected at an undisclosed location near Washington DC with guards at his McLean apartment.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
U.S
Kim Sang Keun
Central Intelligence Agency
Kim
McLean
Wa Kim
KCIA
Seoul
United States
Gilmore Calls Execution Delay a Moral Coward Act
Gilmore labels Rampton a moral coward for the delay and dismisses the hearing as much ado about nothing. After the proceeding, several parties announced appeals to stall the execution, including Tom Jones who filed a Utah Supreme Court appeal and ACLU and other Death Row lawyers planning court actions. Gilmore, in a white uniform with guards, said the life and death matter is court sanctioned and he remains on hunger strike since November 19 while seeking contact with his girlfriend Nicole Barrett.
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Gilmore
Rampton
Tom Jones
Utah Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
State Supreme Court
Nicole Barrett
Father Found Hanged After Parents Murder Fire
Wilbur G. Baker, 44, of Uhrichsville was found hanged in a Buckeye Hotel room after his children Mona 10 Terry 13 and Timothy 14 died from skull fractures in a fire at his home. He had been charged with their murders and left notes before the suicide. The stepmother and two other children were elsewhere. Nelsonville eighth graders sell Stanley Home Products to fund their Washington, D C trip with orders due near year’s end.
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Uhrichsville, Ohio
Uhrichsville
Wilbur G. Baker
Baker
Tom Wells
Buckeye
Mona
Terry
Timothy
Tuscarawas County
Philip Doughton
Nelsonville
Nelsonville-York Junior High School
Stanley
Washington, D.C
Robert Richards
Derailments Close New River Gorge Rail Lines
Two train derailments in Fayette County halted rail traffic across the New River Gorge. A 91 car freight train bound for Norfolk News derailed with 15 to 19 cars near South Fayette, while an Amtrak James Whitcomb Riley derailed near Sewell. One passenger was injured. others were stranded. Senator Byrd called for a federal probe and potential equipment changes to improve safety on the Chicago to Washington route.
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Fayetteville
W.va
New River Gorge
Fayette County
Newport News
South Fayette
B.L. Wheeling
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Sewell
Amtrak
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Chicago Washington Line
West Virginia
Washington
Byrd
National Transportation Safety Board
James Whitcomb Riley
Amfleet
Chicago
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
Abernathy
Gary Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
George Latimer
Latimer
Thomas Harrison
Tongsun Park
Pak Bo Hi
Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation
Sun Myung Moon
Pak
England
Pacific Development Corp
Park
Foreign Ministry
Hamburger
Angle’s
Main Street
Glouster
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