Gilmore to face firing squad despite overdose injuries
Salt Lake City AP reports convincted killer Gary Gilmore sedated in a coma after a second overdose as Utah prepares for an execution on January 17. Prison officials investigate how he obtained phenobarbital while pneumonia and aspiration risk complicate his condition.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Gilmore
University of Utah Medical Center
Samuel Smith
Wame
4Th District Court
J. Robert Bullock
Richard Giauque
U.S. Supreme Court
Blandin Paper Co to Alter Ownership Structure
Blandin Paper Co plans changes in ownership over several years per reports cited by the Grand Rapids Herald Review. The firm, owned by a trust set up by the late Charles K. Blandin, would transfer at least 80 percent to new hands, with profits aiding the Blandin Foundation. The company employs about 1,000 in Grand Rapids and supplies slick paper for major magazines.
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Grand Rapids, Minn
Blandin Paper Co
Grand Rapids Herald Review
Internal Revenue Service
Charles K. Blandin
Blandin Foundation
Blandin
Grand Rapids
Rockefeller inauguration in West Virginia hits funding snag
Jay Rockefeller prepares to be inaugurated January 17 as West Virginia's 26th governor. A special $80,000 request may be needed to cover inauguration expenses after the legislature had already appropriated $100,000 for the swearing in and Moore era publications. Transition aide Tom Craig said Moore's papers publications consumed all remaining funds.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Tom Craig
Moore
Protest in Rainier Demands Wolves Policy Action
Several hundred residents fill Rainier Town Hall to urge federal steps to stop livestock and deer losses to timber wolves. They accuse the Interior Department of inaction while wolves remain protected under the Endangered Species Act. Farmer Julian Brzoznowski reports about 10000 dollars in cattle losses over three years and calls for action as the Minnesota DNR appeals the wolves' protected status.
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Rainier, Minn
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Pat Nixon Tops Good Housekeeping Most Admired List
NEW YORK AP Former first lady Pat Nixon is Good Housekeeping magazine's 1875 choice as the most admired woman in the world. The poll named 19 women with Nixon reclaiming the honor from Betty Ford after readers related to Pat Nixon's stroke last July and the strain from President Nixon's resignation.
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New York
Pat Nixon
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Nixon
Betty Ford
Pat
Green Giant reports profits rise sharply in Q2 and H1
Green Giant Co expands profits with a 181 percent rise in net earnings for the second quarter and 35 percent higher profits for the first half of the year. President Thomas Wyman says the gains reflect a turn-around for the canned foods industry as Q2 earnings reach 2.1 million and six-month profits hit 3.8 million versus 747,600 and 2.8 million a year earlier.
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LE Subur
Minn
Green Giant Co
Thomas Wyman
Kissinger Named Honorary Globetrotter Member
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger earned an honorary nonplaying spot with the Harlem Globetrotters after a Harris Survey found 54 percent positive opinions from 1,330 adults and 33 percent negative with 9 percent unsure. Kissinger joked about defense and rock in short pants.
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New York Cary
Henry A. Kissinger
Harlem Globetrotters
Harris
Kissinger
Globetrotters
Swine flu immunization program may be dead
Federal health officials indicate the swine flu program faces a bleak future even if a vaccine is cleared of a link to Guillain Barre syndrome. Public confidence has eroded and restarting the program could come too late for meaningful immunization this flu season.
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Washington
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Cooper
Hew
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
CDC
William Fpoege
Foege
Hearst Says She Was Twisted by SLA Captivity
Patricia Hearst discusses her mindset during captivity by the SLA in a CBS interview from San Simeon. She reiterates she did not escape, condemns six SLA members killed in Los Angeles, and notes her current bail while appealing her bank robbery conviction. She mentions plans to travel and work and delays for marriage.
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New York
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
CBS
Hearst Family
San Simeon
Calif
Miss Hearst
Randolph Hearst
Harold Dow
SLA
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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