Vermont Youth Held In Texas for Murder
Two gunmen killed a man and raped a hitchhiking teen during a 250 mile west Texas ride. The girl escaped at a Fort Stockton motel and led police to the suspects, Harry Larkin Ricks and Ronald Berry, who were captured after a tire-popping chase. District Attorney Dixon Mahon said the duo, both held in Ozona, face murder charges. the victim was Eugene Wayne Johnson.
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Ozona
Tex
UPI
Texas
Harry Larkin Ricks
Los Angeles
Ronald Allen Berry
Springfield
Dixon Mahon
Eugene Wayne Johnson
Lewisville
Carolyn Jones
San Antonio
Dallas
Mahon
Johnson
Fort Stockton
Balmorhea
Burth Pervis
Fred Parrott
Ricks
Berry
Omaha
Neb
New Orleans
Houston
Montreal Coyote Serenade Ends In Police Killings
A female coyote living on Mount Royal in downtown Montreal was chased down and shot by police with a snowmobile and helicopter, ending a year and a half of urban living with three pups. Two pups were killed earlier by police hunters, the remaining nine month old was hunted. The coyote's presence stirred park wildlife disruption and nightly howls heard by city residents.
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Montreal
UPI
Canada
Coyote
Mount Royal
City
James St. Onge
Quebec Society For Prevention of Cruelty To
St. Onge
Vermont leaders fault schools churches for crime rise
State's Attorney Patrick J. Leahy told a Goddard College conference that Vermont youth crime problems stem from ineffective church and school influence. He criticized churches as irrelevant to younger people and said schools' methods fail to address today’s issues.
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Plainfield
Patrick J. Leahy
Chittenden County
Goddard College
Leahy
Vermont
New York GOP Leader Rift Over County Chairmanship
In Troy, GOP Chairman George Nuttall rejected Casey's claim to county leadership while dodging whether he would accept the chairmanship. Casey’s ouster followed a State Investigation Commission report accusing him of undue influence in Troy government. Nuttall shifted GOP HQ to Hendrick Hudson Hotel, Troy, away from Casey’s Holiday Inn offices. Faith Evans of Troy lost a civil rights appeal at the Court of Appeals over a 1968 obstruction conviction, upheld by a Sept 1969 county court ruling on a technicality.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
GOP
George Nuttall
Joseph Casey
Casey
Rensselaer Republicans
State Investigation Commission
Nuttall
Hendrick Hudson
Holiday Inn
Albany
Court of Appeals
Faith Evans
Evans
Rensselaer
Lawrence J. Bizzarro
Berkshire D C censures GE over Javits plan and labor meddling
Pittsfield Democratic City Committee censures General Electric management for rejecting Senator Javits proposal for nonbinding fact finding in the GE labor dispute and attacks the Labor Department for stepping in with mediators to block any headway. In North Adams a 29 car derailment sparks pushes for tighter rail oversight. BPAC urges observance of Martin Luther King Jr birthdate. Clarksburg School Committee bars transportation for St Joseph's students citing statutes.
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Pittsfield
Democratic City Committee
General Electric Management
U.S
Jacob Javits
Berkshire Peace Action Committee
BPAC
Martin Luther King Jr
Vietnam
Clarksburg
Clarksburg Grammar School
St. Joseph’s School
North Adams
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Pittsburgh
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Philadelphia
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First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Save-Way
Bennington
Mammoth Mart
Capp Homes
Til
Lis
Madera
Ckages
Conrad DeSautels
Patchen Road
Burlington
Capp Homes Dept
Airport
Port Columbus
Ohio
Desautels
Montpelier
Davis
John T. Alden
R-24
Woodstock
U.s.-Canada
Environmental Control Commission
Rep
Alden
International Boundary Commission
Lyndon State College
Daniel B. Tallon
West Topsham
Bernard Leddy
Federal District Court
Tallon
Winooski
Washington
D.C
George Aiken
New York
Nutall Gop
Down In
Berkshire
Boston & Main Railroad Co
Zear
Massachusetts
Frank J. Matrango
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