Grasso Wins Hartford Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
In Hartford Ella Tambussi Grasso defeats Attorney General Robert Killian to win the Connecticut Democratic gubernatorial primary. A cheering crowd drinks beer and soda and awaits the winner as the band plays themes from The Godfather. This victory marks a major step toward becoming the state's first woman governor.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Nick Carbone
Ella Tambussi Grasso
Hartford
Emilio Q. Daddario
Thomas J. Meskill
New Britain
GOP
Meskill
Washington
Little Tony Jr
The
Vikings
Oklahoma man released after 35 years held without trial
Bloyd Mills, 61, freed from Oklahoma State Penitentiary after 35 years in prison without a sentence for a murder he did not commit. The case arose when a bystander identified him at the scene, police coerced a confession, and appeals courts ordered a hearing leading to his release on January 30. Mills seeks work and a return to citizenship, lamenting lost family and opportunity.
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Oklahoma City
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Mills
10Th
U.S. Court of Appeals
Denver
Western Oklahoma District Court
U.S
Stephen S. Chandler
McAlester
Road safety gains from lower speed limits report
Washington officials cited a sharp drop in January and February auto deaths as lower speed limits and gasoline shortages reduced highway carnage. The National Center for Health Statistics released the finding, attributing safer roads to stricter speed controls and related fuel supply issues.
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Washington
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National Center For Health Statistics
Boston baked beans flee area to Portland Maine
Major baked bean makers are moving operations from Greater Boston to cheaper labor regions. Friend Brothers Inc plans to shift headquarters to Portland, Maine by May 31, ending the last large scale bake bean plant in Greater Boston. About 65 workers may be reassigned and new jobs sought by parent Underwood Co. Also note a separate health center report shows February road deaths at record low for postwar period, with overall first two months deaths down about 28.6 percent from 1973.
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Portland
Maine
Ken Spaulding
Friend
Underwood Co
B&m Bean Company
Spaulding
National Highway Traffic Administration
Old Bennington
Richard Warren
Walloomsac
Fairview Streets
Deer Run Road
Wilton
Conn
W. Averell Brown
Dudley M. Baker
Dinah Shore May Return to Daytime on CBS
Dinah Shore, dropped by NBC last week, may return to daytime TV on CBS next season with a new series likely in interview format. CBS studios discuss whether the show airs on owned stations or network, with WCBS TV New York and others named among CBS outlets. Shore recently won a second Emmy for Dinah's Place. NBC replaced it with a game show.
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