Highway report faults truck driver in triple fatality
Federal Highway Administration pins the July 2 crash on Route 9 on Woodford Mountain on driver downshift failure and severely worn brakes on both tractor and semi trailer. Witness accounts and a tow firm owner’s testimony support the conclusion that braking was inadequate and the truck was out of control while attempting a curve, killing three members of the Timothy S. Pike family.
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Lee Harrison
Federal Highway Administration
Route 9
Woodford Mountain
Timothy S. Pike
Wilmington
Willie Matthews
Montgomery
Ala
John D. O’connell
O’connell
William J. Fonteneau
Bennington
Fonteneau
Raymond Davis
Bonded
Matthews
Pike
Alabama
Bedford
Mass
Claremont
N.H
Columbus
Wheaton van Lines
Indianapolis
Ind
Ralph E. Johnson
Albany
Thomas Whitwell
Sonny
N.Y
Exxon
David Gordon
Lowell
Woodford
Gordon
Klansman Chambliss convicted in 1963 church bombing
Former Ku Klux Klan member Robert Chambliss was found guilty of first degree murder in the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing case in Birmingham Alabama. He received a life sentence and will be held without bond during appeals after a week long trial. Deliberations lasted just over five hours.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Chambliss
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Gibson
Chamblis
Sadat reviews welcome as flags fly in Jerusalem visit
Egyptian flags fluttered over Israel and a large Egyptian delegation arrived for Anwar Sadat’s 36 hour visit to Jerusalem. Security was heightened with 10000 troops guarding streets while Sadat prayed near the front and prepared to address the Knesset. Carter spoke with Sadat wishing him success in pursuing a broader Arab Israeli peace.
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Sadat
Israel
Jerusalem
UPI
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Tel Aviv
Hassan Kamel
Holy
Anwar
Carter
Washington
al Aksa
Knesset
Egypt
al Ahram
Defense asks dismissal in Minckler murder case
Superior Judge Hayes weighs a motion to acquit Richard L. Minckler 26 Swanton on first degree murder and aiding in a murder charge in the Oct 5 1976 shooting of Manchester bartender Harry Cirelli at Palace Hotel Manchester Depot. Windham County Public Defender Berch argues the state cannot prove a preconceived plan or Minckler’s direct participation. Weather: Sunny breezy with mid 40s, overnight low in 20s, Sunday high near 58.
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Anne Eisenmenger
Woodstock
Thomas L. Hayes
Richard L. Minckler
Swanton
Manchester
Harry Cirelli
Minckler
Cirelli
Palace
Manchester Depot
Windham County
Paul Berch
Berch
Hayes
Michael J. Martin
North Clarendon
Addison County Superior Court
Martin
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