Senate promises information on MIAs
Washington notes a House committee found most Americans listed as missing in Indochina are dead. It urged reclassifying 728 MIAs to killed in action, a move that would cut benefits for spouses. Critics called the report insensitive while pledges for new action surfaced in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Indochina
Ahe
House
Defense Department
Ard Bates
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Vietnam
Jimmy Carter
Gan Poe R. Griffin
Mich
United States
North Vietnam
United Nations
G.V
Sonny) Montgomery
Dmiss
Pentagon
Attorney checks phonograph to curb holiday music in court
Atty Ray Fenton inspects a Polk County Iowa courthouse phonograph in the lobby to ensure it is off. He says festive carols might influence jurors and hinder guilty verdicts, joking he does not want to be another Ebenezer Scrooge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
Ray Fenton
Polk County
Iowa
Fenton
Ebenezer Scrooge
UPI
Double life news to wives shocks Ohio families
Helen Sharp of Gahanna reveals her husband Joseph Gordon Sharp led a double life. Prosecutor George Smith says Sharp's marriages to Helen in Gahanna and Mary Louise Sharp in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, involve at least two children each, with reports of two more families under investigation. Sharp, 51, worked at Docutel in Columbus and Toledo divisions. inquiries from Chicago and Montreal wives surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Helen Sharp
Gahanna
Franklin County
George Smith
Joseph Gordon Sharp
Docutel Co
Tex
Mary Louise Sharp
Grosse Point Park
Mich
Smith
Sharp
Docutel
Columbus
Toledo
Chicago
Montreal
Wendy Sharp
Extortion bomb threat in Oklahoma City deemed hoax
City officials and police treated a letter left at City Hall as a hoax after warning of bombs in 50 buildings and a 26 hour deadline. No explosives found as searches covered schools hospitals and major offices. The note signed Sheba referenced a female officer and demanded a $1 million ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
UPI
City Hall
J.G. Purser
Patience Latting
Angry Gilmore Countdown to January Firing Date
Gary Gilmore on Death Row vents fury at another month as Judge Bullock rejects urgent stay. Gilmore says he is ready to die tomorrow but would wait to see possibly his mother and to talk with his girlfriend Nicole before the Jan 17 firing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angry Gilmore
Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
4Th District Court
J. Robert Bullock
Tal
Nicole
Utah
Ron Stanger
Bullock
Allock
Robert Moody
Bond thieves miss the bread in O'Hare heist
Chicago UP I reports thieves stole a car at O'Hare with bonds valued up to eight million dollars inside a trunk attache case. The vehicle was stripped, wheels removed, but the case with securities remained intact. Police found the car on a city street and believe all missing bonds were inside.
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Chicago
UPI
O'Hare International
Phil Roda
Area Five General Assignments
Roda
Bradford National Clearinghouse of
New York
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U.S
Defense
Food A Drug Administration
Frank Foods Inc
Incinnati
Freeman
Frosty Acres
Ryser’s
Parole
Nifda
FDA
Jim’s TV & Music Center
Spring ST
Saco
RCA
Knox
Kennebunk
Avevricia
Byrocete Inc Coo
Elm Street
Biddeford
Okla
Bob Miller
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Unit
Kenneth Whittaker
FBI
Combin Liberation Front
Tinestkind Seafood
Finestkind Fish Market
Quinn’s Cycle Mart
Route 1
Oahu
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