Father on probation in death of drug-using son
Forrest Grigg, a former professional football player, killed his son Mike Grigg in his bedroom after years of drifting into drugs. The one-day murder trial ended with a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter and a five year probated sentence. The elder Grigg described a strained father son relationship and said he acted out of despair over his son’s drug use and behavior.
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Texas
Virgil Mulanax
Mike Grigg
Buffalo
Chicago Bears
Cleveland Browns
Ore City
Mike
Sorensen Withdraws Nomination for CIA Director Post
Washington reports Theodore C. Sorensen asked President-elect Jimmy Carter to withdraw his nomination as CIA director after Senate and external opposition. Sorensen cited country’s future as key reason and said continuing would hinder Carter’s administration. He spoke during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings after reading a prepared statement.
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Washington
UPI
Theodore C. Sorensen
Jimmy Carter
CIA
Senate
Carter
Central Intelligence
Sorensen
Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S. Senate
Kyros named deputy counsel on Mondale staff
Peter N. Kyros Jr. 28 of Portland was named deputy counsel on Vice President elect Mondale's staff. Kyros worked on Mondale's campaign and transition team and will serve as deputy counsel after graduating from Virginia Law in 1975. He previously served as deputy counsel for the Senate Budget Committee under Sen. Muskie.
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Washington
UPI
Peter N. Kyros Jr
Portland
Mondale
Kyros
University of Virginia Law School
Senate Budget Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Man Receives Five-Year Probation for Manslaughter
Forrest Chubby Grigg of Ore City Texas is placed on five years probated after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the October 31 1976 death of his 20 year old son Mike. Grigg calls the killing an act of love as his son had become a hopeless drug user.
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Obe City
Tex
UPI
Forrest
Chubby
Grigg
Ore City
Texas
Mike. Grigg
Ohio industries shut by natural gas shortages
Ohio industries faced immediate shutoffs as Columbia Gas of Ohio East Ohio Gas Co and West Ohio Gas Co cut supply to major industrial customers. Severe cold drove residential heating demand, prompting curtailments and layoffs with no clear end date. 1,100 firms in East Ohio alone affected, others hit across the state as utilities urge heat reduction and closures unless emergency.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio
West Ohio Gas Co
East Ohio Gas Co
Columbia
East Ohio
West Ohio
National Weather Service
Dayton
Cincinnati
Columbus
Southern gas crisis relief sought in emergency supplies
Southern states seek relief as emergency natural gas supplies move closer after FPC approval of higher priced gas from Houston Pipeline Co. Yet timing and volume remain uncertain amid widespread layoffs across Alabama Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina. Industry officials warn full recovery may take weeks as utilities and firms adjust operations and conserve gas amid a severe winter. Alaska leads in teacher pay with $14584 average. California and New York follow. Mississippi remains lowest at $6716.
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United Press International
Alabama
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Federal Power Commission
Houston Pipeline Co
Maryland
North Carolina
Dalton
Cartersville
Birmingham
Ala
Natural Gas Co
Southern Natural
FPC
Houston
Richard L. Dunham
Congress
Frank Barragan
North Carolina Gas Co
Transco
Barragan
Maine legislative notices schedule public hearings at State House
State of Maine notices list public hearings for January 19 1977 in Augusta. Committees like Appropriations and Financial Affairs Legal Affairs Taxation Agriculture and Public Utilities outline times rooms and bills including LD 34 31 43 58 45 29 33 and topics from budget to marriage records and home safety glazing. Also emergency ordinances in Saco address traffic stop requirements at Nye and South Street.
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Public Works
Department OF Human Services
Department OF Mental Health and Corrections
Maine State Union
L. D
Baileyville
Kennebunk
Aroostook-Prestile
Heath Road
Flag Pond Road
Joan M. Lamontagne
Saco City
Nye and
South Street
City of
Saco
Nye Street
Park Street
Bell
Nine Sailors Die as US Launch Capsizes in Barcelona Harbor
A U S Navy liberty boat capsized in Barcelona harbor killing nine sailors and injuring many more. Over 100 aboard, 40 treated at three hospitals, with several still missing or in serious condition. Unclear if collision with the freighter Urlea caused the tragedy.
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Barcelona
Spain
UPI
U.S
Cifra
Disabled freighter crew rescued in South Pacific
All 25 crewmen of the 370 foot Crown Pearl were rescued by the 600 foot Romandie after the Panama registered lumber carrier took on water 260 miles east of Midway Island. The Coast Guard reported no serious injuries and that the crew escaped in life rafts and lifeboats within two hours as rough seas endangered the ship.
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Honolulu
UPI
Midway Island
Coast Guard
Japan
Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center
Five room homes common in 1970 census data
About 85 percent of owner occupied houses counted in the 1970 census had at least five rooms. The median price of the 31.7 million homes surveyed was $17,100.
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Donald M. Mercier
Thornton Ave
South Pacific
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Kelvinator
York County
Kember
Insurance Companies
Fortier
Arthur LaCourse
Bacon St
Biddeford
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