Massachusetts Senate Leaders Face Federal Conspiracy Trial
Jury selection begins in Boston in the extortion and conspiracy case against Senate Majority Leader Joseph J. DiCarlo and Senate Assistant Minority Leader Ronald C. MacKenzie. The two are accused of soliciting bribes from MBM officials tied to the UMass Boston campus project, with at least 30 witnesses subpoenaed for a three week trial.
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James R. Dorsey
UPI
State House
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Senate
Joseph J.C. DiCarlo
Drevere
Ronald C. MacKenzie
Burlington
John F
Thompson
Dludlow
DiCarlo
MacKenzie
McKee
Berger
Mansueto
University of Massachusetts
Par
MBM
Umass
Theate
Police absolved in death of innocent man
In Dedham Massachusetts Norfolk County District Attorney William Delahunt said no charges will be filed against police or FBI agents who shot Oscar Fernandez 60 by mistake during an alleged kidnapping attempt. The elder Fernandez died after being struck by five bullets as officers entered.
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Dedham
Mass
UPI
FBI
Norfolk County Dist
Atty
William Delahunt
Oscar Fernandez
Brookline
Fernandez
Cuba
Oscar Fernandez Jr
Thomas Oses
Boston
William Shepherd
East Springfield
Shepherd
Oses
Oses Was To Be Ere Delahunt
Delahunt
Oscar Jr
Boston City Hospital
Massachusetts House Speaker Hurt In Ski Accident In New Hampshire
Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas W. McGee 52 of Lynn remained in serious but stable condition in Massachusetts General Hospital ICU after a weekend ski accident in North Conway New Hampshire. He struck a tree breaking seven ribs and puncturing a lung and later developed pneumonia requiring a respirator.
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Thomas McGee
Mass. General Hospital
Boston
Tyrol
North Conway
H. McGee
UPI
Massachusetts
Thomas W. McGee
Massachusetts General Hospital
McGee
Lynn
N.H
Air National Guard
Memorial Hospital
Anthony Ferruolo
Ann
Michael
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Synnay Council
David Bartley
Holyoke Community College
Utah to hear appeals of death row Waterbury trio
The Utah Supreme Court will hear the appeals of Gypsy Cordianna 23 Craig Marvel 28 and Irvin Dundson 33 all sentenced to death by firing squad for the 1975 Price Canyon slaying in Utah. Prosecutor Doutwell says appeals remain active and briefs argue the death penalty constitutionality.
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Waterbury, Conn
UPI
Utah Supreme Court
Waterbury
Utah
Price Canyon
Price
Gypsy Cordianna
Craig Marvel
Laguna Beach
Calif
Irvin P. Dundson
Bingham Canyon
Ronald B. Doutwell
State Supreme Court
Gary Gilmore
Boston police face overtime cuts under city belt tightening
Boston order ends nearly all police overtime including patrols at desegregation schools to save $13 million annually. About half of 151 foot patrols launched by Mayor White last year will be cut, and motorcycle escorts for school buses in Charlestown and South Boston will end.
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Boston
Joseph Jordan
Olice
Agor
Kevin H. White
Charlestown
Hyde Park High School
White
Boston School Committee
Connecticut Clergy Union backs Beit Havurah case
The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union joined an effort to strike down Norfolk Connecticut's ban on overnight stays at Beit Havurah Jewish sect center. Neighbors alleged the 18 room Laurel Way Extension house functions as a religious retreat and hosts guests from Massachusetts and New York.
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Norfolk, Conn
UPI
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union
Norfolk
Beit Havurah
Laurel Way
Massachusetts
New York
Norton teacher faces possible dismissal over Carter inauguration absence
Kevin Thorpe a Norton special needs teacher of four years defied a three request personal leave to attend President Carter's inauguration in Washington. Superintendent Maurice J Splaine Jr vows to fire him, citing personal leave policy. A grievance was filed with the Massachusetts Teachers Association as the Norton schools weigh integrity versus contract rules.
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Norton
Mass
UPI
Kevin Thorpe
Jimmy Carter
Thorpe
Washington
Orpe
Carter
Massachusetts
Maurice J. Splaine Jr
Splaine
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Norton Teachers Association
Peter Klin
New Hampshire Half Mast Flags Protest Carter Pardon
Gov. Meldrim Thomson ordered state agencies to fly American and state flags at half mast from Jan. 24 to Jan. 28 in response to President Carter's pardon of Vietnam draft resisters. He called Carter's action a day of infamy and urged veterans and citizens to protest by writing to the president.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
Carter
Omson
Jimm Carter
Vietnam
Thomson
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Saco
Boston Police
Maine Savings Bank
FDIC
Conn
Clu
Whitto
Porter & Prospect Streets
Japan
Pearl Harbor
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Electrolux
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