Parole Denied for Krist in 1968 Mackle Kidnapping
The Board of Pardons and Parole denied parole for Gary Steven Krist, 29, jailed for life in the 1969 kidnapping of Florida heiress Barbara Mackle who was buried in a coffin in a pine forest near Atlanta for almost four days. Ruth Eisemann-Schier, 32, also convicted, was released and deported to Honduras in 1972.
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Atlanta
Board of Pardons and Parole
Gary Steven Krist
Florida
Barbara Jane Mackle
Krist
Miss Mackle
Ruth Eisemann-Schier
Honduras
95 Year Old Knees Rebel A Little
Ervin Stanley, 95, rests during evenings of dancing at the Gay 90s Club and Friendship Club. He says knee pain follows after a couple of dances, but he stays active and keeps moving despite slick or sticky floors.
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Fresno
Calif
Ervin Stanley
Stanley
Friendship Club
Russia Secures Broad Access to Africa Ports and Airfields
The Pentagon shows Russia has naval and air access to 16 ports and airfields around Africa, spread across nine countries including Angola. The map, shown by Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, highlights sites along key shipping lanes linking the United States and Persian Gulf oil routes. The Pentagon also cites nearly $3 billion in Soviet military and economic aid to 11 African nations over five years.
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Washington
Russia
Africa
Pentagon
United States
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Angola
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
House
Armed Services Committee
NATO
Rumsfeld
Sahara
Isolation Ahead For Hearst Jury
Jurors in Patricia Hearst bank robbery trial will be housed at a nearby hotel under U.S. marshal supervision for the five week trial. Telephone calls reading material and media access will be controlled and jurors may attend Sunday church services only with marshals. Twelve jurors and four alternates will be selected and taken into marshal custody.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
U.S
Carter
UMaine hikes tuition by $100 across system
The Maine- New England board of trustees approved a $100 yearly tuition increase for all students, effective next September. Orono campus rates rise to $675 for residents and $1,850 for nonresidents, with similar increases at Portland Gorham and the law school. The plan funds pay raises and a policy for 20 to 40 percent of costs via tuition. Also, Thomas P. Strauss was confirmed as general manager of the Maine Public Broadcast Network. Dr George L. Pauk named director of the Portland Gorham family nurse associate program. A beer-only pub was approved for the Gorham Student Union. Chancellor McCarthy outlined university budget requests.
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Bangor
Maine
University of Maine
Board of Trustees
Orono
Portland
Gorham
Law School
Thomas P. Strauss
Maine Public Broadcast Network
Strauss
Division of
Communications Media
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
John Morison
West Virginia
George L. Pauk
Portland-Gorham
Patrick E. McCarthy
Maine Potato Futures Drop Again on NYMEX
Maine potato futures fell for the third straight day on the NYMEX with the May bellwether contract at 15.15 per hundred pounds down 79 cents after prior 50 cent drops. An exchange spokesman cited a deteriorating cash market and overbuying after last week's Common Market import permit. In Augusta police search for two men who robbed two women of 1200 after cashing checks near the Health and Welfare Department. The victims Linda Dancer and Debra Nickerson were assaulted but not seriously injured.
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New York
Maine
New York Mercantile Exchange
Linda Dancer
Whitefield
Debra Nickerson
South Gardiner
Health and Welfare Department
Capitol Street
The
Depositors Trust Co
Radar talks set on two new backscatter radar sites
Augusta Maine will host an informational meeting at the Civic Center about two Over the Horizon Backscatter radar installations proposed by the Air Force. The State Planning Office said a 1 pm session will cover the two sites for the prototype defensive radar system intended to provide early warnings of foreign attack.
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Augusta, Maine
Augusta Civic
Force
The
Air Force
Wallace Promises Jobs Focus in Mass Primary Campaign
Democratic hopeful George Wallace drew about 3000 at a Chicopee rally pledging to protect Massachusetts jobs from foreign competition. He attacked federal bureaucrats over busing guidelines, urged trade quotas for shoe makers, and criticized crime and media coverage while promising aid to pro Western forces abroad where feasible.
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Chicopee
Mass
George C. Wallace
Massachusetts
Wallace
Alabama
New York Times
Castro
Robin Hood
Caribbean
America
India
U.S
Vietnam
Reagan pledges to end forced school busing in New Hampshire
In Concord Reagan declares as president he would end forced busing while enforcing existing court orders. He proposes redrawing districts, open enrollment, or vouchers as alternatives and seeks a constitutional amendment if needed. He spoke at a news conference in Concord before touring Gilford and surrounding towns.
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Concord
N.H
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Gilford
California
Ford
New Hampshire
Maine panel weighs ferry upgrades and safe insecticide study
The Maine Appropriations Committee examined a bill for 1 million dollars to upgrade Casco Bay Island Ferry Service facilities and 20 146 dollars for insecticide research to fight blackflies. They also heard proposals for parking and terminal upgrades in Portland and a greenbelt along the Kennebec River amid budget pressures.
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Augusta
Maine
Casco Bay Islands
Casco Bay Island
Penobscot
Piscataquis
University of Maine
Louis Jalbert
D-Lewiston
Ed Sprague
Coplin Plantation
Sprague
Thomas R. LaPointe
Portland
Bangor
Presque Isle
Houston
Kenneth H. Cadigan
Portland Planning Board
Kennebec River
Veterans
Veterans’ Services
Aroostook County
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Steve Parker
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Gordon Snow
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State Department of Food and Agriculture
Hearst
New England
Debbie Nickerson
Miss Dancer
Department of Human Services
UPI
State Museum
State Street
State Planning Office
George Wallace
White House
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Biddeford
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Solons
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