Death Row prisoners gearing for executions
The Associated Press reports on Death Row inmates in Georgia Florida and Texas awaiting execution after the Supreme Court upheld limited capital punishment. Prisoners express fear and resolve as state plans prepare electric chair executions and court rulings unfold.
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Associated Press
Carl Isaacs
United States
Isaacs
Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Texas
Charles Proffitt
Bobby Leverette
Proffitt
Supreme Court
Lewis Powell
Mark Morton Moore
Moore
North Carolina
Louisiana
Fort Lauderdale officers arrest impersonating driver in crash
In Fort Lauderdale two men in plain clothes flashed badges after a collision. One man, Brian Blaney of Boston, was arrested for impersonating an officer and driving while intoxicated. Local police mocked the stunt as a failed attempt to cover up the crash.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Brian Philip Blaney
Boston
Turcotte
Jersey City
Ethics panel drops Gulf inquiry into Hugh Scott
Senate Ethics Committee dropped its inquiry into links between Hugh Scott and Gulf Oil contributions. Scott, 76, said the review was thorough and objective and credited himself for initiating the action. The panel voted 5 to 1 against parsing allegations that Scott received up to 10,000 a year from Gulf's former chief lobbyist Claude Wild.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Senate Ethics Committee
Gulf Oil Corp
Scott
House
Gulf
Claude Wild
Gulf Funds
Wild
Three Mass. Journalists Win New England Sigma Delta Chi Honors
Boston drama critic Elliot Norton Southbridge publisher Loren Ghiglione and Joseph L. Doherty head of the publishers association receive Sigma Delta Chi honors from the New England chapter. Awards to be presented October 21 at Brandeis University with induction into the Academy of New England Journalists at Colby College Waterville Maine.
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Mass
Newton
Boston
Elliot Norton
Southbridge Sewanene
Loren Ghiglione
Joseph L. Doherty
State’s Publishers Association
New England
Sigma Delta Chi
Brandeis University
Academy of New England Journalists
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
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Charles Postell
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Reidsville
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Ming
Colorado
Barrington
UPI
Raymond O. Audio Insurance Agency
Elm St
Biddeford
Macs
Hanson's Ridge
Springvale, ME
No. Waterboro
Waterboro
Portland
Rochester
North Waterboro
Tom Brophy
Bayonne
N.J
Raymond Turcotte
Vancouver
Wash
Ted Wyche
Wyche
Nicholson
Sally
Ted
Eric Oien
Wyches
Nicholson Road
Eth
Lester Maddox
American Independent Party
Virginia
Atlanta
Deering Avenue
Saco Call
Elliott Wood
Nelson
Elm Street
Old Orchard Beach
Zamereth
Teedfox Springs
Old Orchard
Twin City
Pool Road
Biddeford, Maine
Raymond C. Frechette
Roger P. Frechette
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