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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1974

Page

6

Falls Village youth testifies in mother murder trial

Peter A. Reilly 19 denied killing his mother Barbara Gibbons 57 during a Litchfield County trial. He testified after returning from a Canaan Teen Center meeting Sept 28 1973 that he found his mother on the bedroom floor with blood nearby. He said a sheet covered her head and that a wallet and $100 were missing. State police and other witnesses described recovered items and a jail confession dispute.

G Reilly Gibbons Meyer Madow Sharon Hospital Catherine G. Roraback Reilly Litchfield Superior Court Falls Village James. Shay John McAloon Hindover Litchfield County McAloon Bhim Robert Erhardt Nias Cartier Erhardt

Archbishop-Elect Gerety Sees Tremendous New Jersey Challenge

PORTLAND Maine AP Archbishop-Elect Peter L Gerety said his Newark archbishop appointment is a tremendous challenge and opportunity for service in the church He has led the Portland Diocese since 1966 and will depart in six weeks The Newark archdiocese is large with three auxiliary bishops six universities and 1244 priests It comprises New Jersey and is more than six times the size of Portland He has long supported civil rights and the poor and aims to make the gospel relevant to the times

Portland Maine Peter. L. ‘Gerety Newark Thomas A. Boland Gerety Shelton Conn Connecticut New Haven Bridgeport Hartford Maines Pope Paul VI Archdiocese of France Boland U.S Vietnam the Times

Defendants Dropped in Major Civil Damage Suit

Fragmented OCR notes reference a $26 million civil damage suit filed by the Socialist Workers Party alleging harassment. Names linked to defendants include President Nixon, John Mitchell, John Dean, and Jacob Nogi, with unclear attribution to a military intelligence agent in San Francisco. Emperor Hirohito is oddly cited as the 124th in a separate line.

Line Ebr Fehnies Socialist Workers ‘Party Rile Nixon Atty John Mitchell White House John W. Dean Sl Jacob Nogi San Franncisco

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