Coppola Executed in Virginia Electric Chair
Convicted killer Frank J. Coppola was executed in Virginia's electric chair after the Supreme Court denied a stay. He was pronounced dead at 11:27 p.m. EDT, calm and resolute, saying goodbye to his family as the body left the prison.
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Richmond
Frank J. Coppola
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Raymond Procunier
Virginia Department of Corrections
Coppola
Joe Ingle
Frank
United States
Gilbert Miller
Corrections Department
James P. Mitchell
Wayne Farrar
Procunier
Procurier
Supreme Court
John S. Butzner Jr
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Warren Burger
O’connor
Muriel Hatchell
Newport News
Steven Judy
Indiana
Nine year old sues Cracker Jack for missing prize
Wendy Potasnik, nine, sues the Cracker Jack Division of Borden Inc in Hamilton County Court small claims seeking court costs and a toy after alleging no prize was in her box. Her hearing is set for August 30 with witnesses planned. The company says it has addressed the issue and provided a box with a toy in another case for Wendy.
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Carmel, Ind
Wendy Potasnik
Small Claims Division
Hamilton County Court
Borden Inc
Wendy
Robin
Betty Garrett
Borden
Columbus
Ohio
Garrett
Rose Potasnik
Potasnik
Israel accepts gist of U.S. peace plan to end Lebanon invasion
Israel signs in principle to a U.S. arranged plan for the peaceful withdrawal of Palestinian fighters from Lebanon with a 15 day timetable. It seeks preconditions and demands lists of departing guerrillas while renewing air and sea strikes on PLO garrisons and missile batteries near Beirut. Damascus reverses stance and pledges asylum to unaccepted PLO fighters as Habib teams work with Begin.
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Gazette Wire Services
Israel
Lebanon
PLO
U.S
Philip Habib
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Habib
Jerusalem
Arab University
West Beirut
Sabra, Shatila
Bourj el Barajneh
Beirut International Airport
Bekka
Dan Meridor
Meridor
House approves 4.6 billion cut to farm and food stamp programs
The House voted 268 to 121 for budget reductions over three years in farm programs and food stamps. The bill would pay diversion on wheat and rice while freezing milk supports, ending a summer of targeted budget cuts demanded by Democrats against GOP opposition.
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Washington
House
Drive in for Medicar chuckle sign at auto shop
A lighthearted sign outside an auto repair shop reads Drive in for Medicar. The caption notes the humor and local business ambiance attributed to the storefront sign.
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Medicar
Paris attacked again as anti Semitic violence widens
A bomb outside an eight story building housing the GMBI citrus import firm in Paris injures a woman and signals left wing Direct Action. this follows Monday's killings at Jo Goldenberg's restaurant and a string of anti Semitic raids across the city involving a suspected international gang with London and Vienna links.
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Paris
Gaston Defferre
Jo Goldenberg
London
Vienna
GMBI
Banque de Gestion Privee
Banque Meyer
Direct Action
Defferre
France
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David Lynch
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Abby
Iowa
Today
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U.s.world
Marion
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