Brooks becomes first inmate executed by injection since 1977
Convicted killer Charlie Brooks, 40, was executed by lethal injection in Texas becoming the first person put to death by injection in the nation and the first black inmate executed since capital punishment resumed in 1977. He died at 12 16 a.m. CST after a three drug dose. witnesses described him as calm and prepared.
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Vf Gazette
Huntsville
Texas
Charlie Brooks
Brooks
United States
Gary Gilmore
Utah
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
William Clements
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
U.S
5Th Circuit
David Belew
Fort Worth
Belew
Hugh Lowe
Austin
Criminal Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Texas Criminal Appeals Panel
Death Row
Trinity
Akbar Shabazz
Larry Sharrieff
Berry Mitchell
Ms. Mitchell
Bomb blast levels Irish tavern in Northern Ireland
A bomb at the Droppin Well pub in Londonderry killed eight people and injured 51, including off-duty British soldiers. Police said many may remain trapped under rubble as rescuers cleared the collapsed disco and function room.
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Gazette Wire
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Ballykelly
Belfast
Mairad Peoples
Jackie McMichael
Droppin Well
Airport bond sale delayed indefinitely in Cedar Rapids
The city postponed an $11.5 million airport terminal bond sale as litigation by Ozark and Mississippi Valley Airlines clouds the project. Bonding attorneys cannot issue a clear opinion until courts or parties resolve the dispute, and the redesign may proceed only if directed by court, commission, or City Council.
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Seee Wrycree Speer
Cedar Rapids
Hal Schaefer
Chicago
Airport Commission
Airlines
Ozark
Mississippi Valley Airlines
Airlines and Commission
Schaefer
Clare Rice
Don Gardner
Commission
Roy Jameson
Brad Livingston
Jameson
MVA
United Airlines
Northwestern Bell Hints at New Rate Increase Filing
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co may file for a new rate hike in the foreseeable future, a document to the Iowa Commerce Commission indicates. Spokesman Ed Mattix said details will be released when the filing is made, with no firm date yet. The last request in 1981 sought 76 million dollars and was reduced after court rulings.
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J Daubenmier
2 Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Commission
the Gazette
Scott County
Northwestern Bell
House OKs highway bill with gas tax hike
The House approved Reagan's nickel-a-gallon gas tax increase and the highway authorization bill, sending both to the Senate. The tax hike to 9 cents a gallon on gasoline and diesel takes effect April 1 1983, expected to raise about $5.5 billion annually through 1988 to fund roads bridges and mass transit. The measure faces a Senate vote later in the week.
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Washington
UPI
House
Reagan
Senate
Iowa
Berkley Bedell
Tom Harkin
Neal Smith
Cooper Evans
Jim Leach
Tom Tauke
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
Robert Michel
Illinois
Congress
Davis Bacon
Bud Shuster
R-Pa
Shuster
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