Teenagers get long sentence in paid killing of father
In Cleveland a 17 year old, John White Jr., pleaded guilty to murder for arranging with his sister to have their father killed for being too strict. He was sentenced to 15 years to life, eligible for parole in 10 years. The sister, Michelle, 15, faced delinquency charges and months later. A separate gunman, Jerome Watkins, 18, was deemed incompetent to stand trial.
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John Corrigan
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Jerome Watkins
Lima State Hospital
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Robert Shankland
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Widespread worker protests hit public services nationwide
Widespread sickouts and walkouts disrupted public services in California New Jersey and New York threatening to empty offices as wage disputes stalled negotiations Los Angeles County deploys 3100 deputies joined by 23000 clerks and hospital workers striking while New Jersey judges ordered arrests for enter blocking and New York Rikers Island corrections officers ended a 14 hour strike with plans to hire 1000 guards this year additional incidents occurred in Tennessee andMaryville Levi Strauss textile union leaders freed but fired
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Vic Arlington
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Somoza Receives Six New Warplanes in Managua
AP reports President Anastasio Somoza has obtained six new warplanes to strengthen defenses against Sandinista guerrillas and reportedly is drafting women. A six week revolution lingers as rebels suspend major offensives after consolidating control of western Nicaragua except Managua. Two T-28 bombers were seen in Managua with four more delivered, source unconfirmed but suspected to come from El Salvador, another military regime neighbor with T-28s.
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
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SALT II critics say pact favors Soviets in testimony
Paul Nitze testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that SALT II imposes no real brake on Soviet nuclear forces and could yield strategic superiority by 1985. Other critics, Adm Moorer and Lt Gen Rowney, expected to testify as supporters argue the treaty is modest yet useful.
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