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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1977
Page
2
Lee Majors and Jenny Agutter wear Skylab training suits for an episode shot at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Scenes include the altitude chamber, vehicle assembly building, and Saturn rocket launch pad.
Four armed bandits robbed the Club Mediterranee resort in Nicotera with submachine guns escape with about 1.1 million dollars in cash jewels and hundreds of passports. Two attackers disguised as police entered the main office rifled the safe cut telephone lines and fled in an Alfa Romeo with an accomplice and a young woman. Police suspect links to an international identity paper trafficking ring.
New witnesses to the son of Sam killings push police to issue a new gunman drawing. Police say the update will not alter the department description of the shooter, who has killed six and wounded seven since last summer with a .44 Bulldog revolver. Police face influx of notes from the public, with one note turned over by a UPI employee.
Paul Wheaton, 67, of Omaha, is in critical condition in an Omaha hospital after a fire at his apartment on 2205 Jones Street. Fire crews arrived just after 1 a.m. and found him slumped in a chair. the blaze was confined to a corner of the apartment, with no other injuries reported. Investigators said smoking in bed likely started the fire as bedding ignited and Wheaton crawled to safety.
Lincoln Nebraska M Berri Balka state insurance director says nine individuals have filed written exemptions under the states medical malpractice law enacted in 1966 but fully implemented three weeks ago after the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld it. The law sets a 500000 dollar cap on patient awards and creates four screening panels before court action. Balka notes it is unclear how many Nebraskans will opt out and says exemptions are being recorded individually. Parents can exempt children and spouses must sign when entire families opt out. individuals may also request exemption. Balka says few inquiries have come from doctors and hospitals about liabilities, adding most questions will go to the Nebraska Medical Association.
Roman Polanski will plead guilty to reduced charges in a plea bargain affecting a sexual abuse case involving a minor. Prosecutors and Polanski's attorney reached an agreement awaiting judge approval, with a change of plea to one of six counts anticipated.
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