Guenter Guillaume Convicted Of High Treason In West Germany
Guenter Guillaume, the East German spy linked to Chancellor Brandt’s resignation, was convicted of high treason and Breach of secrecy. His wife Christel received an eight year sentence. Guillaume faces 13 years in prison.
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Duesseldorf
West Germany
Guenter Guillaume
East Germany
Willy Brandt
Guillaume
Christel
Brandt
Social Democratic Party
Nab Escapee After Franklin Jail Break
State police in Franklin captured Venango County Jail escapee Samuel Messina 20 of Oil City hours after he slipped through an unlocked door. Bloodhounds and a helicopter aided the search. motorists spotted him near Oil City and delivered him to a patrol car. He fled during a busy jail period and had previously escaped in November, with new charges anticipated.
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Franklin
Venango County
Samuel Messina
Oil City
Messinia
Messina
Youth hiker survives 100-foot fall at Wintergreen Gorge
A 15-year-old Erie boy, Frank Jelenek, fell from a 300-foot bank into a creek bed after the rope broke during a Sunday hike. He remained conscious, was rescued by Brookside and Harborcreek volunteers with Behrend Campus aid, and is in fair condition in Hamot Medical Center’s surgical ICU.
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Erie
Wintergreen Gorge
Brookside
Kenneth Schaff
Frank Jelenek
Schaff
Jelenek
Harborcreek
Behrend
Hamot
Boyes Urges Freeze On County Hiring
Erie County commissioner elect Karl Boyes calls for a hiring freeze to assess 1975 payroll growth and justify positions. He faces a possible six mill tax increase and plans a three person panel, including a labor rep and an academic, to review current year jobs. Meanwhile Walter J Hickel backs Ford for the Republican nomination in Anchorage.
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Erie
Karl Boyes
Boyes
Board of Commissioners
Erie County
Organized Labor
Grandmother Sally Rand and 1976 polling split
The article blends a salacious anecdote about Sally Rand’s 1933 World’s Fair arrest with a political snapshot. It recounts Rand’s fame, her feathered act, and a ride on a white horse, then shifts to a Ford Reagan polling overview. It notes Ford’s GOP support, Reagan’s rising momentum, and Humphrey leading in Democratic polls among noncanditates.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Maryland
Wallace
Seattle
Sally Rand
Chicago
Tilly Tush
Rand
Sally
Mrs
William Ran
Dolph Hearst
Helen Beck
Rand McNally
Gallup
Hubert H Humphrey
Howard H Callaway
Callaway
U.S. News & World Report
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Nelson A Rockefeller
Texas
John Connally
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