Wrongly Sentenced Man Freed by $75,000 Settlement
Joe Smith, a Philadelphian missentenced to prison for 14 years, received $75,000 in compensation as Gov. Shapp backed the allocation with support from attorney Thomas Foglietta and Sen. Henry J. Cianfiani. Smith, 53, earlier released in 1963 after key witness George Clark recanted, now reflects on a life altered by the crime he did not commit. Clark was killed in a Kensington bar holdup, and Smith hopes to move forward after the lengthy ordeal.
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Harrisburg
Joe Smith
Smith
Shapp
Philadelphia
Thomas M. Foglietta
Henry J. Cianfiani
George Clark
Graterford
Clark
Foglietta
Cianfiani
Raymond)Shafer
Shafer
Kensington
Pa Primary Now Key In U S Elections
Harrisburg AP Gov Shapp signs a new law allowing committed presidential delegates making Pennsylvania’s April primary pivotal. Democrats will list pledged delegates on the ballot while Republicans hold to non committed delegates. The state will have the third largest delegation at the convention with 182 delegates.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Cynthia Johnston
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Miss Johnston
Muskie
M.s Johnston
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Capitol Hill
Inmates Brighten Orphans Christmas at WV Penitentiary
Eleven teenagers held at the Marshall County Child Shelter received gifts in a Christmas party funded largely by inmates at the West Virginia penitentiary. Nearly $300 was raised, with $33 from prison staff and $50 from the Moundsville Jaycee chapter, then inmates追加 contributed $210. Each teen got a full school outfit and a watch.
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Moundsville
W.va
Marshall County
West Virginia
Nancy Clark
Christmas and Snow Face Dissolution Suit in Ohio Court
Thomas Taylor filed a suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court seeking to dissolve a service station partnership with defendants Richard Christmas and Charles Snow. Taylor alleges he was denied access to books of the business.
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Cincinnati
Richard Christmas
Charles Snow
Hamilton County Common
Thomas Taylor
Christmas
Snow
Going Home For The Holidays
Mary Ann Harbert smiles after questions from newsmen in the back of an Army sedan at Valley Forge Army Hospital Phoenixville. She was a prisoner in Communist China for three years and released ten days earlier. She was headed to Philadelphia Airport for a flight to California for the holidays after a medical exam.
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Mary Ann Harbert
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Phoenixville
Harbert
China
Philadelphia
California
U S Firm To Design Soviet Truck Plant On Kama River
Swindell Dressler Co of Pittsburgh signed to design the foundry for the Soviet Union’s truck manufacturing complex on the Kama River. Engineering work begins immediately, mostly in Pittsburgh, with two years in preliminary design. Soviet specialists will join engineers in Pittsburgh. Officials called the contract important and significant but withheld money details. The design contract was described as big business with potential for later major work.
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Moscow
Swindell — Dressler Co
Pittsburgh
Soviet Union
Kama River
Swindell Dressler
Donald J. Morfee
Morfee
Oklahoma campus finds 10 bags of marijuana gifts
Norman Oklahoma campus police discover ten small bags of marijuana wrapped as Christmas gifts scattered around the University of Oklahoma campus near trees and shrubs. The police chief called the scene an odd Easter egg hunt with little humor.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Bill Jones
University Chief of
Hopkins and Officials Tour Faulty Warren Geriatric Building
A special legislative committee toured the Warren State Hospital Institute for Geriatric Research building. Assemblyman Forest W. Hopkins called the six story structure obviously poorly constructed, echoing fellow lawmakers. The probe, sparked by a September resolution, noted half occupancy since completion and a $375 000 capital- budget repair earmark. The panel, led by Rep. William Renwick, will hold hearings in Warren and Harrisburg to determine repairs and accountability.
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Warren
Institute For Geriatric Research
Israel
Warren State Hospital
Forest W. Hopkins
House
Hopkins
William Renwick
St. Marys
Harold Reinhard
WSH
James Hedman
Reinhard
Hedman
Harrisburg
Kurosawa Hospitalized After Apparent Suicide Attempt
Akira Kurosawa the 61 year old director of Rashomon is in hospital for treatment of self inflicted cuts. Police say he slashed his wrists and neck at his home with a razor found nearby. Doctors expect him to survive. Kurosawa won the Venice grand prize for Rashomon in 1951 and is famed for The Seven Samurai and Yojimbo among others.
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Tokyo
Akira Kurosawa
Kurosawa
the Seven Samuria
Yojinbo
Santa Claus Missing From Iowa Yard
Mrs Klaas reports Santa statue stolen from the Klaas home in Dubuque Iowa. Police investigate after Santa Claus figure valued at twenty dollars disappeared from the front yard.
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Dubuque, Iowa
Klaas
Santa
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Corry TV Cable Company
Naiedeear
Aeaste
James Jaworski
Erie
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