Sudden Turnabout as Lineman Is Electrocuted in Jacksonville
July 17 1967 overcast day in a Jacksonville suburb brings routine job to danger when lineman Randall Champion is electrocuted hanging upside down. Fellow workers perform rescue including mouth to mouth. Champion loses consciousness then regains and is rushed to hospital for skin grafts. Photographer Rocco Morabito captures dramatic sequence earning a Pulitzer.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Randall Champion
Jimmson
Champion
Buddy
Thompson
Rocco Morabito
The
Jacksonville Journal
Morabito
Undue Delay Ruling Stands in Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed that a confession obtained after undue delay between arrest and arraignment cannot be used. It ordered a new trial for Abu Ibn Hanifah Bey, aka Nathaniel Miller, convicted of murder, burglary, and aggravated assault from a Philadelphia bar shooting three years ago. He confessed after a five hour gap and arraignment occurred more than 17 hours post arrest.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Abu Ibn Hanifah Bey
Nathaniel Miller
Bey
Identities Named Killers In Iran Kill Two U S Officers
Tehran Iran AP government says it knows the identities of three Marxist guerrillas who killed two U S Air Force colonels and is hunting them. The slain officers Col Paul R Shaffer Jr and Lt Col Jack J Turner were en route to work at a base southeast of Tehran. A government pledge promises justice for the victims as tension rises amid retaliatory claims and a call for calm from the State Department.
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Tehran
Iran
Paul R. Shaffer Jr
Bryan
Ohio
Iranian People's Warriors Association
Shah
State Department
Two Area Residents Sue Jamestown School Board
Albern Potter and Edward Showash file a $1 million class action in Mercer County court against the Jamestown Area School District and eight directors over alleged tax overcharges in 1974. The suit says Mercer County residents were unfairly penalized by the board’s tax formula and alleges an unspent $200,000 slush fund could have reduced taxes.
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Jamestown, Pa
Jamestown Area School Board
Mercer County
Albern Potter
Edward Showash
Concerned Citizens Group
Crawford
Mercer Counties
Sparta Events users wish her good luck and quick recovery
The missus Barbara Boythe and Luci Cook graduated Sunday from Clarion State College. Mrs. Nellie Cook and daughter Rosa Baker of Corry attended the Tulip Festival parade at Clymer. Candy Northrop and others are set to graduate Corry High School. A bridal shower for Mary Wills is planned at CMA Church basement Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. Sparta Grange hosts visitation night May 22. Senior Youth Group bus trip to Pittsburgh Zoo June 14.
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Barbara Boythe
Luci Cook
Clarion State College
Nellie Cook
Rosa Baker
Corry
Clymer
Cook
Baker
Karen Woods
Candy Northrop
Corry High School
Mary Wills
CMA
Sparta Grange No. 110
Sparta Grange Hall
Troy Center
Hydetown
Grange
Walter Potts
Los Angeles
Leon
Nellie) McCray
Isaac Sherlock
Oil City
Gerald Sherlock
Flossie Scouten
Union City Hospital
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Florence Sherlock
Paul
Helen) Scouten
Jennie Smith
Guys Mills
Don
Evelyn) Merkle
Freda
Margaret Morris
Cleveland
Christian Missionary Alliance
Civic Center
Sparta Cma
Ava) Campbell
Phillip
Kathryn) Northrop Jr
Johnsonian
Pik-um Shoes
Monthru
Corry Plaza
Corry Meadville
Sue School Board
Rath
Corry Foodliner
North Center St
Sparta
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