State Court Not Buffaloed By Supreme Court Rule
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Frank Earl Senk for first degree murder in the 1961 slaying of 13 year old Mary Jane Benfield, rejecting defense claims the right to remain silent was not explained before signing his confession. Justice Jagen led the majority with Cohen dissenting.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Earl Senk
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Senk
Lenk
Columbia County
Mary Jane Benfield
Centralia
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
State Court
Columbia County Court
Justic Michael Jagen
Herbert B. Cohen
Hedy Lamarr Faces Court Over Ghost Biography Case
Actress Hedy Lamarr sits with attorneys Robert Osborn and Jordan Wank as a judge refuses her request to halt publication of the ghostwritten memoir Ecstasy and Me. Lamarr argues much of the book is fraudulent and that she did not scrutinize the manuscript sufficiently before approving it. A separate Pittsburgh court hearing is postponed on a U.S. Steel suit against United Mine Workers units seeking damages over $250000 tied to recent strikes in Greene and Washington counties. Judge Herbert P. Sorg approved the delay as UMW lawyers encounter travel issues for the hearing.
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Hedy Lamar
Robert Osborn
Jordan Wank
Los
United Mine Workers Union
Washington
Herbert P. Sorg
U. S. District Court
U.S. Steel
UMW
Greene
Pension plans shape hiring as 28 million workers covered
A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds pension coverage grows from 8 billion in 1985 to 190 billion in 1971 and forecasts 56 million workers protected by 1981 with 10 million retirees. It notes age 45 as a pivotal point for fitting into plans and job prospects. Gulf Oil board adds two directors in Pittsburgh, Loughney and Savage, expanding to 12 members.
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New York
National Bureau of Economic Research
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corp
PB. D. Lough,ney
Royce H. Savage
Johnstown Robbery Yields 20 Year Prison Term
Theodore A Swanson, 26, of Johns town, received a 20 year sentence in U S District Court for his role in a 5700 bank robbery at the St Michael branch in Johnstown on March 17. Eugene Webb 2 also of Johnstown drew 16 years in the same case. Both pleaded guilty and face murder charges in the death of Robert D Herdman found along a rural road March 29.
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Johnstown
U.S. District Court
Theodore A., Swanson
St. Michael
U.S. National Bank
Eugene Webb
Robert D. Herdman
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Servis
Firestone
Barney’s Firestone
Canter Street
Business Mirror
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Sherpa
Raglan
Murphy CO
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