Fatal burn death leads to $500000 suit in Alamo home
In Contra Costa County Superior Court a $500,000 damage suit was filed over the Oct fatal burning of a mental patient at a private treatment home in Alamo. Hartwell Jr., 18, of Danville, died from burns in hot bathtub water. Defendants include the home’s owner Mrs. Jacant L. Schiff, plus the bathtub installer, the heater maker, and its controls maker. The attorney said no heater water was used prior to the incident. Investigators noted the victim’s hands and feet were tied. The Contra Costa County Grand Jury will review for possible criminal charges.
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Contra Costa County
Alamo
Dor. Hartwell Jr
Danville
Jacant L. Schiff
Har ‘Eit
Bathtub Wale Theater
Pentagon Papers trial set to begin in Los Angeles
U S District Court Judge Matt Byrne ruled the Pentagon Papers trial would start next Tuesday while the government must drop about 100 pages of cited evidence. The judge allowed most new material to be introduced at trial, though the government faced a moving target claim from defense attorney Charles Nelson who argued the case had been largely reshuffled since August.
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U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Pentagon
Byrne
Charles Nelson
Firebombing charges in Memphis Ameri can Opinion Bookstore case
Three men face charges linked to a Monday night firebombing at the John Birch Society American Opinion Bookstore in Memphis. Witnesses saw two Marines from the Naval Air Station and a discharged Marine throw firebombs through a glass window, gutting the store. Police anticipate further arrests as the probe continues.
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APL
Memphis Naval Air Station
Memphis
John Birch Society
Washington letter brings $20,000
Washington wrote to James Madison in May 1789 on founding principles. At a Waldorf Astoria sale a hand written letter fetched about $40,000, a record for a Washington letter. The three quarters folio piece was bought by Maury A. Bromsen, a Boston manuscript dealer.
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George Washington
James Madison
United States
Waldorf-Astoria
Washington
Madison
Wash
Maury A. Bromsen
Boston
Harry Tromanagers
Bromsen
Two California inmates plead innocent in Harlem police killings
Albert Washington and Anthony Rolton, both serving California sentences, pleaded innocent in New York to murder charges in the Harlem Manitaban housing project shooting of NYPD officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini on May 2, 1971. They were arraigned with bail denied. Three other men were charged, one still at large.
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California
New York City
Harlem
Kennedy Airport
San Francisco
Waverly Jones
Joseph A. Plagentini
Manitaban
Eame
Susenville Prison to Close and Displace 700 Inmates
Susenville facility will shut by July moving 700 inmates to other units and offering state job transfers for 240 staff. The minimum security camp housed nonviolent inmates who aided forest firefighting, with the population dropping from 1201 to 700 amid San Quentin closure talk.
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Susanvild
Mi Imum
California
Reagan
San Quentin Prison
Susanville Conservation Camp
Sheriff Hongisto Seeks 50 Percent Budget Increase
San Francisco Sheriff Hongisto pushes a 50 percent budget hike to fund housing feeding and guarding about 1,200 prisoners daily. He proposes moving alcoholics from jail to a detox center and says current spending is woefully inadequate. A public meeting on December 20 will discuss how an added two billion could be used.
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San Francisco
Riehard
Hongisto
Hongista
Mongisto
Irish church state split shows up in early returns
Early returns from Ireland indicate a strong 5 to 1 majority in favor of removing the church from the constitution. Voters hesitated amid cold weather and a low turnout, with about half of the 1.8 million eligible casting ballots.
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UPI
Ireland
Ehie Joan
Republic
Jack Lynch
Northern Ireland
Fianna
Fair Party
Treland
Lynch
Fianna Fáil Parti
Simi
Fine Gael
Willam Conway
North Ireland
Belfast housewife finds victim amid sectarian murder wave
In a Protestant district a Belfast housewife found a building contractor jammed in a box. The 107th death this year, sixth in six days, elevates a three year toll with 70 Catholics and 37 Protestants killed. Police say the victim, 28, was tortured and shot. Prime Minister Heath seeks Soviet help to trace rockets used against troops as 18 rocket and mortar attacks in 10 days rattle Northern Ireland. Terror victims include Catholics and Protestants amid a new wave of sectarian killings.
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VPL
Northern Ireland
Jaliott
William “Whitelaw
Eiliot
London
Edward Heath
Soviet Union
Heath
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