Longet Trial Opens Nine Months After Sabich Death
Nine months after Vladimir Sabich died in a Colorado chalet Claudine Longet faces a jury in Aspen on charges of reckless manslaughter. Prosecutors say she acted recklessly while defense argues the shooting was an accident. The case centers on whether Longet intended to kill Sabich or simply caused his death with a pistol misfire.
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Aspen
Miss Longet
Charles Weedman
Weedman
Aity
Ashley Anderson
Sabich
Claudine Longet
Maren
Spider
Claudine
Aspen Valley Hospital
Sahidh
Colorado
Colo
Russian Spy Rogalsky Held in New Jersey on Espionage Charges
Ivan Rogalsky, a central New Jersey resident, is jailed without bail facing espionage charges tied to passing defense data to a Soviet diplomat. FBI says he carried a secret satellite document, aided by RCA engineer Paul Nekrasov, while locals recall a brooding outsider who boasted of a murder at sea and had ties to Rova Farms resort and the Russian American community.
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Jackson Township
N.E
Ivan Rogalsky
James Bond
Rogalsky
New Jersey
RCA Corp
Princeton
Yevgeniy P. Karpov
United Nations
FBI
Karpov
U.S
State Department
Paul
Nekrasov
RCA
Kopalsky
William J. Hunt
Lowenstein
Tass
New York City
Theresa Phrelner
Rova Farms
Herman Shultz
Roglasky
Soviet Union
Germany
Spain
Schuitz
Barcelona
United States
Shultz
Banenda
Steve Koeppel
Macalester
Alexanderovich
Senate Moves to Overhaul Committees in 30 Year Plan
The Senate opens hearings on a sweeping reorganization aimed at cutting committees from 21 to 15 and reducing subcommittees from 174 to about 100. Senator Adlai Stevenson urged bipartisanship, warning the overhaul will trim powers and provoke resistance from constituencies while spreading authority across surviving panels. Freshmen await committee actions as Rules Committee hears senators’ testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ilc
Stevenson
Senate Rules Committee
Veterans Affairs Committee
Small Business Committee
Joint Atomic Committee
Joint Economic Committee
Congress
Rules Committee
Tax Revision Program Now Top Priority
New York AP reports that Treasury Secretary nominee W Michael Blumenthal says a major tax revision plan is a top Carter administration priority. He expects proposals to Congress in 1977 with action in 1978, aiming to simplify the tax system and broaden reform. Blumenthal also discusses unemployment goals and economic stimulus.
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New York
Treasury
Desigaee
W. Michael Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Carter
Congress
ABC
Byrd backs public financing of congressional campaigns
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd said on Face the Nation he now supports public financing for congressional campaigns, citing desire to limit spending and curb influence. He urged a mechanism to prevent unlimited personal spending while endorsing ethics reforms, a tighter committee system, and potential public works funding amid Carter’s presidency.
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Washington
API
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginian
Supreme Court
Byrd
CBS
Face the Nation
Congress
Carter
Elect Carter
Bill Barriers Seeks 20 People for Hazardous 13000 Mile Journey
San Francisco AP reports Bill Barriers invites twenty stout hearted volunteers to risk their lives on a seven month overland trek from Point Barrow Alaska to Punta Arenas Chile. Applicants must show $15,00 in bank, jungle and tundra survival training, plus strong psychological and physical makeup. Barriers lists daring goals including first land crossing from Arctic to Antarctic via jeep dog sled canoe and Pan American Highway in full.
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San Francisco
Bill Barriers
Barriere
Palm Springs
Calif
Darien
Panama
Western Hemisphere
Arctic
Antarctic Ocean
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