Cultist murder charges headline Georgetown case
AP reports Charles Berkman a 20 year Temple veteran faces a preliminary hearing on murdering four cultists at Jonestown Georgetown HQ Nov 18. Fellow American Larry Layton stands charged with murdering Rep Leo Ryan and three newsmen in the ambush. Herrera Campins leads in Venezuela vote as Caldera predicts victory for the Social Christians. Philadelphia unions split from AFL-CIO over public employee issues. SEPTA ridership falls 4.7 percent amid fare hikes and a 44 day transit strike. Darby assault victims and arrests noted along with Aston traffic signal crash investigations and an armed robbery at Dolbey Scientific in Upper Darby. Christmas fund nears $2,000 with multiple donations.
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Guyana
Charles E. Berkman
The
Peoples Temple
Berkman
Larry Layton
San Francisco
Leo J. Ryan
D-Calif
Jonestown
Six killed as luxury train derails in Virginia
In Virginia near Elma a Southern Crescent train from Atlanta to Washington derailed. Six people died and about 60 injured as rescuers freed a cook Ned Haynes trapped under a stove for hours. The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators. Names of the deceased include Howard Lewis Jackson and Lewis Price among others.
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Shipman
Ned Haynes
Southern Crescent
Haynes
Kimball Glass
Lynchburg
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Washington
Elma
Nelson County
Virginia
National Transportation Safety Board
Bob Buckhorn
Charlottesville
Glass
University of Virginia
Bill Fishback
Howard Lewis Jackson
Alexandria
Lewis Price
Jackson Homer Hume
Edith Carrol Hume
Madison Heights
Edward Franklin Shaw
Wilmington
Del
Boeing to end rail car production next year at Delaware plant
Boeing Vertol will discontinue rail car production in 1979 at its Ridley Township Delaware County facility, absorbing 400 surface transportation workers into other operations after finishing 175 cars for Boston and starting 100 for San Francisco. Ten cars per month will be built. Separately a blind man was robbed of 220 dollars on 15th Street near the Blind Rehabilitation Center. the mugger knocked him to the ground and searched his pockets.
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Ridley
Boeing Vertol Co
Delaware County
Boeing
Boston
San Francisco
Robert Stinson
Stinson
15Th St
Arbor Drive
John Dellatore
PNB
13Th St
Edgemont Ave
Robert Geller
Dellatore
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Army cracks down on fraternization between ranks in women service members
Washington AP reports the Army ordered a crackdown on sexual fraternization between male and female soldiers of different ranks after a May study found dating and relationships between officers or noncommissioned officers and enlisted women harming discipline and morale. Commanders were told to act where relationships show bias or misuse of rank though no specific actions were defined. The order, tied to a broader study on women in the Army, comes as the service expands women’s roles with 56,000 currently serving and plans to grow over five years.
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Army
Cellnes
Aaakee
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Manny) Brown
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Township Tavern
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William McCartney, Jr
Francis S. Lee
Hermesprote
Sharon Hill
McDevitt
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Aston
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Concord
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Upper Darby
Belire Acc
Dolbey Scientifiefne
Baltimore Pike
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Salvation Army
Chester
Leonard
Mari Panco
Grace Welsh
Leo Marcoon
Michael
Cynthia Duris
Merry Christmas Fund
Daly Picea Ad
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Bruce Jay
U.S
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San Franciso
Brookings Institution
Barry Blechman
Stephen Kaplan
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