Williams Faces Third Louisiana Execution Bid
Angola La UPI convicts Robert Wayne Williams has two days to live unless Governor Treen halts the sentence or Supreme Court action delays the eighth electric chair date. Williams appealed to Justice Brennan for a stay as Justice White refused to intervene. Treen weighs commuting the death penalty to life in prison.
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Angola
UPI
Robert Wayne Williams
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Williams
William Brennan
High’ Court
Brennan
Byron White
High Court
Davereen
Treen
Robb Letters to LBJ Reveal Vietnam Reflections
Virginia Governor Charles Robb, then a Marine captain, wrote four 1968 letters to Lyndon Johnson praising his leadership, opposing the anti war stance, and confessing no appetite for killing. The letters, in Johnson Library archives, show idealism and a personal ambivalence about war. Robb declined to discuss the chapter publicly.
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Richmond
UPI
Virginia
Charles Robb
Lyndon Johnson
Robb
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Johnson
Lyndon Baines. Johnson
Austin
Texas
Virginia Democrat
Liver donor plea amid family crisis and wartime letters
Mary Ann Engebretsen pleads for a liver donor to save her two year old Trine who suffers from Alpha Antitrypsin Deficiency, a rare incurable disease. The article also recalls 1968 Vietnam duty, Robb’s remarks to LBJ, and Johnson’s decision not to seek office on March 31 with Robb praising the act as brave and selfless.
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Mary Ann Engebretsen
Trine
Vietnam
Robb
LBJ
Johnson
Mortar shell kills two San Diego youngsters playing
In a canyon near a San Diego housing subdivision once used for World War II Marine fire training, two 8 year old boys, Matthew Paul Smith and Corey Alden Peake, were killed when they triggered a 6 inch by 1 1/2 inch mortar shell while playing. A third boy, Corey’s 12 year old brother Carl, was in stable condition. The blast caused temporary hearing loss for the bystanders and rattled nearby windows.
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San Diego
UPI
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Denis McNeill
San Diego Fire Department
Matthew Paul Smith
Corey Alden Peake
Corey
Carl
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