Canada quits IWC after ban on whaling
Canada will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission saying it no longer has direct interest in the whaling industry or commission activities since it banned commercial whaling in 1972. Ottawa also faces a possible postal workers strike as talks collapse. In Moscow, seven Pentecostalists remain blocked from emigrating, their basement apartment called an embassy tomb as U S and Soviet officials clash over their fate.
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OTTAWA
Canada
International Whaling Commission
Mark MacGuigan
Romeo LeBlanc
commission
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Treasury Board
Donald Johnston
Monay
Leaks and spills loom in Norton Sound lease plan
A new environmental impact statement warns offshore oil and gas leases on 2.4 million acres in Norton Sound could raise prices and housing shortages and pose spill risks to humans and wildlife including walrus seals and beluga whales. The draft notes potential environmental and economic harms if the September 1982 lease sale proceeds.
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ANCHORAGE
Alaska
Norton Sound
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Office
Chester policeman charged with criminal homicide in junkman death
State police and city officials say Chester officer Cpl. Thomas Beden 42 surrendered with counsel and was arraigned on criminal homicide charges after he shot a junkman who had threatened three with an ax handle. Protests followed amid claims of racial motive and economic strife in the Delaware River city. Bail set at 100000 ahead of July 2 hearing.
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MEDIA
Chester
Delaware River
Thomas Beden
Joseph P. Gessler
Beden
Local Weather Snapshot From Yesterday and Today
Yesterday’s high noted in the report with this morning’s low, and today’s readings at 8 30 a.m. and 10 a.m. The item provides a concise weather update with time stamps and temperature data.
Commuter van project saves energy in Gettysburg area
Gettysburg area residents join a PennDOT sponsored commuter van program to cut road use and save energy. John Grady, food stamp outreach coordinator, drives with a backup driver as roughly a dozen riders participate. The van leaves North Gettysburg Shopping Center at 6:40 a.m. and returns about 5:20 p.m. weekdays, with a small rider fee offsetting costs.
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JOHN A. STEMEN
North
Gettysburg
HartisuUrE
tts
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
PennDOT
Grady
Governor's Energy Council
Gettysburg area
mately
gasolline
North Gettysburg
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
John Grady
Jeff
Max
Gettysburg woman Charlene Caple builds a unique auction career
Charlene Caple, a 32 year old Gettysburg auctioneer, describes her three hat career as professional, personable and brimming with pizzazz. She and husband Dame began in 1979 after Missouri Auction School training, now joining 60 women auctioneers in a male dominated field. Caple emphasizes practice, product knowledge, and a family team, alongside real estate work and restaurant service, aiming to own an auction building and farm.
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Chasiene Caple
Caple
Dame
damnit
cKoir
Hanover
Russell E. Kehr
Westminster
Gettysburg
Route 39
Missouri Auction School
Kansas City
Kehr
Charlene Caple
P.B. Partners
Lamp Post
Reagan Victory in Budget Fight Brings GOP Triumph
President Reagan hails House approval of deep spending cuts as a major victory in the war on inflation. He urges further restraint, noting bipartisan cooperation, as he relaxes at his Santa Barbara ranch with Vice President Bush.
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SANTA BARBARA
Calif
API
Reagan
House
George Bush
Patterson trial ends with final defense testimony
Keith M. Patterson testified in his own defense as the last witness in his Hoedayling murder case. He denied shooting his mother Nancy L Patterson or sister Deborah D Patterson or the man they lived with. He described a strained family dynamic and said he did not hate any of them.
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Keith M. Patterson
Hoedayling
Patterson
Nancy L. Patterson
Deborah D. Patterson
Judy Patterson
Cumberland
Paul McCabe
Judy
John Paul Sell
Deborah
Carlisle Street
Gettysburg
McCabe
Adams County DA seeks reopening in Patterson murder case
Gary E. Hartman petitioned the Adams County Court to reopen the Keith M. Patterson murder trial citing newly discovered evidence. A search warrant was also presented as closure arguments neared, with Judge Oscar F. Spicer yet to rule at presstime.
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Gary E. Hartman
Adams County
Keith M. Patterson
Hartman
Oscar F. Spicer
Elmo Smith case recalled and tied to current Adams County death case
A Pennsylvania case recalling Elmo Smith’s 1962 execution notes he was the last to die in the electric chair and the last death sentence by an Adams County jury. The article links Smith’s history to Keith M. Patterson awaiting a first degree murder verdict and potential death penalty by the same Adams County jury. It outlines 1978 and 1977 statutory changes on aggravating and mitigating factors and jury standards.
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Pennsylvania
Elmo Smith
Smith
Adams County
Montgomery County
Keith M. Patterson
Gary E. Hartman
Patterson
Hartman
Bridgeport
Roxborough
Whitemarsh
state Supreme Court
South
Rockview State Prison
Bellefonte
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Sherman
Calvin Krout
Regina Lobingier
Doug Harner
Larry Barbour
Times
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Patterson trial
BULLETIN
Middle Creek
Freedom Township
Paul Sell
Commonwealth
Sell
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