Both Arms Reimplanted After Mining Accident
David Lynn Jackson and fellow miner Jerry Lee Duncan were injured when a 1,000 foot steel plate fell in a Gordonsville Tennessee zinc mine. Jackson, 19, had both arms reimplanted in a 12 hour operation at Jewish Hospital Louisville. Doctors estimate 60 percent use of his right arm and 40 percent of his left. Duncan lost his right arm. Jackson described the moment as he moved to shield Duncan and the plate shattered their positions.
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Louisville
David Lynn Jackson
Jackson
Jewish Hospital
Bloomington Springs
Tenn
Jerry Lee Duncan
Gordonsville
Duncan
Ex CIA officer accuses agency of fund misuse and deceit
Former CIA veteran John R. Stockwell claims field officers padded their pay using agency funds and that most Vietnam operations were fabrications. He urged CIA reform in a resignation letter to Adm. Turner published in The Washington Post. The CIA says Turner has not received the letter and will review the charges.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
John R. Stockwell
Congress
Vietnam
Stockwell
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Washington Post
Langley
Africa
Turner
Poison plants pose risk to children warns Duke expert
Duke University professor Dr. Shirley Osterhout notes child curiosity leads to plant poisoning in spring. She cautions toddlers and active eight year olds, highlights toxic bulbs in daffodils and hyacinths, warns of jimsonweed and pokeweed dangers, and cites about 200 hospitalizations last year with no deaths.
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Durham
North Carolina
Duke University
Shirley Osterhout
Duke
Guilford County Holidays And Community Help Lines
Reader asks about county holidays for the year. list includes Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Christmas holidays and New Year. Action Line offers guidance on personal help through Family Service Bureau and CONTACT Telephone Ministry.
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Guilford County
Anon
Action Line
Family Service Bureau
Contact
Telephone Ministry
Bail Denied for Wilmington 10 Activists in 1971 Arson Case
New Hanover County Superior Court Judge Russell J. Lanier denied bail for the Wilmington 10 a group of civil rights activists convicted of arson and assault in 1971 racial violence case. The ruling keeps the defendants in custody as their petition proceeds in the local court.
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Wilmington
New Hanover County
Russell J. Lanier
Defense seeks bail hearing amid Allege recantations in Wilmington 10 case
In Pender County a bail petition is heard as Eric Junious allegedly recants his 1972 testimony claiming he overheard the Wilmington 10 promoting violence. Prosecution witnesses Hall and Mitchell are said to have given critical answers under questioning. The Wilmington 10, including Rev. Ben Chavis, were convicted in the 1971 Mike's Grocery arson and assault case.
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Pender County Superior Court
Lanier
Wilmington 10
Charlotte
James E. Ferguson
Eric Junious
Junious
Ferguson
Allen R. Hall
Jerome
Mitchell
Ben Chavis
Commission For Racial Justice of
The
United Church of Christ
Mike
Wilmington
One Man Rocket Copter to Be Tested by Army
Army at Fort Bragg will test a 130 pound rocket powered helicopter made by Aerospace General Co. The craft can carry 600 pounds and be flown after a day of training. Designer Gilbert McGill says speeds reach 125 mph and a 12 man team can be trained in a week. Test costs cited between 2500 and 3000 dollars.
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Fayueville
N.C
Ft. Bragg
Bruce E. Wallace
Army
Airborne Communications and Electronics Board
Aerospace General Co
Odessa
Tex
Gilbert McGill
McGill
Wallace
Aviation Systems Command
St. Louis
Moonie Locked In Motel Room
One Unification Church member says he was confined in a motel room for days as punishment for resisting deprogramming attempts. The California court halted conservatorships, considering whether parents disobeyed orders, while other Moonies remained outside the ruling.
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Moonie
San Francisco
Unification Church
John Howard
State Court of Appeal
Howard
Guat @tani
Sun Myung Moon
John
Gail Howard
Danville
Calif
Beatrice Kaplan
Toledo
Ohio
Janice Kaplan
Moonies
Barbara Underwood
Portland
Ore
Leslie Brown
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Jacqueline Katz
Walcott
N.Y
Freedom of Thought Foundation
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