Handicapped Home Robbery Leaves Two Dead In Florida
Police sought a man and a woman after a predawn break in at Bethesda Center, a handicapped home in Jacksonville. Two residents died and three were injured including Thelma Lehman and Delta Bemis. A staffer, Gary Reach, was beaten but recovered. Suspects described as two men fled.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J.W. Wynn
Bethesda Center
Thelma Eloise Lehman
Delta Post Bemis
Gary Jackson Reach
Judge Denies Bond for Joan Little in NC Case
Chief Justice Susie Sharp of the North Carolina Supreme Court rejected Joan Little's bid to bond out, raising the bail from 15000 to 25000 due to recent developments. Attorneys must complete paperwork with Beaufort County seals and secure Miss Little's signature at the Women’s Correctional Center before the court can approve.
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Raleigh
Nla
Susie Sharp
North Carolina Supreme Court Today
Joan Little
Sharp
Miss Little
Beaufort County
Woman's Correctional Center
Supreme Court
Justice Sharp
Adrian Newton
James Rowan
Karen Galloway
Supreme Court Clerk's
Miss Sharp
Unemployment taxes and football rule clarification
A reader asks if unemployment benefits are taxable by state law and a separate football query seeks confirmation of the rule on incomplete passes when a receiver in the end zone loses the ball. The adviser notes state tax applicability and cites the NFL Digest of Rules for completion criteria.
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T-R. A
Jim Pettit
Washington
St. Louis
NFL Digest of Rules
Pettit
Dancing Moth Balls In Water Recipe
A recipe for making moth balls appear to dance in water uses a quart of water with one teaspoon baking soda and one teaspoon citric acid plus white vinegar. Add mothballs and observe an up and down motion as they rise and sink. Some use only the vinegar and baking soda.
Early polls shake up politicians
Washington reports show President Ford with GOP leaders favoring him but losing rank and file support. A Gallup poll found non candidate Hubert Humphrey as current choice of 30 percent of party members. US News poll of leaders split 80 percent Ford to Reagan on nomination hopes.
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Washington
Ford
Hubert H. Humphrey
Howard H. Callaway
Callaway
Us, News & World Report
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Texas
John Connally
Gallup
Woman with deformed face starts new life after major surgery
A 19-year-old Seattle woman once mocked for a deformed face received 16 hour plastic surgeries at the University of Virginia to reshape her head and optics. King County Judge Warren Chan ordered two years at Purdy and mandated ongoing medical and psychiatric care. She now trains at Moningside Industries and aims to be a microfilm technician on parole. The state has spent about $13,000 so far with more needed, a bargain versus Purdy prison costs.
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Seattle
University of Virginia
King County Superior Court
Warren Chan
Purdy
Department of Social and Health Services
Akin
Moningside Industries
Peidon
Nixon Letters Listed Brandt Aide Faces Treason Conviction
Guenter Guillaume confessed East German spy passed secret Nixon to Brandt letters, including a July 3 1973 note about a NATO Brussels meeting. He headed an East German ring in Frankfurt 1956 1969, with his wife sentenced for complicity. The verdict raises further political contention in West Germany.
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Duesseldorf
West Germany
Guenter Guillaume
East Germany
Richard M. Nixon
Willy Brandt
Christel
Guillaume
Nixon
Brandt
Michel Jobert
NATO
Brussels
Frankfurt
Federal Republic of Germany
Hostages On Train Released In Dutch Crisis
Premier Joop den Uyl said the Dutch government would not yield to the six Moluccan hijackers on the Beilen train or to the consulate siege. After 12 days, the train hijackers surrendered as freezing temperatures crippled the heated car. Hostages were evacuated in fair to good condition, with fears of murder charges for the hijackers and an ongoing debate over independence for the South Moluccas.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Joop den Uyl
den Uyl
Beilen
Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
Kids Name Brands and Prices From TV Ads
Children across the country increasingly request toys by specific brand names and prices as advertising influences grow. Santas in ten cities report boys seek items like the Six Million Dollar Man and Evel Knievel cycles while girls want talking dolls, walkers, and walkie talkies.
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Terry Ryan
Associated Press
Weiler
Evel Knievel
Edward Sullivan
Santa
Boston
St. Louis
Santa Claus
Booker Lucas
Columbus
Ohio
Lucas
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