Drug Overdose At Utah Prison In Gilmore Case
Gary Mark Gilmore sentenced to die by firing squad attempted a drug overdose in his cell. His girlfriend Nicole Barrett was found unconscious in Springville from an apparent overdose and was in critical condition at Utah Valley Hospital. Prison officials said Gilmore revived after treatment. authorities noted he was not breathing properly when discovered under special surveillance.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Nicole Barrett
Springville
Leland Bowers
Utah Valley Hospital
Provo
Tom Anguay
Sam Smith
Smith
Industrial Production Declines in October Signals Slowing Economy
Washington AP reports U S industrial production fell in September and October to four month lows amid slower growth and work stoppages. The Fed measure tracks factories mines and utilities output, with two months too few to confirm a trend.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Parents urge action on pool hall near school
A reader asks if a pool hall across from a school can be moved or sued for contributing to delinquency. The reply explains location rights, need for evidence of illegal activity, and suggests parental and school actions. It also notes a new volunteer group, Friends of Children and Youth, holds meetings at the YWCA.
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Anow
High Point
Friends of Children and Youth
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
J.D
Seventeen in Foster Care: Dennis Smith Sues for Damages
Dennis Smith, in his 17th year and 16th foster home, filed a $500,000 suit in Alameda County claiming social services placed him in multiple homes and misdiagnosed him as mentally retarded. He says schools labeled him handicapped, while officials pledge review and possible improvements.
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San Francisco
Dennis Smith
Dennis
Alameda County
County Social Service Agency
Smith
Oakland
Librado Perez
Social Services Agency
Autopsy Report Awaited In Trooper Killing Case
An Atlanta man, 33, is jailed in Durham's Central Prison Hospital on murder and kidnapping charges after a Virginia state trooper was abducted and killed at a roadblock along I-85. The suspect was wounded. autopsy found 14 gunshot wounds on the trooper.
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Durham
Atlanta, Ga
Central Prison Hospital
Virginia
Reuben Conley
Garland West Fisher Jr
Petersburg
Conley
Wilson Mack Reavis
Fisher
Reavis
State Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
Barney Bernard
Granville
Joseph Momier
Henderson
Duke Medical Center
Durham County
Anthony Brann
Superior Court
Hamilton Hobgood
Cmdr
E.W. Jones
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Atlanta
Jones
Dwarf Warden Life Behind Tennessee Prison Walls
Nashville AP reports 53 inch tall Jack Jett, serving 24 to 40 years for bad checks, endures bunk stairs ill fitting clothes and eye level with inmates at Tennessee State Penitentiary. He describes meals, jokes, and mistreatment amid appeals and a denied funeral.
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Nashville, Tenn
Jack Jett
Tennessee State Penitentiary
Jett
Alcohol Cars Tour Brazil Publicizes Alcohol Fuel
Three cars powered entirely by alcohol completed a 5,000 mile Brazil tour to promote alcohol as a gasoline substitute. Air force technicians reported flawless performance on rough dirt roads and praised improved acceleration and reduced wear from the cleaner fuel.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Air Force
Marathon
Volks
Air Force Research Center
Sao Jose Dos Campos
Miguel Azevedo
Man defies judge and starves in prison hospital
Bobby Gene Robbins, founder and majority stockholder of Colfax Water System, is jailed for contempt and has been on a 47 day hunger strike in Central Prison hospital. He refuses to turn over business records amid a dispute involving Ellenboro, Rutherford County, the Utilities Commission and Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. He is force fed after near total abstention, saying his protest targets perceived coercion and injustice.
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Raleigh (Ap
Bobby Gene Robbins
Central Prison Hospital
Robbins
Rutherford County Water System
Ellenboro
State Utilities Commission
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Sam Garrison
Rutherford County
Central Prison
Colfax Water System, Inc
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Anguay
Gary Gilmore
Foster Childen
Marian Love
California State Foster Care Association
Atlantan
Tennessee State
Dwarf
Sullivan County
North
Johnson City
Aomore
Alcohol Cars
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