Emperor Hirohito tours Illinois farms during U S Midwest visit
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako toured Plainfield and nearby Baltz farms after a Chicago luncheon with Mayor Richard J. Daley. They viewed soybeans and hogs, petted a piglet, and waved to onlookers as U S officials noted the visit's historic nature amid security briefings.
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Hirohito
Japan
America
Nagako
Chicago
Secret Service
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Honolulu
Lake Michigan
Midwest
Richard J. Daley
Tennessee Governor In Wreck Tennessee Governor In Wreck
Governor Ray Blanton and House Speaker Ned McWherter were cut and bruised in a two car crash on a rain slicked highway while returning from Knoxville. They were treated at the Governor's Mansion. Two other occupants Mrs Bonner and her daughter Jennifer suffered minor injuries at Baptist Hospital.
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Tennessee
Ray Blanton
Ned McWherter
Knoxville
Ford
Blanton
McWherter
Bill Parker
Parker
Metro Nashville
Mary Bonner
Jennifer
Baptist Hospital
Four Death Penalty Sentences Are Upheld by N C Court
RALEIGH AP Four death penalty sentences and two life terms were upheld by the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday. Albert L. Carey of Charlotte was sentenced to the gas chamber in his second murder trial for a 1973 gas station holdup. Justice disputes over prior robberies noted. Also upheld were rape and kidnapping convictions for Larry Bernard of New Hanover and murders of Kathey Smiley by Pinkney T. Mitchell and Wallace C. Sanford of Gastonia. Paul Shepherd of Asheville had his life sentence sustained for the 1966 wife shooting, with the court finding he knew right from wrong. Wilbur J. Sanders’s life sentence for car booby trapping crimes against a SBI agent was approved. Eddie Hardy Jr. of Craven County won triple damages in a consumer case against Pamlico Motor Co. over a used car misrepresentation. The Dodecanese Islands were awarded to Greece by postwar treaty terms.
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Albert L. Carey
Charlotte
High Court
Susie Sharp
Joseph Branch
Carey
Shepherd
North Carolina
Wilbur J.sanders
Albert Stout
State Bureau of Investigation
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