Death penalty ruling roils California and national debate
California Supreme Court upholds the death penalty as constitutional, opening potential new penalty trials for most inmates on death row. Governor Reagan supports the ruling while former governor Brown urges legislative action, and two new penalty cases are ordered for review.
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James D. White
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
California Supreme Court
San Quentin Gas Chamber
Steve Raston
West Coast
Legal Defense Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
San Quentin
cAssociate
James W.L. Park
Park
Corona
State Supreme Court
Louis H. Burke
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Edmund G. Brown
State High Court
Robert Page Anderson
San Diego
Frederick Saterfield
Orange County
U.S. Supreme Court
Witherspoon
Notable Deaths Reported Across Several States
William J. Hartless 78 former War Department employee died in Hyattsville Maryland where he lived. Burial followed in Hyattsville. Survived by his wife and a nephew Martin Hartless. Walter Wanger 74 Golden Age film producer died in his sleep in New York after heart trouble. He helped produce Cleopatra. Dr Carl Epling 74 UC Los Angeles botany professor emeritus died in Santa Monica from heart attack. Helen Hughes Richards 84 Reader’s Digest editor and industrial designer died in New York after a long illness.
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U.S. War Department
Hyattsville
Hempstead County
Martin Hartless
Tulsa
Oklo
New York
Walter Wanger
Hollywood
Santa Monica
Calif
Carl Epling
University of California At Los Angeles
Helen Hughes Richards
Reader’s Digest
Lness
Helen Hughes Dulany
Hope Star Yule Auction Plans At Town & Country
A Hope Star report notes the Hope, Arkansas group meeting near BiB Grocery Club luncheon on Second Street to organize its annual Christmas auction. Don Freel serves as general chairman with Bill Morris and Jim Argo as co chairs for procurement. event scheduled December 4-5-6 at a vacant building nearby.
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Town & Country
Second Street
Don Freel
Befield Avith Bill Morris
Jim Argo
Weather Summary for Arkansas into Wednesday
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with a high of 52 and low of 27. Forecast clear to partly cloudy through Wednesday with continued cold tonight and warming by Wednesday. tonight’s lows upper 20s to near 30.
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Winnipeg
Ten Thousand Dollar Bills Recovered in Boeton
Police arrest a man in Boeton for receiving stolen property after locating three ten thousand dollar bills hidden between his toes. The incident centers on recovered currency valued at ten thousand dollars and an ensuing arrest on charges of handling stolen property.
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Boeton
Vote Totals Put Britt Ahead In Arkansas Lt Governor Race
Certified totals show Lt. Gov. Maurice L Britt winning by about 4,000 votes over Bill G. Wells as 299,709 to 295,518, with the governor’s race and other statewide contests also released. Secretary of State figures list Rockefeller and Crank leading in their races, along with results for president, senate, house, attorney general, and constitutional questions.
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Secretary of State
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Bill G. Wells
Hermitage
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Wells
Sebastian Sebastian
Pulaski
Winthrop Rockefeller
Orval E. Faubus
Rockefeller
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George Wallace
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
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Charles T. Bernard
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Guy Newcom
Joe Pursecell
Jerry K. Thomasson
Kelly Bryant
Leona Troxell
Jimmie Jones
G. W. Tyler
Sam Jones
Ed Allison
Students in Conflict With Czech Rulers
Prague AP report notes rising tension between Czechoslovak Communist rulers and journalists, students, and workers defending press freedom. 1,060 Prague reporters threaten strike to protest scapegoating and demand talks with government. Party Central Committee bans leaflets and mass resolutions while pledging to align media to socialist policy.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party Central Committee
Levakia
Soviet Union
Radioad TV
Closed Circuit TV for Trial Possibility
In Los Angeles the judge says closed circuit TV may be used to handle an overflow of newsmen at Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's trial for the Kennedy slaying. Hearing planned to consider objections as the Dec 9 start date looms.
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Los Angeles
Sirfan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Herbert V. Walker
Superior Court
Sirhan
Kennedy
California
Walker
Cits View
Communist Party Plans Strengthening Role in Czechoslovakia
Organ Rude Praya outlines measures to strengthen the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia with economic reforms to follow. The Central Committee vows in foreign policy to keep ties with the Soviet bloc, stating no alternative but to belong to the socialist system and participate in Comecon and the Warsaw Pact.
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Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Central Committee
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