Utah Board Upholds Gilmore Right to Die by Firing Squad
Utah grants Gilmore execution after a Hunger Strike. The Utah Board of Pardons refused to commute, upholding his death sentence by firing squad. The decision was not unanimous as member Harriet Marcus dissented. Gilmore could face the guns between now and next Monday, 60 days after his conviction for the murder of Bennie Bushnell.
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Knight News Service
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
Gilmore
George Latimer
Provo
Bennie Bushnell
Edoard
Latimer
Thomas Harrison
Harriett Marcus
Utah Supreme Court
Lalimer
Dale Pierre
Pierre
William Andrews
Ogden
Athay
Jilted pilot's midair standoff ends in surrender
A 20 year old Long Beach State student stole a Cessna 310 from Long Beach Airport and conducted a treetop level chase over Seal Beach threatening death by own action. After multiple passes at a police helicopter he landed at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station and surrendered following a call from his father. Authorities cited a troubled romance with Marjorie Sterling as a motive and said no one was harmed.
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Seal Keachman
Jesus Christ
Tinodore Allen LaBelle
Elder Ave
Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
Long Beach State University
Seal Beach
Ted
LaBelle
City Hall
Girl buried six days by quake, lives
A girl found alive Tuesday in Celik after six days under debris from the Turkey earthquake. She survived without food or water in freezing cold. rescue workers called it a miracle. The disaster left about 4,000 dead and 40,000 homeless as winter sets in. Authorities said victims in tents would be resettled in Arctic-type tents then more permanent housing.
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Van
Turke
Turkey
Ats
Price chief still hoping for rollbacks
Washington AP reports an administration official, William F E Lilley II, says the government is mystified by rising steel and stew prices. He cautions steel producers may lose business with automakers and appliances if they push higher prices amid weak demand and fears wage and price controls.
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Washington
William FE
Lilley
The
Council On Wage and
Alaska oil glut estimate down on West Coast
Sacramento reports the State Energy Commission heard that factors may curb North Slope oil output. Officials, backed by Union Oil, warned the West Coast could face a surplus of as much as 60,000 barrels per day by 1978. Proposals, including Pure Blive and a California pipeline plan, aim to use excess oil domestically.
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State Energy Commission
Commission
Union
Oi Company
Steie
Tive
Bradle
United States
North Slope
Mayer evidence OK4d trial set in bribery case
Former Long Beach Planning Director Ernest Mayer Jr. had evidence from searches of his home office and car ruled admissible in Los Angeles Superior Court. His trial on two counts of bribery was set for January 1977 after Judge William B. Keene rejected suppression motions. Architects James Coppedge and Claflin Ballatice had provided information alleging ongoing bribery, tying Mayer to overpayments tied to multimillion-dollar developments.
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Long Beach
Ernest Mayer Jr
Los Angeles Superior Court
William B. Keene
Mayer
Harvey E. Byron
Keene
Eastman
James Coppedge
Claflin
Ballatice
District Attorney’s Office
Wwelp
Inaugural Eve Bombs Rock Mexico City
Bombs exploded in Mexico City during inauguration eve events for President-elect Jose Lopez Portillo. Two people injured. attacks likely aimed at discrediting outgoing President Echeverria. Attendees included Rose Lynn Carter and Henry Kissinger entourage. police describe timed devices. Vast security and economic turmoil noted as Mexico grapples with inflation and debt.
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Mexico City
Jose Lopez Por
Las Echeverria
Rosalynn Carter
Jimmy Carter
Lopez Partillo
Henry Kissinger
Nancy
Acapuloo
Ford
Jack
Tady Bird Johnson
Johnson
United Nations
Camino Real Hotel
Mexico
Echeverria
Lopez Portillo
Institutional, Revolutionary Party
Congress
Todal Independent Charges Dropped in Kidnap Murder
Independent reports charges dropped in the kidnapping and murder case involving a Rossmoor housewife. The article notes a major development in a high-profile local crime and its ongoing investigations.
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Rossmoor
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Alty
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Ernest Mayer
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