Detroit Kidnapping Case Sees Fourth Suspect Arrested
FBI found the body of 25 year old James Crawford near Newark Ohio after an abduction outside his Detroit area bank. Sharon Scheurell of Columbus charged with kidnaping as three male suspects face extortion and additional counts. Crawford, assistant manager at the National Bank of Detroit, had a $250000 ransom demand.
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UPI
FBI
Brush
Ohio
James J. Crawford
Sharon Scheurell
Columbus
Crawford
Bachelor
Grosse Pointe
The
National Bank of Detroit
Newark
Chester S. Wysocki
Dearborn
John S. Garsides
William Nabozny
Garsides
Nabozny
Dayton
Wysocki
Farmington
Compromise Sought On Override Of Tax Cut Veto
Senate Democratic leaders say enough votes exist to override President Ford's veto of a six month tax cut bill with 61 of 62 Democrats ready to back the measure. House votes are expected after a conference committee irons out differences. White House maintains veto stands and sees no chance to act before year end.
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Upi
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House
Senate Finance Committee
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D-La Long
Finance Committee
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Senate Budget Committee
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Henry Bellman
Okla
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Harry Byrd
Virginia
House- Senate
White House
Rura
Sette Bil
Officials Continue Search For Bodies In Florence County
In Prospect South Carolina authorities press on with a rural dirt road search for more corpses after eight have been found. Sheriff Barnes says more burial sites likely exist in Florence County as investigators pursue identification and motive while three suspects face charges in the killings.
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S.C
UPI
Florence County
Williams Barnes
Barnes
Walter Leroy Neely
James K. Judy
Donald Henry Gaskins
Junior Parrott
Neely
Gaskins
Dennis Bellamy
John Henry Knight
Johnny Sellers
Judy
Sellers
North Charleston
Judge set to sentence woman for neglecting horse
Mrs. Joan O'Hara owner of a private employment firm faces sentencing on December 29 after being found guilty of failing to provide adequate food for her horse. The six hour trial before Justice of the Peace Tom Davis concluded with a misdemeanor conviction and potential penalties up to six months in jail and a $500 fine. Deputies described the horse as skin and bones after a neighbor reported the emaciated mustang. O'Hara did not testify, claiming the animal had been sickly with worms.
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Carson City
UPI
Joan O'Hara
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
Tom Davis
Oil majors win bid rights for Southern California offshore drilling
Major oil companies bid 438 million dollars for offshore drilling rights in a 1.3 million acre stretch from Santa Barbara to San Clemente, far below forecasts of up to two billion. Exxon Gulf Texaco and others competed, with the top bid of 105 million by a California group for a tract nine miles off Long Beach.
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California
William E. Grant
U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Land
Los Angeles
UPI
Interior Department
Rhode
Thomas S. Kleppe
Santa Barbara
San Clemente
Exxon
Gulf
Texaco
Standard of California
Shell
Atlantic Richfield
Union
Mobil
Phillips
Getty
Belfast Bomb Explodes On Royal Avenue Center City
A large bomb exploded on Belfast's Royal Avenue near the army headquarters as Christmas shoppers fled in fear. Police reported a nonfatal blast that damaged storefronts along a full block after the post office panel truck was hijacked in the Lower Falls area. Troops halted traffic and attempted a controlled blast that failed before the device detonated.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Royal Avenue
Lower Falls
Army
Three Warrants Issued In Knight Murder Case
Philadelphia police announced three warrants for Salvatore Soli Steven Malono and Issiah Felix Melendez in the murder and robbery of John S Knight III a house guest stabbed and Knight found bound in his Rittenhouse Square apartment The FBI is pursuing federal warrants for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and investigators say the motive appears to be robbery.
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Philadelphia
John S. Knight III
Knight
UPI
Joseph Golden
FBI
Salvatore Soli
Steven Malono
Issiah “Felix” Melendez
Golden
Philadelphia Daily News
John McKinnon
Rosemary
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Carl Albert
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al Ullman
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