Mercenaries' Fate Hangs on Angolan President Neto
Four British and American mercenaries sentenced to death for actions in the Angolan civil war await President Neto's confirmation before execution. Among them are Daniel Gearhart of Kensington Maryland and Costas Georgia, with McKenzie and Barker of Britain. Other defendants face long prison terms. The U S government criticizes the death sentences as not justified under international law.
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Luanda
Angola
Agostinho Neto
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Costas Georgia
Andrew Mckenzie
John Derek Barker
Britain
Gustavo Grillo
Jersey City
N.J
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Neto
U.S
United Nations
Gearhart
State Department
Washington
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Federal Bureau of In
Lawrence drive raises funds for National MS Society
About 550 residents canvassed Lawrence area to collect for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Local chair Wallace Dial said 60 percent stays local, with the rest funding national research. The 1976 campaign lasts a week after last year’s $6,400 total.
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Lawrence Area
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Wallace Dial
W. 27Th
Lawrence
National Organization For Research Purposes
Mars Viking mission weighs alternate landing sites in drive to July 5 decision
Pasadena scientists study Northwest Territory and two other options Chryse Phoenicia and Tritonis Lacus for Viking 1 lander. Project Manager James Martin plans to pick the best site by Thursday and then choose between that site and the original by July 5.
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Pasadena
Calif
Northwest Territory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Viking
James Martin
Martin
Chryse Phoenicia
Chryse
Raines defends parole system in Kansas
Kansas Corrections Secretary Robert Raines defended the state parole system after a Topeka State Journal series. He said the system now uses individualized treatment with input from counselors and daily-contact officers, providing more documentation than under prior laws. He argued judges and district attorneys do not set release timing alone and stressed collaborative review by corrections staff and the adult authority.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert R. Raines
Kansas’ Corrections System
Topeka State Journal
Raines
Kansas Adult Authority
Kansas
Market Place to Bring Arts Shops and Harvest Restaurant
Remodeling of the Eighth and New Hampshire building, once a tire store, a filling station and a private club, will create Market Place with five local owners. Design Built Architects plans interior trafficways and shop spaces, with completion aimed for September and a restaurant named Harvest included in the project. Market Place sits at the northwest corner of the intersection.
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Eighth
New Hampshire Streets
Market Place
Design Built Architects
Dave Evans
Evans
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Robert Cesner
Coumbus
Ohio
Acker
Grillo
National Front
FNLA
Ing
Sheila
Maryland
Carl Acker
Harrison Sales
Minnesota
Zenith TV
Westinghouse
Kelvinator
Amana Appliances
Hoover
Eureka
Philadelphia
Dial
National Weather Service
Lawrence Glass and Mirror CO
N.H
Uah
Kentucky Street
American States Commercial Union Continental Zurich Hartford
ST. Paul
Maryland Casualty Western
Fort Scott
LEO GE. Menner & CO
Standard Mutual Life
Connecticut General Bankers Life OF
Iowa
Iowa Mutual
CNA
Insurance
Midwest Mutual Aetna
Great American
Jack Landreth
Bob Johnson
George Noland
Roger Garrett
Bud Coy
Massachusetts
Price
Lawrence, Kansas
Sunflower
Icablevision
7Th & N.H
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