Mother seeks execution for son in Pascagoula crime
Verna Smith living near Los Angeles asks Mississippi to carry out the gas chamber sentence for Jimmie Lee Gray, 28, charged with kidnapping, raping, and killing 3-year-old Deresa Scales in Pascagoula. The coroner says the child was suffocated and her body dumped in a creek. Gray had a 1968 Arizona strangulation conviction and was to die the Monday Gary Gilmore was executed.
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UPI
Verna Smith
Mississippi
Gray
Arizona
Gary Gilmore
Ing Squad
Utah
Mississippi Supreme Court
California lawmakers seek penalties and bans on mobility devices
Sacramento briefs report SB155 and AB240 introducing death penalty restoration and penalties, AB248 banning motorized skateboards on highways and sidewalks, AB241 raising drunk driving fines by 250 dollars, with debate and appeals mentioned. In Mississippi a death penalty case draws pleas from a mother opposing torture and urging execution of her son. Carol Lawrence sued for 125,000 by former manager over 13 years of alleged debt and fees.
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Miami Beach
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Manhattan
Warning on drought conserve water urged by Robie
State water resources director Ron Robie warned that California could face critical problems if 1978 is dry and people refuse to conserve. He urged low flow fixtures, reclaiming water, new cooling methods, and better long range planning to save about a million acres of water by 2000.
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UPI
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University of California
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Hughes Death Tied to Pain Drug in 1946 Crash
Doctors examining Howard Hughes after his 1976 death linked long term use of the pain killer phenacetin to kidney failure. Autopsy pathologist Dr. Jack Titus cited shrunken kidneys and multiple illnesses including cancer, ulcers, and malnutrition, with Hughes dying on an emergency flight to Houston.
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