Flood lights aid search for clues in Girl Scout murders
Locust Grove Oklahoma authorities led a night search at Camp Scott after three young Girl Scouts were found dead. Sheriff Glen Weaver described a maniac at large as 610 acres were illuminated by portable flood lights. Victims Michelle Guse nine Lori Farmer nine Doris Milner ten were beaten or strangled and left in sleeping bags near two dirt road intersections amid scattered reports of screams.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Waynes County
Glen
Pete
Weaver
Camp Scott
Tulsa
Barbara Day
Fide
Inter
Michelle Guse
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Missouri House backs compromise on prison plan clash
Missouri House votes 147-3 to reject a Senate compromise on a medium security prison in an urban area while the Senate favors a maximum security facility in Jefferson City. Negotiations with the Senate continue as lawmakers face a midnight Wednesday adjournment and $125 million in related projects. Governor Teasdale supports the urban medium security plan and may veto plans not funding it.
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Sefferson City
Missouri Huse
State Senate
Houseenate Conference
House
Senate
Jefferson City
mid-Missouri
Missouri School For the
Fulton
Poplar Bluff
St. Louis
Kansas City
Sedalia
Harrisonville
Potosi
Clay County
Teasdale
Two Doctors Warn About Sedatives and Cancer Risk
Washington AP two doctors told a congressional subcommittee that many OTC sedatives sold in drug stores contain methapyrilene, a chemical that can form the carcinogen dimethylnitrosamine with stomach nitrites. They urged tests on safety and noted several common sleep aids list the chemical. A Boston hospital sleep expert warned sedatives could pose hidden risks as well.
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Washington
Congressional
William Lisinsky
Sijinsky
Ministers Save Boy From Pool in Kansas City
Two Southern Baptist ministers, Duane White and Raymond Whetstone, pulled 16-year-old Bobby D. Smith from a pool at West Haven Motel in Kansas City Kansas. White cleared water from the youth’s lungs and both performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until he breathed on his own. Smith was in fair condition at Bethany Medical Center that night and could not recall the incident.
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Kansas City, Kan
Southern Baptist
Duane White
Albany
West Haven
Raymond Whetstone
Chetopa
Kan
Southern Baptist Convention
Kansas City
Mr. Whetstone
Bobby D. Smith
Mr. White
Blue
White
Bobby
Bethany Medical Center
Five finalists named for FBI director post under Carter
President Carter named five finalists from a nine member search panel that reviewed over 200 candidates and interviewed about 50. The contenders include a Detroit sheriff, a Chicago judge, a California prosecutor, a Massachusetts judge, and a senior FBI veteran. The choice requires Senate confirmation to replace retiring director Clarence Kelley.
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Washington
FBI
California
Congress
Massachusetts
South
Carter
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Bell
Senate
Clarence M. Kelley
Jan. J. Kelley
Investigative Bureau
William Lucas
Detroit
U.S
Harrington Wood Jr
Chicago
Neil Welch
Philadelphia
Orr gets interim appointment as Missouri cosmetology chief
The Missouri Board of Cosmetology voted 3-1 to rescind the permanent hire of Carlene Orr as executive secretary and name her interim chief for 60 days. Applications will be accepted during the period, and Orr will be considered for the permanent post when the board finalizes its decision later.
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Jefferson City
State Board of Cosmetology
Carlene Orr
Orr
Norman Merrell
Monticello
Shelbina
Cuba Frees Ten Americans From Castro Prisons
Ten Americans jailed in Cuba on drug charges were released and flown home from Havana, arriving in Mexico City Sunday night. The U S Embassy says six of the freed were arrested in 1975 and three to seven year sentences. four others were arrested this year but not yet sentenced. Remaining prisoners include seven held on political charges. A former prisoner, Albert Polange, said he lost 26 pounds in captivity after a plane he piloted entered Cuban airspace.
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Mexico City
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
U.S
State Department
United States
Eisenhower
Carter
Albert Polange
New York
Polange
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Professional Registration
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Farrah Fawcett
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