Is It to Blame for Accidents DST Impact Debate
States weigh whether winter Daylight Saving Time raises accidents. Police say early data show no clear link while Florida lawmakers push to revert to standard time amid several predawn fatalities. Officials cite weather carelessness and energy factors as influences.
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Associated Press
Walter J. Skower
Enfield
Conn
Dick Clark
D Lown
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Clark
House
Florida
Virginia
Ohio
California
Destrian
Connecticut
South Carolina
Reubin Askew
Ray Wins Plea Review In King Assassination Case
James Earl Ray, 41, won a review of his 1969 guilty plea in a split 2 1 decision by the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals The court remanded to Nashville for a merits hearing and found possible improper legal advice from attorney Percy Foreman tied to a $165 000 royalty arrangement Ray claims his plea was influenced by financial interests and not voluntary The panel noted the original judge thoroughly questioned the plea but did not examine the new contentions about coercion or promises.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ray
U.S. District Court
Nashville
Appeals’ Court
Percy Foreman
Foreman
William E. Miller
Harry Phillips
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Tennessee State Penitentiary
King
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Teamsters Union
London
Battle
Tragedy in Columbus: Father Killed by Shot From Young Son
Police report a 27 year old man, Charles Higginbotham, was shot by his two year old son who picked up a loaded revolver from a night stand. The bullet hit the father, who died an hour later, and struck the mother, six months pregnant, in the chest. She is in good condition in a Columbus hospital.
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Charles Higginbotham
Columbus
Nixon Hides at Camp David as Press Access Shrinks
Reporters can not confirm the President is at Camp David as a media trailer and a duck blind with telephones are removed from gates. White House says Nixon works on the State of the Union speech but reporters have not seen him since last Thursday night.
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Camp David, Md
Nixon
Camp David Gates
White House
Camp David
Ress
Promi
Ington
Five Shot on San Francisco Street Corners. Four Dead
Police report a 65 minute spate of corner shootings across three city districts leaving four dead and one critically wounded. Victims include Vincent Wollin, 69, and two women in the Excelsior district. Authorities seek a single gunman and have no arrests.
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San Francisco
Calif
Fillmore District
Bomb threat closes two Ohio River bridges near Parkersburg
Police tied the bomb threat to independent trucker protests in the Parkersburg Belpre and Marietta area. Bridges Memorial and Williamstown Marietta were halted late Monday night and reopened after a explosives search. A Parkersburg News reporter received a call alleging theft of dynamite and blasting caps from Willow Island. 36 sticks of dynamite were reported stolen. State police monitored trucker protests near St Marys and Clarksburg to prevent truck disruptions.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Parkersburg-Marietta
R. P. Smith
Memorial Bridge
Marie Wood
Willow Island
Charleston
St. Marys
Clarksburg
State Rep Fry launches governor bid across seven airports
State Representative Charles Fry of Springfield announced plans to quit the General Assembly and enter the Republican gubernatorial race by February 2 after conducting seven airport news conferences statewide. Fry said he will run if he finds genuine evidence from a cross section of the electorate.
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Charles Fry
Springhins
Fry
General Assembly
Weather Outlook for Middletown Area Tonight and Tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies and lows in the 30s are forecast for the Middletown area tonight. Tomorrow brings partly cloudy skies with highs in the 50s. The extended outlook shows a chance of showers Thursday and Friday, with highs in the low 50s and lows in the low 30s.
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Middletown
Plane crash off Burke Lakefront claims six safe
A single engine Cherokee crashed into Lake Erie near Edgewater Park in Cleveland as six Willard residents from Heck Flying Service escaped the icy water after about 200 feet of swimming. They were treated for exposure at Lutheran Medical Center and expected to be released soon. Names: Arthur Heck pilot 55 Robert Buurma 44 Richard Buurma 47 Max Arndt 50 Michael Weener 32 Arlijee Amphien 42.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Burke
Lutheran Medical Center
Arthur Heck
Robert Buurma
Richard Buurma
Max Arndt
Michael Weener
Arlijee Amphien
Willard
Heck
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