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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1978
Page
19
AP reports Prince Charles travels to Rio de Janeiro for a Beira Flor samba school performance celebrated with a mayoral dinner. He expresses eagerness to learn samba, a carnival centerpiece. The event follows Beira Flor's first prize win in this year’s parade.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will obtain additional Justice Department documents as part of the probe into David Marston's firing as U S attorney in Philadelphia. Senator Malcolm Wallop led the release of affidavits claiming deletions by the department in its internal Marston investigation. Civiletti said he had little involvement in the Marston affair.
Bobby Seale former Black Panther chairman speaks at University of Hartford in West Hartford on his return to Connecticut after 1971. He unveils a nationwide antipoverty fund network and a program to aid violence prone individuals while noting his 1969 Rackley murder case arrest and a hung jury in the subsequent trial.
Federal authorities investigate alleged use of Oklahoma Air National Guard planes to import marijuana from Mexico. Daily Oklahoman cites 14 guardsmen from the 137th Tactical Airlift Wing at Will Rogers World Airport, with indictments expected within the week. Brig. Gen. Stanley Newman says he is dumbfounded by the report.
Police report the 9-year-old son of Tehran merchant Mehdi Pournik was abducted as he exited a school bus, murdered, and dumped in a 115-foot well after an 18 day search. Investigators say chemicals were poured on the body and an arson attempt failed. A taxi driver who was to deliver a $500,000 ransom was arrested along with the gang leader.
Two years after two explosions killed 26 men at a Kentucky coal mine, Scotia Coal Co. faces 72 mine safety violations cited by federal officials. Blue Diamond Coal Co. of Knoxville owns Scotia and could face up to 720000 dollars in fines. Penalties to be set by the Mine Safety and Enforcement Administration in coming weeks.
Alma Howard a 33 year old former department store saleswoman turned truck driver sues East Texas Motor Freight Co seeking 2 million claiming gender and race prejudice. She alleges car vandalism booby traps and two wrongful firings connected to grievances with the Teamsters Union and a harsher road test than men.
Stella Stevens, once a Hollywood sex symbol, lives on a 27 acre Methow Valley ranch near Twisp Washington. She travels to Hollywood for work but prefers a simple life with kerosene lamps and no running water or electricity. The 39 year old single star says she has found people she enjoys being around and wanted a home for herself away from the limelight.
Two two time lifers and two other armed inmates seize seven prison staff at St Jerome jail near Montreal. Demands include $100,000 safe passage to Brazil and transfer of about 15 prisoners from solitary confinement. More than 100 police surround the jail as negotiations begin.
Lancaster radiologist Dr. John H. Ebersole who performed Kennedy autopsy X rays says he agrees with the Warren Commission that the fatal shots came from the rear. He notes the entry wounds and facial damage support a rear or side origin and adds the front of the head remained largely intact. He was summoned to meet investigators at the National Archives where the X rays are stored.
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