Panther Trial Rerun Decision Today
In New Haven judge Mulvey will decide on a possible retrial for Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins after a six day trial ended in death of deliberations. Prosecution seeks retrial while defense requests dismissal or bond release as jurors reported deadlock. Seale jailed 14 months and Huggins two years.
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New Haven
Seale
Panther
Huggins
Mulvey
Leav
Ing Court
Mrs. Huggins
Investigator Named In Alleged Pot Sale
In Hamilton Butler County Prosecutor Richard J. Wessel, asked to direct an investigation into conflicting police and defendant testimony in a drug case, praised the Hamilton Police Department for objectivity while a grand jury hearing was suggested after a defendant testified that officer Rickie Harbrecht, a rookie, allegedly sold marijuana to a girl but the officer denied it. John F. Halcomb, trial counsel, would oversee the probe.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Richard J. Wessel
John F. Halcomb
Wessel
Police Department
Common Pleas
Fred B.cramer
Grand Jury
Jesse Enzor
Fairfield
Rickie Harbrecht
Teachers' Mail Vote Awaited in Middletown Meeting
Middletown teachers voted by mail on a compromise agreement and the board vote may be the high point of tonight's Board of Education meeting. Supt. Robert K. Johnson said he had not yet been notified of the MTA outcome. Agenda includes reading programs review at Taft and Maple Park, and new testbooks for study at 1515 Girard Ave central offices.
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Middletown
Board of Education
Robert K. Johnson
MTA
Taft and
Maple Park
Rossella Harper
Taft
Miriam Bennett
School
Girard Ave
Brutality Testimony Promised From Lima State Hospital
A longtime Lima State Hospital attendant told the Cleveland Plain Dealer she and other staff would testify before a grand jury about abuse at the hospital. She cited a coma patient denied medication and described a practice where new female attendants are trained to forcibly control patients, creating a self-perpetuating system.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Lima State Hospital
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Youth Charged With Contributing to Delinquency
An 18 year-old Monroe youth was cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a vehicle stop on Main Street south of Middletown at about 4 25 a.m. Patrolman Darrell Yater arrested Ernest L. McQueen of 467 South Main Street Monroe when he found a 15-year-old Middletown girl and a 16-year-old Middletown boy as passengers. The girl had run away from home May 11. The 16-year-old boy was not held.
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Monroe
Main Street
Middletown
Ptl
Darrell Yater
Ernest L. McQueen
S. Main St
Yater
Hoover Denies Digestive Ailment Says He Will Not Retire
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover denies stomach or gastric problems aside from a columnist. He appears at a Washington event honoring Martha Mitchell headlining for the American Newspaper Women's Club. Mitchell jokes about justice department plans while Hoover quips about Anchorage photos and press loyalties.
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Janet Stashar Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
John N. Mitchell
Women’s Club
Hoover
Martha Mitchell
Jack Anderson
Mitchell
Justice Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Man Gets Jail Term Shunned Court Aid
Middletown man David Briscoe, 27, aligned with a court-ordered employment plan, flunked the test and was sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory after being found guilty of probation violation. He previously had an indeterminate reformatory term for larceny and a suspended 60 days for tampering with a motor vehicle. Briscoe, placed on five year probation Aug 3, 1970, was arrested Feb 25 on driving while suspended and license tag offenses.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Mansfield Reformatory
Briscoe
Reformatory
State Patrol
Sidewalk Repairs On City Agenda Tonight
City Commission to authorize 1971 sidewalk curb and gutter work in certain areas during tonight's regular meeting at 7 p.m in the commission chamber City Building. Also on the agenda a resolution opposing transfer of a liquor license from Corner Cafe to the Baltimore Inn and an amendment to the golf ordinance setting terms of the golf course commission.
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City Commission
Corner Cafe
Baltimore Inn
Golf
O Jf
Commission Chamber
Paraplegic sails solo from Cincinnati to New Orleans
Dan Calnan a 43-year-old Columbus polio survivor paralyzed waist down plans a 1377 mile solo voyage in a 10 foot sailboat. He built the craft for 250 with outriggers to prevent capsizing and will log progress as he travels the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Calnan hopes to attract sponsorship for a longer future voyage and will be joined in New Orleans by Vera Wie for final leg.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Ohio
Mississippi
Dan Calnan
Calnan
Vera Wie LOLLY @ III
Uurt
Columbus Board Motor
Children’s Hospital
Cleveland
Robert Manry
Atlantic
Calman
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Peter Cowen
Alex Rackley
George Sams Jr
Air Force
Wendell
N.C
Burt Vernon
Park ST
Culligan
Martha
Mate
Cently
The
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
David Briscoe
Fiehrer
Lemon Township
Germantown
South Man St
Electronic Air Cleaners
Maurice E. (Moe
Ridenour
Bryant
Trenton
West State St
Dial
Tures
Hong Kong
China
CE. & Son, Joe
Varsity
Seer
Central Ave
South Mair St
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