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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1977
Page
7
Christopher Boyce, labeled a liar and a traitor by a judge, was sentenced in Los Angeles to two 40 year terms and six 10 year terms to run concurrently. He was convicted April 28 on eight counts of espionage and conspiracy for photographing and sending to the Russians a top secret CIA satellite plan code named Pyramider.
Oslo AP reports Prime Minister Odvar Nordli and his Labor party won 77 of 155 seats in the Storting, with the allied Left Socialist party securing one seat. The gains maintain the socialists’ long standing governing majority since 1973 despite polls and pundits.
The House unanimously passed a bill to raise education benefits for veterans by 66 percent, affecting about 1.9 million GI Bill recipients. The increase would take effect October 1 and cost $344.6 million in fiscal 1978, declining to $270.7 million by 1982 as Vietnam era veterans complete schooling.
A Texas jury awarded 15 million dollars to James H. Ashley and to the Gravitt family in a slander case against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The 10 to 2 verdict found Bell investigators harmed reputations by questioning Ashley’s and Gravitt’s conduct, prompting immediate appeals by Bell officials.
Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto asked the Lahore High Court to postpone his trial until after the October 18 parliamentary elections. He denied guilt, claimed he was framed, and challenged the court’s jurisdiction, with a Sept. 24 hearing set on the postponement request.
In Columbus Ohio the Rev Wayne Craig a former Baptist minister and vocal advocate for women ordination was dismissed as rector by an 8-7 vestry vote after defying bishop suspension and seeking congregational votes on secession from the Episcopal Church.
Gov James A Rhodes endorsed a constitutional amendment to let the Ohio Housing Development Board issue tax free bonds for low cost loans to private developers with HUD cooperation. He avoided positions on Issues 2 4 and would not actively campaign, urging study instead.
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