Kiritsis the 63-Hour National Hero Now a Prison Figure
Anthony Kiritsis, once a media sensation after kidnapping a Indianapolis businessman for 63 hours, now endures prison life. He describes himself as misunderstood, yet expresses regret for the crime while claiming victimhood from his troubled childhood and mistreatment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
NEA
Anthony Kiritsis
Tony Kiritsis
Marion County
Kiritsis
Richard Hall
Hall
Close vote on energy credit in Carter program clash
The House Ways and Means Committee narrowly approved a $100 energy tax credit proposal amid warnings to the White House over the Carter energy package. Lobbyists pressed to end federal price controls, while Senate debates on auto emissions and stricter standards drew sharp partisan lines.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
White House
Congress
Capitol Hill
John O’leary
Senate
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Robert Stafford
Great Falls Tribune to Receive SDX First Amendment Award
Sigma Delta Chi announces the Great Falls Tribune will receive its First Amendment Award for protecting press freedom. SDX cites the Tribune’s stance on information from nonconfidential sources shaping Montana law and notes a 1977 amendment exempting source and information from disclosure.
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Chicago
UPI
Sigma Delta Chi
Society of Professional Journalists
Great Falls
Mont
Tribune
SDX
Richard Leonard
The
Milwaukee Journal
Montana
Society
Supreme Court
Benzol too valuable for cars in 1930s steel fuels
UPI reports that benzol, a coal by product once used as a hot motor fuel, became too valuable as a chemical feedstock for plastics and other products. Alabama By-Products and Sloss-Sheffield sold benzol in days past, while South Africa expands coal fuel tech amid cancer concerns from benzene derivatives.
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New York
UPI
Harry DeWitt
Lincoln
Birmingham
Ala
Sloss- Sheffield Steel Co
DeWitt
U.S. Steel Corp
Washington
Alabama By- Products Corp
Brad Koenig
Alabama By-Products
Woco-Pep
Pure Oil Co
Hitler
Integrated Steel Companies
Koenig
Alabama
Vaal
United States
North America
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Queen Elizabeth celebrates Silver Jubilee in London pageant
Queen Elizabeth rode a golden coach to St Pauls in a massive Silver Jubilee pageant drawing about a million spectators. She and Prince Philip then walked to Guildhall for a luncheon and later appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony with children and royal family members as security limited access.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Cathedral
Thames
Greenwich
Lambeth Bridge
Broad
Prince Philip
Palace
Princess Anne
Mark Phillips
Margaret
Louis Mountbatten
Golden State
St. Paul’s
Guildhall
Robin Gillett
Scotland Yard
Commonwealth
Landfill Waste Could Explode Warns Wilsonville Attorney
An attorney for Wilsonville charges Earthline Corp buried toxic materials in trenches at the Wilsonville landfill could spontaneously combust and pollute land and water. The case involves Earthline's landfill on abandoned mine property and testimony from site manager Sam Campagna about wastes including PCBs and herbicides.
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Carlinville, Ill
UPI
Wilsonville
Macoupin County
Earthline Corp
Paul Verticchio
Earthline
Macoupin County Farm Bureau
Madison County
Sam Campagna
Trade secret claims halt disclosure at Earthline Wilsonville site
In a dispute over disposal of unidentified materials at Earthline's Wilsonville site, Campagna and Earthline attorneys invoke EPA trade secret rules. Judge John Russell grants a recess to review records and determine what may be revealed about Earthline's activities.
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Wilsonville
Earthline
Environmental Protection Agency
John Russell
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Michigan
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Justice William O. Douglas
Los Angeles
William Farr
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Spurgeonss
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Gillette Hot Shave
Leroy Pope
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Dick DE Pung
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