Guard Testifies On Beating Death in Prison Trial
A Western Pen guard testified he saw a mauled man and shouted for help as Walter Peterson was beaten and killed in a recreation area. Prisoners Daniel Delker and George Butler face separate trials. McGrogen also charged. Security was tight around the courtroom during the proceedings.
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Pittsblagh AP
Walter Peterson
Staines Hoss
Patrick Bailly
Daniel Delker
George Butler
Peterson
Butler
Detker
Allepheny Coury
Atty
John Hickton
Douglas Cameron
Reilly
Hoss
McGrogen
Gary Zimmerman
Police Nab Parking Meter Theft Ring
Baltimore police say they broke up a nickel and dime theft ring that may have taken more than 2000 dollars from city parking meters. They recovered over 5200 in coins after arresting three private armored guards and a former guard on charges of skimming from meters. James Dunbar of Federal Armored says his firm has been emptying meters on contract for the city about two years.
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Baltimore
James "Dunbar
Isometrics Linked With Blood Pressure Deaths
In Dallas two UT Health Science Center doctors report static isometric exercises may raise blood pressure and risk death for hypertension patients, while dynamic activities like jogging or swimming may reduce pressure and offer therapeutic benefits. Kaplan and Mitchell warn against the “isometric” regime for those with high blood pressure.
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Dallas
Texap
Texas
Jerem Mitchell
Norman Mc Kaplan
University of Texas Health Science Center At
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
Kaplan
United States
Michell
Mitchell
Kanban
France to End Atmospheric Nuclear Tests After Final Series
President Giscard d Estaing announced France will end atmospheric tests in the Pacific after a final series this summer. He said underground testing will begin once the summer tests are complete and the security zone around Mururoa Atoll will be closed from June 11.
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Paris
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
France
Pacific
Giscard d'Estaing
Defense Ministry
Mururoa Atoll
French Polynesia
Baltimore physician held for grand jury in mail fraud
Federal magistrate orders the case of Dr Stuart Perkel held for possible grand jury consideration. Perkel is accused of a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud insurers by claiming inflated medical numbers. He is free on his own recognizance as the first named in the inquiry. other doctors and lawyers are reportedly under investigation.
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Baltimore
Paul Kovenee
Stuart Perkel
Postal Service
Perkel
Jim Gane
Trish Sisters End Prison Hunger Strike
Irish sisters Dolours and Marion Price end a 205 day hunger strike after taking a first meal. Also breaking fasts were Hugh Feeney and Gerald Keily, imprisoned with them for an IRA bombing in London. The government announced the move amid a rally for Michael Gaughan who died on hunger strike.
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London
Dolours
Marion Price
Irish Republican Movement
Hugh Feeney
Gerald Keily
IRA
Gaughan
Dublin
Ballina
County Mayo
Power Misuse Alleged in Nixon Administration Probe
Senate Watergate committee staff report labels the 1971 Responsiveness Program as potentially dangerous and aimed to politicize the executive branch to keep the Nixon administration in power. It suggests planning and implementation could constitute a conspiracy to interfere with government and defraud the United States. The draft report names no individuals. The program targeted minorities including blacks and Spanish speakers and the poor for benefits. Bees may travel 13,000 miles to take a pound of honey.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Associated Press
Samuel Cash
James Hamilton
United States
Supreme Court
Writer Censured For Using State Phone
Baltimore AP report notes a State Health Department spokesman says a public relations staff member Blaine Taylor received a severe reprimand after listing a state paid telephone number on a fiscal news release. The handout advertised a campaign crab feast for Democrat Patrick T. Welsh, a Baltimore delegate candidate, and directed readers to the state line for more information. Taylor, a former Baltimore Magazine editor, had been a state employee for one month.
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Baltimore
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Iiscal
F. DeSales Meyers
Tess
Blaine Taylor
Taylor
Patrick T. Welsh
House of Delegates
State Health Department
Baltimore Magazine
Meyers
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