Inmate Stabbed to Death at Darrington Unit
Pedro Izanga Ruiz, 25, inmate at the Darrington Unit, was stabbed about 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, becoming the fifth inmate death at the facility and the 15th in the Texas prison system this year. A prison guard was slightly hurt. Ruiz was serving a five-year term for burglary of a habitation robbery and child sexual contact.
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Rosharon
Texas Department of Corrections
Pedro Izanga Ruiz
Darrington
Texas
TDC
Phil Guthrie
Ruiz
Grayson County
Guthrie
Man jailed for failing to register for the draft
U S District Judge George Howard Jr. sentenced Paul Jacob, 25, to six months in jail for failing to register for the draft after President Carter reinstated registration in 1980. Jacob testified he believed the action violated the Constitution. The judge also imposed five years probation and eight hours weekly community service for two years.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.S
Paul Jacob
Carter
George Howard Jr
Jacob
Mechanic Charged in Gruesome Florida Slayings
An Orlando area mechanic, 29, was charged with four counts of first degree murder after the stabbing deaths of his ex wife, their 5 year old daughter, and the woman’s sister and mother. Police linked him to the scene by a bloody palm print and his arrest followed suspicious behavior at the site.
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Orlando, Fla
Jerry William Correll
Orange County Sheriff's Deputies
Mel Jones
Church to divest from South Africa holdings
The United Church of Christ approved a plan to divest from firms with connections to South Africa, joining many institutions in selling holdings. The voice vote passed with broad support, applauded by about 700 delegates. The church, based in New York, has roughly 650 million dollars invested, including at least 125 million in American companies with South African plants, according to Audrey Smock.
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Ames
Iowa
United Church of Christ
South Africa
Church
New York
Audrey Smock
World Issues
EPA tightens PCB rules demand transformer removals
Washington AP reports the EPA orders removal of thousands of PCB transformers from commercial buildings within five years at an estimated $400 million cost. Some units will remain but require enhanced fire protection. An earlier 1981 EPA estimate counted about 77,000 PCB transformers in commercial buildings.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Teacher wins suit against school on pregnancy discrimination
In Rockford Illinois a federal jury awarded 3.3 million to Jeanne Eckmann an unmarried teacher fired after giving birth to her son. The verdict includes 2 million in compensatory damages and 1.3 million in punitive damages against Hawthorn School Board members. Eckmann says the ruling flags discrimination against women teachers who become pregnant out of wedlock.
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Rockford, Ill
U.S. District Court
Jeanne Eckmann
Donna Kotecki
Eckmann
Gregory
Alaska governor faces possible impeachment over lease deal
Juneau lawmakers weigh a special session to consider impeachment of Gov. Bill Sheffield after a 69 page grand jury report alleging serious abuse of office related to a state office lease in Fairbanks. Senate President Don Bennett set a meeting to discuss the panel’s recommendations following no indictments. Sheffield disputed the report calling it unbelievable and stating the worst part calls him unfit to serve.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Senate
Don Bennett
Bill Sheffield
Sheffield
Anchorage Times
Seward
Rioting ceases at Wartburg prison after inmate deaths
About 1,200 inmates protested conditions and striped uniforms at Wartburg Turney Center. Nearly 200 returned to cells after a 30 minute televised news conference. one inmate murdered with a bat, five injured, one heart attack. Overcrowding blamed by officials.
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Wartburg
Tenn
Turney Center
Nashville
Bledsoe County
Morgan County
Kenneth Aydelotte
Sammy Vestal
Vestal
Otte Jones
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PCB Transformers
Hawthorn
Stanley Roszkowski
Edward Diedrich
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Vista Savings Odessa Savings Association
Fee Sarverge & Low
Westgate Plaza
E&ct Wroud
Westgate
Childrens
Activewear
Westgate Plaza County
Winwood Mall
E. 42Nd & Grandview
Winwood
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