TV trains attorneys in crime fight in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia studio stages mock trials to train young lawyers in courtroom technique with film recordings. The program, funded by a 155000 grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, involves prosecutors, defense lawyers, and state officials in drug case simulations that double as public recruitment and review tools.
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Philadelphia
Bill
City Hall
Arthur Shuman
Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Bucks County
State Attorney General's Office
State Department of Environmental Resources
Arthur Verbrugghe
Eddie Simkin
Marc Brecher
Mel Nasielski
Edward Rendell
Nasielski
An Overview of Ireland’s Sectarian Conflict Through History
A compact survey traces Irish strife from Cromwell’s 1649 suppressions to the Provisional IRA, detailing Catholic and Protestant clashes, the 1798 rebellion, the 1920s partition, civil rights clashes, and decades of violence in Northern Ireland, noting about 2100 deaths.
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Oliver Cromwell
Drogheda
Wexford
William of Orange
Ulster
Society of United Irishmen
IRA
United Irishmen
Theobald Wolfe Tone
Bodenstown
Orange Order
Ireland
Britain
Fiercly
Parents sue over photographer killed in Guyana assignment
Los Angeles AP briefs report Greg Smith, 27, a San Francisco Examiner photographer, died during a 1978 trip to Guyana with Rep. Leo Ryan. His parents sue the State Department for negligence, asserting he was not warned of danger. The case connects to Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones and the Jonestown massacre.
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Los Angeles
Guyana
Jim Jones
Gale
Beverly Robinson
Greg
Francisco Examiner
State Department
Robinson
Leo J. Ryan
D-Calif
Peoples Temple
Senate hikes registration fee for small cars in Texas
The Texas Senate approved a bill to raise license plate fees for cars up to 3,500 pounds from 12 to 17 dollars. supporters cite county road and bridge fund gains of up to 350,000 per county, while opponents say it is a new tax. The measure moves to the House.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Senate
Senate
House
John Traeger
D-Seguin
Traeger
State General Revenue Fund
Bill Clements
Sen
Lloyd Doggett
Carlos Truan
Corpus Christi
Truan
Mass murder case casts long shadow over Daingerfield church
In Daingerfield Texas survivors of a June 22 1980 attack at a Sunday worship service recall five killed and eleven wounded. Alvin King III remains hospitalized as the town of East Texas copes with fear and memory. The First Baptist Church has grown its membership while guarding against further danger, with families clinging to faith and forgiveness amidst trauma.
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Daingerfield, Texas
East
Texas
Alvin Lee King III
J.R. Keene
First Baptist Church
Jana Truitt
God
Ken Truitt
Gina Linam
Keene
King
Rusk State Hospital
Storms Bring Hail and Flooding to Odessa Area
Thunderstorms lashed the Odessa region with pea sized hail and more than an inch of rain across Ector and Midland counties. Lightning struck near Glen Riley's home causing minor interior damage but no fire. Forecasters said the system, spawned by arctic and tropical fronts, produced heavy rain, strong winds, and a delayed severe weather outbreak across West Texas with a 40 percent chance of more rain tonight and 30 percent tomorrow.
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Odessa
Glen Riley
Trails End
Ector
Midland
Weather Service
West
Texas
Ector County
Midland Regional Air
Danny Graves
38Th
Dixie
Lubbock
Andrews
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Northern Ireland
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Kan
Lansing
Carter
Kenneth Harold Smith
Smith
Charles Chasteen
Chris Hall
Daingerfield
Red
McDaniel
Ken
Truitt
Hall
Christ
Thelma Richardson
Red” McDaniel
Gene Gandy
Jack Dean
Dean
Truitts
Deans
Math
Mrs. Truitt
By Mark Mitchell
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Midland Regional Airport
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