Marine Garwood acquitted in sex case after long wait
Marine Pfc Robert Garwood, tearful and embraced by his fiancée, says he has finally come home to America after being acquitted by a state jury of sex offenses against a 7-year-old girl. The verdict followed about two hours of deliberation. Garwood had faced multiple charges including first degree sex offense and attempted rape. The case arose from his long captivity in Vietnam and subsequent appeals over his collaboration conviction. In a separate Sacramento case, a 13-year-old girl convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting of her 11-year-old sister was sentenced to up to four years in a special school. the trial was closed and prosecutors cited a belief the defendant worshipped the devil after seeing The Omen.
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Robert Garwood
America
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Robert Rouse Jr
Michael and
Dorothy
Gallen
United States
Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento Union
Nuclear sub commissioned joins Navy at Jacksonville
The nuclear powered attack submarine Jacksonville was officially commissioned in Groton Connecticut after more than five years from keel laying. It will join the Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk Virginia as the twelfth in its class in active service and seventh 688 class to be built and launched by Electric Boat. MGM chair says United Artists buy offer to directors submitted without dollar figures. The proposed deal would give MGM a distribution system and access to United Artists library as production plans rise. The 10 year MGM United Artists distribution deal ends in 1983, with talks of another distributor. Industry sources say the offer could be 350 to 400 million dollars.
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Groton
Conn
Jacksonville
U.S. Navy
Norfolk
Electric Boat Shipyard
Culver City
Calif
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co
United Artists Corp
Transamerica
MGM
United Artists
Frank Rosenfelt
David Begelman
Rosenfelt
New York Times
World record bid backsward cyclist travels coast to coast
Tom Wooten known as Wrong Way rides east to Dulpecciee West from Atlantic City aiming to set a world backward bicycle record. He began two weeks ago and plans to pedal to California bucking a trend. Cowboys and mining pay trends appear in the same era with Wyoming shortages noted across the industry.
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Tom
Wooten
Coastsville
Atlantic City
California
Wyoming Ranch Hands Leave Range for Energy Fields
The piece follows Jim Berreth and Sue Wallis leaving Wyoming ranch life for jobs at Jacob's Ranch coal mine near Gillette, earning about 580 dollars weekly. It notes the lure of steady pay versus ranch risks, the tough outdoor hours, modest housing, and the broad skill set needed for ranch hands. It also quotes Eddie Moore and Dave Marshall on hiring dynamics and family spread sizes.
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Wyoming
Jim Berreth
Pierre
S.C
Jacob's Ranch
Gillette
Berreth
Sue Wallis
Bitter Creek
Dave Marshall
State Employment Office
Cheyenne
Marshall
Bombs Explode at Kennedy Airport Injuring Worker
A pipe bomb exploded in a Kennedy International Airport restroom wounding an employee who later died. A second, more powerful device was found nine hours later near Gate 18, prompting full evacuations of the Pan Am terminal and a Panama flight 403. A man with a Puerto Rican group claimed responsibility for prior attacks. FBI and police bomb squads secured the area.
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New York
Kennedy International Airport
Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Guatemala
Alex McMillan
New York City
Robert Rossdale
Queens General Hospital
FBI
Donald Richards
Richards
Fern Giambatista
Port Authority
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
FALN
Mock world fair founder stirs Texas mascot clash
Luckenbach rancher Koock promotes a live unicorn display at a forthcoming mock world’s fair amid a Texas Legislature armadillo mascot debate. Sam Lewis defends armadillos, joking about a child named Guich and Texas armadillos. Lt. Gov Hobby backs the armadillo mascot suggestion from school children.
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Sam Lewis
San Angelo
Guich
Lewis
William Hobby
Koock
Hobby
Texas
Water Meters Tighten as Thieves Target City Supply
Derrington notes 26,500 city water customers with 10,000 to 14,000 meters to convert. Residential meters are tested every eight years or after 1 million gallons. larger meters yearly. Garcia says offenders face a 39.35 dollar fine plus 50 000 gallons based on meter readings. First timers rarely repeat. habitual thieves risk water main shutoffs. The city uses meter registers with break wires to detect tampering.
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Numder
Derrington
Garcia
Unicorn at World’s Fair Overshadows Odessas Water Woes
Amid water loss fears in Odessa, officials report 226 leaking meters in April and warn of unmetered slow feeds, while a circus-style exhibit promotes a unicorn from Los Gatos as a patriotic World’s Fair attraction featuring armadillos and quirky acts in a Texas Hill Country tone.
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Odessa
Derrington
West
Weather Across Texas Georgeas mild with scattered storms
National Weather Service Midland reports no rain in Permian Basin Sunday and Monday with most precipitation about 125 miles east of Odessa Midland. Tuesday to Thursday outlook calls for possible thunderstorms and partly cloudy skies with highs in the 70s to 80s and lows in the 30s to 50s across the state.
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Odessa-Midland
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Panhandle
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North Texas
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West Texas
Big
Bera
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