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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1981

Page

4

Cooke’s Lawyer Cites Immunity in Air Force Case

Lawyers for 2nd Lt. Christopher Cooke contend he was promised immunity in exchange for cooperation. They ask the U.S. Military Court of Appeals to dismiss the case, arguing SAC commander Gen. Richard Ellis had authority to grant immunity. The Air Force counters that immunity deals were not binding on the Air Force or its JAG.

Walington Air Force U.S Cooke McConnell Air Force Base Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Advocate General Richard Ellis Strategic Air Command Ellis SAC Cook Claude Teagarden Teagarden Gen. Teagarden

Polish Committee Suspends Protests Amid Pressure from Solidarity

In Warsaw a committee demanding release of political prisoners suspended protests after appeals from Solidarity and the Catholic primate. It will meet Saturday to decide further action while rallies in five cities were planned to coincide with the trial of four KPN members.

Warsaw Poland Solidarity Labor Federation Committee For Defense of Prisoners of Conscience Bialystock Lodz Lublin Radom Plock Confederation of Independent Poland KPN Solidarity Independent Labor Federation Communist Party Central Committee Josef Glemp Leszek Moczulski Romuald Szeremieniew Tadeusz Stanski Tadeusz Jandziszak

Seven killed in Kansas weekend traffic crashes

Seven people died in weekend traffic crashes across Kansas per the Associated Press. Kansas City Kansas man Earl West died while starting his motorcycle on Kansas 32 in his hometown. Others include a Pittsburg man Thomas Hemmons after a collision with a horse on U.S. 69, 15-year-old Ryan Benton in Jefferson County, a rural Onaga resident William Clark after a truck overturn near Corn ing, Fort Riley's Gordon Stout who fell from a moving car in Junction City, Harold Sunderland in Summerfield from a pickup collision with a fence post, and Buffalo rider Frank Callarman in Chanute after a motorcycle crash with a pickup.

Associated Press Kansas Pittsburg Kansas Highway Patrol Thomas J. Hemmons Ryan Benton Meriden Jefferson County Ozawkie William D. Clark Onaga Corning Nemaha Clark Seneca Topeka Gordon E. Stout Fort Riley Junction City Harold Sunderland Summerfield Kansas 99 Marshall County Frank Callarman Buffalo Chanute

Sore Loser Charged In Bombing Extortion Case

Fresno authorities charged gambler John Birges and his sons with extortion and related counts in the August 27 1980 Harveys bombing. Also named are Ella Joan William and Terry Hall of Fresno, plus Willis Brown. FBI and local officials said the blast caused 12 million dollars in damage but no injuries.

Fresno Calif Harveys Resort Nevada Stateline Nev Ellie Beecher Fresno County Sheriff's Department John Birges Clovis Ella Joan William Terry Lee Hall Fresno County San Francisco Chronicle FBI Joseph Yablonsky Birges John James Willis Brown Hall William The Chronicle Frenso County

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