World spotlight on Ash Robinson testimony in Dr Boot death case
Oil heir Ash Robinson testified in civil court denying involvement in Dr John Boot’s death and addressing his grandson Robert Hill directly. The testimony appeared amid a string of Texas political and public news items including a Democratic fund drive, a congressional bid, and law enforcement updates.
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Three-man Yemeni Council Takes Power After Assassination
In North Yemen, a three member military council led by Maj. Ahmed Hussein al Ghashmi assumed control after President Ibrahim al Hamdi and Col. Abdullah Hamdi were killed. The council described the president as a martyr, urged calm, and ordered a 40 day mourning period.
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Soviet dissident quits Soviet life after Nobel prize
Valentin Turchin, leader of Moscow Amnesty chapter, says life as a dissident in the Soviet Union has become unbearable and plans to emigrate with his wife and two sons to teach at Columbia University in New York. He notes repeated interrogations and official pressure though Amnesty links to the Nobel prize.
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Davis fingerprint witness under fire in Davis trial
Defense attorneys pressed fingerprint expert Jim Slaughter who said Cullen Davis’s prints were not found at the Fort Worth mansion where two were killed and two wounded in the August 2 1976 shootings. Prosecutors defended the extensive fingerprint work and the investigators' diligence.
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Fort Worth
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Jim Slaughter
Phil Burleson
Greg Miller
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Police search Elvaton for knife clue in girls' murders
Anne Arundel County police go door to door in Elvaton with a photograph of a knife sheath and victims to identify a weapon in the stabbing deaths of Deborah Hogan 10 Theresa 8 and Ann Marie Brzeszkiewicz 8. A knife sheath was found near a stream where bodies were found. Police note a blue VW sighting and wait for autopsy details.
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Baltimore
Jack Rayhart
Anne Arundel County
Deborah Ann Hogan
Theresa
Ann Marie Brzeszkiewicz
Jim Winters
Carroll County
Thomas Doehrer
SALT treaty faces a clash with Congress
The United States and the Soviet Union are negotiating a new arms reduction treaty in Geneva that would cut stockpiles slow new weapons development and set ceilings on major missiles. Administration officials say it marks a major achievement though Congress may clash over details as Cyrus Vance testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the arms control subcommittee led by Henry M. Jackson.
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Warden to grant rebel demands in Jalisco prison
Warden Pedro Parra said he will grant the rebels demands at the Jalisco state prison where inmates seized cellblocks Monday. Officials suspended plans to reintroduce guards Tuesday night to avoid risk to lives as about 2,000 inmates roamed. About 400 rebels signed a demand list claiming the trusties abused prisoners. U.S. consular says no American inmates were injured.
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