Slaying investigation sheds light on Houston witness Harrelson
A Houston man convicted in a 1968 murder-for-hire, Charles V. Harrelson, is among 35 witnesses subpoenaed by a federal grand jury probing the May 29 assassination of Judge John H. Wood Jr. and the November 21 shooting of Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kerr. The subpoenas aim to illuminate connections with the Wood and Kerr cases. no targets are indicated. Harrelson previously served parole after admitting involvement in the Degelia slaying.
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San Antonio
Houston
Charles V. Harrelson
Rio Grande Valley
Sam Degelia Jr
Harrelson
U.S
John H. Wood Jr
James Kerr
Bandidos Motorcycle Club
Peter Krutchewski
Jimmy Chagra
Salvatore Michael Caruana
Boston
FBI
New England
Wood
Kerr
el Paso
John
Degelia
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Pete Scarmado
Scarmado
Edinburg
Florida Democrats Turn County Caucuses Into Presidential Test
Florida Democrats in 67 counties pressed for Kennedy and Carter support as 879 of 1,717 state convention delegates were chosen. Officials touted grass roots activity and federal aid flows, with 50,000 expected to attend, while March 11 primary will determine 1980 national delegates.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Sergio Bendixon
Edward Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
Carter Camp
Carter Press
Jody Powell
United Nations
Andrew Young
St. Petersburg
White House
Hamilton Jordan
Washington
Tampa
Rosalynn Carter
Mideast
Robert Strauss
Lillian Carter
Reubin Askew
Carrie Meeks
Miami
U.S
Lord Mountbatten
England
Athalie Range
Amtrak
Palatka
Wright recalls key 1976 vote as he marks 25 years in Congress
Texas Congressman Jim Wright, Fort Worth Democrat, recalls winning his 1976 House majority leader vote by 148 to 147 and notes 927 colleagues have told him their vote made the difference. An appreciation dinner in Fort Worth honors his quarter-century in Congress with more than 5,000 tickets sold at $25.
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Washington
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Capitol
Congress
Wright
Tarrant County Convention Center
Texas
White House
Sarah Wedington
Thomas P. O'Neill
Lloyd Bentsen
Carter
Fidel Castro to report to UN General Assembly today
Fidel Castro arrives at the United Nations in Manhattan for a 42 hour visit to address the General Assembly as Cuban head of state. He will discuss the Havana non aligned summit and the U S stance on Soviet troops in Cuba while surrounding security remains tight.
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John Bausman
Associated Press
United Nations (Ap
Fidel Castro
General Assembly
Havana
U.S
Donald McHenry
Cuba
United Nations
Riverside
Manhattan
East 38Th Street
New York
Castro
U.N
East River
Ernesto
Che
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito
United States
Caribbean
Carter
Guantanamo Bay
U.S. Naval Base
Son of ambassador shot to death in The Hague
In The Hague a gunman killed 28 year old Achmed Benler, son of Turkish ambassador Ozdemir Benler, as he sat in his car. Four shots fired from six hit him. the killer fled. An anonymous caller claimed the act was by Justice Commandos Against Genocide of Armenians.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Achmed Benler
Ozdemir Benler
Delft
Benler
Justice Commandos
Turkey
Ankara
Egypt
Israel
Peruvian Woman Sues Texan Over $586,000 Embezzled Trust
Rosa Moldauer of Lima sues David Cukierman of San Antonio claiming he betrayed a lifelong trust by misappropriating $586,845 sent through diplomatic channels for safekeeping to avoid Peru’s Velasco regime. She seeks repayment with interest and more than $1 million in damages.
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New York
Texas
Peru
Rosa Moldauer
Lima
David Cukierman
San Antonio
Cukierman
United States
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Velasco Alvarado
Texana Industries Inc
Texana Investment
CSC
Senate Denounces Talmadge Over Financial Conduct
The Senate voted 81 to 15 to denounce Herman E. Talmadge for reprehensible financial conduct and began weighing options, including possible removal as Agriculture Committee head, while he pledged re election to continue serving Georgia. Orrin Hatch questioned the action, urging fuller consideration of his career.
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Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Talmadge
Byrd
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Democrats
Agriculture Committee
Senate Ethics Committee
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Georgia
Demonstrators protest Fidel Castro visit in midtown NY
Police enclose a four block Frozen Zone around the Cuban Mission as Fidel Castro visits New York City. Security ramps up with purse searches spikes traffic control and machine gun armed Secret Service keeping watch atop nearby buildings. Demonstrators clash with authorities while officials report threats to Castro’s life and arrest two men, one for a gun and one for an umbrella incident.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Midtown Manhattan
Secret Service
Castro
Olen
Enterfier
Fidel
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Susie Schuller
Winchester
Percy
Warren
Fauquier
Weatherford
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
O'Neill
U.N. Assembly
U.S. Senate
S. Oak
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