White House Gate Crash Stopped by Steel Barrier
A man in Santa Fe tied to jewelry trade rammed a pickup into the White House gates and yelled to wake President Ford. Steven B. Williams, 38, was charged with destruction of government property. he was held for arraignment and treated for minor injuries.
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Washington
Leesh
Ford
Steven B. Williams
Santa Fe
Secret Service
Willams
Williams
New Mexico
California
D.C
D.C. Hospital
Pennsylvania Avenue
N.M
UPI
Pardoned Death Row Inmate Pitts Proposes Alternatives to Prison
Freddie Pitts freed on a pardon after 11 years on death row urged Florida to require murderers to support victims’ families instead of prison. He argues rehabilitation fails, cites high recidivism, and backs noncustodial penalties as other inmates praise.
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Pitts
Joe Black
Withert Lee
Executive Clemency Board
Miami
Lee
Florida State
A&m
Tallahassee
Reubin Askew
Freddie Pitts
Fields
Capitol Press Room
Port St
Wilbert Lee
UPI
Gilmore death date set despite delay bid
Fourth District Judge J. Robert Bullock ordered Gary Gilmore's execution for December 6 1976 at sunrise after he refused a 30 day delay. Gilmore protested wearing a hood and sitting in a chair while the firing squad would shoot at 20 to 40 feet. He complained of prison conditions and press access during a federal interview.
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Utah
UPD
Fourth
J. Robert Bullack
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Bullock
U.S. Supreme Court
The
Salt Lake Tribune
State Mental Hospital
Johnny Cash
Pitts
Congress
Askew
Two Injured In Ocean City Car Crash
Two Fort Wallon Beach men were hospitalized with minor injuries after a two car collision at Eglin Parkway and South Avenue. Dennis H. Beachout aged 38 and John W. Sanders Jr aged 23 were involved when Sanders reportedly had a seizure and drifted into Beachout’s lane. Both vehicles suffered total damage. Charges pending.
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Eglin Parkway
South Avenue
Thelorida Highway Patrol
Dennis H. Beachout
Wellington Rd
John W. Sanders Jr
Northview
Noah Pippin
Sanders
Beachout
Pippin
Demolition of Cape Canaveral Launching Gantry Ends Era
The 110 foot tall steel gantry at Cape CanaveralComplex 14 was toppled at 3 22 pm after explosive charges. once a site for Enos the chimp and four Mercury astronauts the structure will be sold for scrap due to high maintenance costs.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Complex 14
Enos
John Glenn
Glenn
U.S
Pad 14
Mercury
Scott Carpenter
Walter Schirra
Gordon Cooper
Junket for Congressmen in Lesotho Draws U.S. Funds
Scripps-Howard reports 13 member delegation to Lesotho largely billed meals and lodging to U S funds while hosted costs covered by Lesotho. Most flew first class or aboard an Air Force jet. two members declined transport and per diem, using a New York institute funded trip.
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Washington
UPI
Lesotho
U.S
Scripps-Howard News Service
State Department
Air Force
Charles Whalen
R-Ohio
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
African American Institute
New York
Whaten
Conte
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
Walter Fauntroy
Atlanta CAP board urged hire of fiscal officer or lose funding
Atlanta representatives pressed the Okaloosa County Community Action Program board to hire a full-time fiscal officer immediately or risk losing funding. The agency remains suspended for renewal form failures and needs to fill six poor-sector seats amid NAACP objections and relocation concerns.
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Cathy Blum
Atlanta
Okaloosa
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Jim Miller
The
Daily News
Miller
Okaloosa Island
Mead
Valparaiso
Bill Kendall
Dee Parkton
Parkton
U.S. Abstains as Angola Joins U.N. in 116-0 Vote
Angola was admitted to the United Nations as the 146th member by a 116-0 General Assembly vote with the United States abstaining in protest over Cuban troops in the territory. Angolan Foreign Minister Jose Eduardo dos Santos attended the ceremony in Luanda.
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UPI
Angola
General Assembly
United States
U.S
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Luanda
Security Council
Western Samoa
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Abe) Welch
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