Teen charged as adult in Lycoming jail fire deaths
Williamport AP report says 15 year old Chris Stouffer of Cogan Station is charged with murder in the deaths of three fellow teenage inmates at Lycoming County prison juvenile detention center. He was placed under guard in Williamsport Hospital after smoke inhalation and burns. Two other youths were injured. Officials did not comment on a motive.
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Williamsport
Lycoming County
Barry Slotter
Chris Stouffer
Cogan Station
Stouffer
Williamsport Hospital
Carrillo Inquiry Resumes Behind Closed Doors
The State Judicial Qualifications Commission resumes its inquiry into official misconduct charges against suspended District Judge O. P. Carrillo and his brother Ramiro Carrillo. The case follows their October 2 federal conviction for income tax fraud and includes a forthcoming hearing before US District Court Judge Owen D. Cox on a motion for a new trial. The Texas Senate blocked impeachment until January 5 to allow the inquiry.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
State
Judicial Qualifications Commissions
O. P. Carrillo Carrillo
Duval County
Ramiro Carrillo
Qualifications Commission
James Meyers
Austin
Carrillos
Owen D. Cox
Cox
Carrillo Brothers
Texas Senate
Carrillo
Fromme Defense Sees Unfair Trial Risk After Judge Denies Mistrial
Lynette Fromme’s attorney argued a fair trial is unlikely after U.S. District Judge Thomas MacBride refused to declare a mistrial or drop charges over police eyewitness statements. Virga claimed the prosecution violated a court order by withholding material that could clear Fromme and undermined the defense.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Miss Fromme
Ford
Thomas MacBride
John Virga
Virga
Hearst praised as cooperative but downcast in jail
Patricia Hearst, jailed heiress, is charming and cooperative yet low in spirits after five brainwashing sessions with Dr. William W. Sargant at San Mateo County Jail. His assessment followed a rescheduling of her federal bank robbery trial from December 15 to January 26, with the expert noting a December trial would be unfair and very hard on her.
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Redwood City
Calif
Patricia Hearst
William W. Sargant
Miss Hearst
San Mateo County
Sargant
London
Patty
Despondent man seeks TV repair dream with loan woes
Enrique E. Ponce told a Senate panel that a trade school offered a television repair course and a $1,500 federally guaranteed loan. He passed the aptitude test but quit after two weeks, saying lack of education made the course too hard. He said he faced two years of harassment by collectors and a warning from the Office of Education to pay off the loan.
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Washington
Enrique E. Ponce
Senate
Ponce
US Office of Education
Scottish Nationalists threaten to force government collapse
AP reports Scot Nationalists warn they may topple Harold Wilson's Labour government unless it speeds Scotland and Wales home rule plans. Donald Stewart, leader of 11 SNP MPs, calls delays a betrayal and says the party may deliberately seek to bring down the government. In Angola, about 1,000 Cuban troops join MPLA as advisers and infantry to push on Carmona and Luanda fronts against FNLA forces led by Holden Roberto.
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London
Harold Wilson
Scotland
Wales
Donald Stewart
Luanda
Angola
Popular Movement
MPLA
Carmona
National Front
FNLA
Holden Roberto
Portuguese government suspends operations amid military backing row
Lisbon authorities announce suspension of all government activities until President Gomes guarantees full army backing. A late night cabinet communique cites inability to assure normal governance after a 36 hour blockade of the premier’s residence and the constitutional assembly by 20,000 workers. The Lisbon military commander refused to intervene to rescue the premier.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Constitutional Assembly
Quiet Start For Valley Truck Strike
Pharr Texas saw a quiet launch of a nationwide produce truckers strike as drivers paused traffic in protest of a 25 percent rate increase. Organizers from Pennsylvania Missouri and Arkansas backed the action with potential roadblocks on U S 281 and U S 77 though no incidents were reported. DPS will keep roads open and protect lives and property while growers warn the strike could hurt Valley shipments.
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Pharr
Tex Apa
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
David Coers
Truckers Group
Valley
Coers
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Arkansas
U.S. 281
U.S. 77
Texas Department of Public Safety
Raymondville
DPS
Wilson E. Speir
Speir
Mike Parkhurst
Overdrive Magazine
McAllen- Pharr
Willis Devnes
Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers Association
Union Backed Picketing Bill Cleared by Senate
The Senate voted 52 to 45 to approve a labor backed bill allowing striking building trades unions to picket an entire construction site and set up a 10 day notice, strike approval rules, and a 23 member industry bargaining committee to mediate disputes. The bill, paired with a Ford administration proposal, moves to conference to reconcile House and Senate versions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Labor
Ford
Autograph Evidence In Murder Trial Ties Singer to Store Purchase
In Dallas Gladys Blocker testified to a document showing the defendant bought at the store where she worked. She identified the paper bearing Charlie Pride's autograph and said she asked him to sign it during lunch in the courthouse cafeteria. Lawyers agreed to copy the document for court records while Blocker keeps the original.
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Dallas
Gladys Blocker
Bob Whaley
Cancer Benefit Earns $191 Here
The American Cancer Society needlepoint and petit point show at First National Bank drew over 150 attendees and raised 19.20 in donations. Exhibit highlights include Durer's Praying Hands by Mrs Cap Traylor, Shepherds Idyl by Mrs D L Traylor, a Victorian floral by Mrs James Tew, and other needlework, furniture, and arts pieces by local exhibitors. Co chairs Orville Holt and William Hahn thanked the public for support toward stamping cancer in our lifetime.
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American Cancer Society
First National Bank
Durer
Cap Traylor
D. L. Traylor
James Tew
Austin Phillips
Bell Pull
Carl Parlow
Annabelle McDonald
J. C. M. Cryer
Barbara Sikes
Jack Halil
Tony Wehmeyer
Sherwood Stifflemire
Pam Hawthorn
George Haynes
Carl Jacobs
Earl Butler
Orville Holt
William Hahn
Morning Markets in Quiet NY Trading Amid City’s Financial Struggles
The New York market was narrowly mixed as investors waited for NYC financial crisis resolution. The noon Dow rose 71 to 848.95 while losers edged gainers. Marine Midland Banks led volume but fell 1 point to 11 and a half after a 40 point drop Wednesday with a stated Q4 loss expectation.
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New York
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Marine Midland Banks
Kissinger Contempt Vote Sparks Ford Appeal
President Ford called the House Intelligence Committee vote to cite Henry Kissinger for contempt grave for foreign policy and urged cooperation and mutual trust. The White House released Ford’s letter to Otis Pike as aides handed over subpoenaed documents. The committee’s draft report says new material is insufficient to dismiss the contempt citation amid testimony involving CIA costs and covert intelligence requests.
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Washington
Ford
House Intelligence Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
White House
Otis Pike
D-N.y
Kissinger
CIA
William E. Colby
Pike
State Department
SatelliteLaunched to Study Ozone Layer Damage
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A 1 625 pound Atmosphere Explorer 55 satellite launched for a 26 million program to probe man made pollution effects on Earth's ozone layer It reached orbit 80 to 2000 miles out aboard a Delta rocket at 9 06 p m EST Wednesday Instruments totaling 12 will activate within 16 days to send data on the ozone layer and the thermosphere
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Deaths of Port Lavaca man John Farrias at 78
Funeral services for John Farrias of Port Lavaca will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donald McNally officiating. Burial at Port Lavaca Cemetery. Rosary Friday at 8 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. Farrias died Thursday at 3:30 a.m. in a local hospital of an apparent heart attack. He was 78, born December 12, 1896, in Goliad County and lifelong Port Lavaca resident. Retired commercial fisherman. Surviving: daughter Mrs Steve Perez of El Campo. three sons Herman Farrias of Port Lavaca, Daniel Farrias of Victoria, Fred Farrias of Houston. three sisters Concha Velasquez, Cipriano Calzada, and Fernando Salazar, all of Port Lavaca. 18 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
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John Farrias
Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca Funeral Home
Donald McNally
Funeral Home
Farrias
Goliad County
Steve Perez
el Campo
Herman Farrias
Daniel Farrias
Victoria
Fred Farrias
Houston
Concha Velasquez
Cipriano Calzada
Fernando Salazar
Rotary To Hear Official Browne Speak On Enterprise
Williams W Browne engineering manager at Alcoa Point Comfort Operations will discuss problems and opportunities in a free enterprise system at the Rotary Club meeting Friday at noon. The club has moved to the Shell Fish Inn from Hatch Bend Country Club. Browne, a native Texan, started with Alcoa at Point Comfort and has worked in North Carolina Arkansas and Pennsylvania. He previously managed Alcoa operations in Geelong Australia before returning to Point Comfort in 1974.
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Williams W Browne
Alcoa Point Comfort
Rotary Club
Shell Fish Inn
Hatch Bend Country Club
Browne
Alcoa
Point Comfort
North Carolina
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Geelong
Australia
Air Improves In Pittsburgh
The air pollution emergency easing in the Pittsburgh area as production cutbacks at over 50 plants ease. Officials report the Liberty Borough Clairton area index dropping to 211 this morning from 235 on Wednesday.
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Pittsburgh
Alleghany County
Liberty Borough
Clairton
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