Indicted nurse aide hailed for heroism in nine-death fire
Jefferson County grand jury charged Mary Ann Wyatt with 10 counts of willful murder and one of arson for a Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home blaze that killed nine residents. Wyatt aided 12 patients to safety before the fire, amid praise from doctors for her actions and a 1.5 million building, while arson investigators cited paper as the fire starter.
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Louisville
Kylav
Pelite Purse
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Miss Wyatt
Helen Turner
Donald Thomas
Louisville General Hospital
Wyatt
Jack T. Goodykoontz
Mary Ann Wyatt
Fifteen Injured When Church Bus Flips on I-4 Desert
A church bus carrying 22 teenagers and four adults overturned on Interstate 4 sixty miles west of Needles. Thirteen treated and released at Needles Hospital while two remained for observation. The vehicle owned by Calvary Church Santa Clara County swerved after hitting a bridge abutment.
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Needles
Interstate 4
Desert
Here
Needles Hospital
Highway Patrol
Santa Clara County
California Calvary Church
Allorieda
N, ML
Hugh Hays
Ralph Bates
Woman Aims to Be First Female brakeman for Southern Pacific
Gaylene Snow, 37, entered SP brakeman training but fell from a moving box car and could not pass. The railroad said it would have hired her if she could complete training, potentially making her the first woman brakeman for the line. Women did work as brakemen in the East during World War II.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Gaylene Snow
Southern Pacific
Railroad
Miss Snow
East
Angela Davis asks appeals court to drop murder charges
Angela Davis seeks California Court of Appeal dismissal of murder kidnapping charges in the 1970 Marin County courtroom shootout. Her lawyers concede she bought four guns smuggled for the escape attempt, but argue the purchase is not strong evidence of plotting. The case also involves Ruchell Magee, with pretrial hearings set to resume.
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Appeal Court
San Francisco
Angela Davis
California
California Court of Appeal
UCLA
Marin County
Ruchell Magee
Magee
San Rafael
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