Two State Police Shot as Gunmen Slain in New Brunswick
State police stopped a car for a routine inspection leading to a gun battle. Trooper Gary McWhorter, 27, badly hurt, and Trooper George Ayers, 28, in satisfactory condition after surgery. Suspect Ronnie Simmons killed at Woodbridge Girls Vocational School. John Edmunds 23 and Gary Owens 19 captured. All three from Columbia, SC.
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New Jersey
John Edmunds
New Brunswick
UPI
Garry McWhorter
George Ayers
McWhorter
Woodbridge Girls Vocational School
Ronnie Simmons
Gary Owens
Columbia
Simmons
Anglican Church Ordains Women as Priests in Hong Kong
The Anglican Church Sunday ordained two women for the first time with full priestly recognition. Jane Hwang gyuen and Joyce Bennett, both school principals, had been deaconesses and now receive full ceremony after a Hong Kong diocese backed the move at a world Anglican conference last February.
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Hong Kong
Anglican Church
Jane Hwang-gyuen
Joyce Bennett
Two year old clerk linked to high speed chase across Los Angeles
A Los Angeles shipping clerk, George Wall, 2, was booked for investigation of car theft assault with a vehicle and DUI after a 45 mile pursuit at speeds up to 100 mph. The chase through Westwood Palms Venice Santa Monica West Los Angeles involved 15 police cars and ended when his Lincoln collided with a police car in Santa Monica. No injuries reported.
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Los Angeles
David Atkins
George Wall
Westwood
Lage
Palms
Venice
Santa Monica
West Los Angles
Czech Reds Win Unopposed In Early General Election
Prague announced that all candidates in Czechoslovakia's first general election since 1964 were elected unopposed in a vote framed as thanks for the 1968 Soviet invasion. Reported turnout exceeded 99 percent. The new parliament includes Communist Party chief Gustav Husak. Detroit police commissioner Ray Girardin, 69, died after a long illness.
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Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Gustav Husak
Detroit
Ray Girardin
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