Wheros woe in Newsis headlines and notes
Totie Fields, famed for poking fun at health woes, has had a cancerous breast removed 18 months after losing a leg and five months after eye surgery at Los Angeles New Hospital. She battles exhaustion during tests while continuing a strenuous tour, aided by supportive friends and a hospital-quoted recovery outlook. Jeremiah Denton Jr. announces Navy retirement to join Spring Hill College leadership, with retirement ceremonies at Pensacola NAS. Lane Mark Lane signs for James Earl Ray defense as Ray faces escape trial in Tennessee. Diplomatic rumors swirl around Mrs Tito amid reported political investigations and potential Yugoslav royal maneuvering after Tito’s death.
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Totie Fields
Comedienne
Los Angeles New Hospital
Miss Fields
Hospital
Susan Weight
Teg
Ronews
Jeremiah Denton Jr
North Vietnam
Navy
Denton
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Clark Firet Force Base
Philipszpines
Humphrey vows to beat cancer and back Carter
Hubert Humphrey, frail yet buoyant, returns to Washington as President Carter’s guest aboard Air Force One after announcing his cancer is inoperable. He greets senators with a five minute standing ovation, vows to win his fight, praises friendship as therapy, and says he will be Carter’s congressional champion while pursuing the presidency.
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Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Carter
Minnesota Democrat
Humphrey
Walter Mondale
Muriel
Sean
Hubert
Washington
Andy
President Carter
Air Force One
Thief Steals Locomotive Then Arrested Near La Salle
A would be Casey Jones climbed into a Union Pacific locomotive near La Salle Colorado, started the engine, and rode the short distance before the train left the track and got mired. An 18 year old from La Salle was arrested for investigation of larceny by theft. Fairfax County firemen to get new helmets while most keep old ones. The helmets melt under heat, costing 25 dollars per head for 150 new helmets. Former Washington Governor Dan Evans notes life now spent in different vantage points at college games.
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Casey Jones
Union Pacific
Colorado
la Salle
Ray Henson
Mark Hernandez
Clony Beft
Fairfax Va
George Alexander
Washington
Dan Evans
University of Washington
Evans
Evergreen State College
Dixy
Ne Ray
Ramming of Klan Rally Leads to Psychiatric Testing
Buddy Cochran, 30, of Americus is convicted on eight counts of aggravated assault for ramming his sports car into a Ku Klux Klan rally in Plains, Georgia, injuring 32 people. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and will undergo psychiatric testing at Central State Hospital Milledgeville, potentially delaying sentencing by up to five weeks.
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Americus, Ga
President Carter
Buddy Cochran
Americus
Plains
No Law
William Blanks
Cochran
Mary Sue
Blanks
Central State Hospital
Milledgeville
Nightmare vanishes during Vermont festival leaves family searching
Jean Huen Caccavaro, 31, disappeared at the Cracker Barrel Bazaar in Newbury Vermont on July 29 after rounding up her five children. Her husband James remains hopeful yet perplexed, with police tracing leads to New Hampshire and Maine where the trail ends.
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Newbury, Vi
Jean Huen Caccavaro
Vermont
James
Caccavano
Newbury
Newton
Mass
Police close in on publicity hungry killer in four Columbus strangulations
Police in Columbus Georgia withhold details of four elderly women murders to avoid aiding a publicity hungry suspect. Martha Thurmond 69 a retired teacher was found strangled in her home. Victims Ferne Jackson 59 Jean Dimenstein 71 and Florence Sheible 89 were killed since Sept 16 in a one square mile residential area.
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Columbus
API
Martha
Muscogee County
Don Kilgore
Ferne Jackson
Jean Dimenstein
Florence Sheible
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