Chilean Junta Grants Broad Amnesty To Political Prisoners
Chile's military junta under Pinochet issues a general amnesty freeing about 280 prisoners and allowing thousands of exiles to return home. Excludes murder or common crimes. Also lifts siege, curfew, and expands civilian cabinet posts as it eases rule.
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Santiago, Chile
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Junta
Salvador Allende
Christian Democratic
Jaime Castillo
Monica Madariaga
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
Allende
Santiago
Seven year old girl found starved and confined in closet
In Paramount California deputies removed Rebecca Holmes a 7 year old who weighed 24 pounds and stood 32 inches from a closet like space in her home She cannot walk or speak clearly and was diapered Treated children Danny 9 and Alice 13 were taken to a foster home Parents Alicia Hernandez and Danny Holmes were booked for child abuse Holmes also for PCP possession Five prior homes were listed in the Los Angeles area.
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Paramount
Calif
Miriam Travis
Rebecca Holmes
Rebecca
Alicia Hernandez
Danny Holmes
Holmes
Danny
Alice
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Lawyer cites witness motives in Santa Ana baby murder case
In a closing argument, Dr William Waddill defense portrays Dr Ronald Cornelsen as troubled and unreliable. Weedman questioned why Cornelsen did not intervene as he described four alleged throat holds and suggested he lied to protect himself. The case stems from a baby death blamed on Waddill, with a prior out of court settlement in which survivors received 63000.
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Santa Ana
Calif
William Waddill
Charles Weedman
Ronald Cornelsen
Waddill
Cornelsen
Weedman
Cornelien
Dr. Waddill
Dr. Cornelsen
Feds facing claims from shots c 1978
Barbara Marsden a 40 year old AAA clerk from Clinton Maryland developed Guillain Barre syndrome after a swine flu vaccination. She is among about 1300 claimants in the 1976 77 program seeking damages. The indemnification law shields vaccine makers and agencies from suits against others.
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Miss Marsden
Congress
Counselor helps dying find life in final months
In Jamestown, Marianne McElrath, a counselor for the dying at Jamestown General Hospital, works to reduce isolation for terminal patients. She hugs, shares tears and humor, and treats dying as another life stage while coordinating the psychiatric unit.
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Counselor
Jamestown
N.Y
Sandy Spencer
Marianne McElrath
Mrs. Spencer
Marianne
Jamestown General Hospital
Ms. McElrath
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Unifax
State Capitol
St. Paul
Minn
Luis Corvalan
Feds
Washington Star
Washington
Barbara Marsden
American Automobile Association
Clinton
Marsden
Southern Comfort
Mark Hopkins
San Francisco
Manhattan
Paul Young
Atlanta
Souther Comfort
Southern Comfort Corp
ST Louis
Southern Comfort Cor
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