Heirens Earns Bachelor of Arts in Prison Graduation
William Heirens the 43 year old Stateville inmate and former killer walked in a prison blue suit to Lewis College ceremony as the first Illinois prisoner to earn a BA Heirens expressed hope for release while claiming innocence and noting his long study record during 25 years in custody.
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Lockport. WI
CPD
William Heirens
Lewis College
Heirens
Stateville
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
North Side
Faly
Uberal
Arts
Mary
Agnes Jones
Cold Spell in Idaho Ends With Warmer Temps
Spokane reports end of an eastern Washington and northern Idaho cold spell as the Spokane Airport station records 33 degrees at 10 p.m. Sunday, first above freezing since January 23. Snow totals reach 61.2 inches for the season, with forecast highs in the 30s and lows in the teens to 20s through the week.
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Spokane
Washington
Idaho
National Weather Service
Spokane International
Weather Service
Subcommittee Rejects Nixon Plan on Dock Strike
A House labor subcommittee rejected President Nixon's bid to end the West Coast dock strike with an immediate order. It instead backed a 60 day injunction to force strikers to load certain cargo as arbitration proceeds. The panel approved a stopgap to require loading agricultural goods for Hawaii and military cargoes.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
House
Striking International
Hawaii
House Education and Labor Committee For Action
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Ogden Reid
New York
John Dellenback
West Coast
Man Escapes Plane Crash Near Boise
22 year old Ron Piercy of Boise survived a light plane crash 11 miles north of Boise after grazing power lines and hitting pine trees. Boise County Deputy Sheriff Albert Lewis arrived minutes later and described significant damage though Piercy stood at the scene.
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Boise
UPI
Ron Piercy
Boise County
Albert Lewis
Piercy
Lewis
Bradley Field
Garden City
Mysterious Fire Draws Police Probe
The Washington State Patrol investigated a fire five miles west of Sprague in which a tractor and one of two semi trailers burned. The mail truck and one trailer were destroyed and the driver Jack W. Chapman of Spokane disappeared. Damages were about $35,000 with the trailer contents a total loss.
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Sprague
Wash
UPD
Washington State Patrol
Here
Seattle
Spokane
Jack W. Chapman
Missing Man Thought Dead In Snake River Crash
Bruce A. Terry, 20, of Jordan Valley, is missing and presumed drowned after his car plunged into the Snake River seven miles west of Walters Ferry on a Sunday night. His friend Keith Carsoni escaped, calling authorities after climbing from the vehicle in about five feet of water.
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Murphy
Idaho
Jordan Valley
Snake River
Marsing
Bruce A. Terry
Duard W. Terry
Terry
2 Dance
Walters Ferry
Owyhee County
Tim Nettleton
Nettleton
Keith Carsoni
Carson
Sheriff’s Department
Idaho Senate OKs Hospital Authority Bond Plan
The Idaho Senate approved by 18 to 12 votes a bill to form an Idaho Hospital Authority that can issue quasi municipal bonds to fund construction of health care facilities and sent it to the House.
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Boise
UPI
Senate
House
Idaho
Idaho state employees rise four percent says Watson
Ada County Republican Chairman Robert Watson reports total Idaho state employees increased four percent last year. He notes a 1.5 percent decrease in general fund payroll but gains in funds from dedicated or matching federal monies. January 1972 employee total was 2 210, up from 9 525 in January 1971, contradicting Gary Andrus's planned ten percent cutback.
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Boise
UPI
Robert Watson
Ada County
Republican Central Committee
Idaho
Watson
Dumeber
Gary
Cecil D. Andrus
Two Spanish bus accidents kill seven, injure many
Police reported two bus crashes in Spain. In one wreck on a mountain road near Zaragoza fifteen were killed and 66 injured as buses plunged into Isuelo River. In Carmore near Seville a bus carrying sixty one people went into Cordones River killing seven and injuring 45. All victims were Spaniards.
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Zaragoza
Spada
Spain
Isuelo
Carmore
Seville
Cordones
Boy Dies After Gunshot Brawl in Spokane
In Spokane a 16 year old boy died from a gunshot wound suffered during an apparent noise dispute at a southside apartment. Police jailed 28 year old Jimmee A. Smith on first degree assault charges. prosecutors will decide if charges change after the death.
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Spokane
UPI
Thomas J. Hahn
Sacred Heart Medical Center
Jimmee A. Smith
Ski Resort Robbery Targets Holiday Hills Near Spokane
Spokane County deputies search for a lone gunman who robbed Holiday Hills ski resort near the Idaho Washington line around 10 p.m. Sunday. The thief displayed a 22 caliber pistol and escaped with 222 dollars in small bills in a dark late model vehicle.
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Spokane
UPI
Holiday Hills
Idaho-Washington State Line
Here
Youth Care Transferred Under Welfare Committee Bill
Health Education and Welfare committee introduced legislation Monday to shift responsibility for youths committed under the youth rehabilitation act to the Department of Public Assistance. The measure would also move administration of the state youth training center at St. Anthony from Health to the DPA.
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Boise
UPI
Senate Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Public Assistance
Department of Health
DPA
St. Anthony
Labor Act debate highlights housing for migrant workers
The discussion centers on the Farm Labor Act and migrant housing. Hartvigsen notes slum areas and mobile homes as housing for construction workers, while Claiborn stresses the act covers collective bargaining, not housing. The panel votes 10 to 2 to depass the bill, with Hartvigsen and Farner opposing.
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Hartvigsen
Federal
Claiborn
Farner
Chase says GOP delays bill advancing from bill-writing center
Senator C C Chase Democrat of St Maries accuses Republican leaders of stunting a bill he sponsored to speed up printing in the computerized bill-writing center. He says his bill was submitted January 25 and a GOP routing number put a resolution 100 measures ahead in committee. Chase calls the bill important while President pro tem James Ellsworth urges bills to be released in receipt order.
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James Ellsworth
Releadore
Chase
Your Career in the Personnel Department
This piece outlines a path into the personnel department highlighting roles from office assistant to interviewer. It notes that growth comes with training in social sciences and business practices and emphasizes experience working with people and a college degree.
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