Supreme Court Upends North Carolina and Louisiana Death Penalty Laws
The court upheld capital punishment laws in Georgia Texas and Florida while striking down mandatory schemes in North Carolina and Louisiana. It ruled that specific jury and judge standards pass constitutional muster, warning these rulings impact death row totals across the states and potential appeals.
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Hansen Denies Wyoming Delegate Deal With Ford
UPI reports Senator Clifford Hansen denied offering President Ford a deal to trade seven uncommitted Wyoming delegates for signing a mineral leasing bill. The Washington Post had alleged the proposal, which Hansen said he discussed only to show how the bill could aid Wyoming and the West. Ford's decision on the bill looms, with White House aides reportedly reconsidering the administration stance.
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Unemployment rises as June boosts rate to 7.5 percent
Labor Department data show June unemployment up to 7.5 percent from 7.3, with 200,000 fewer employed. Workforce grew to 94.6 million while the total unemployed rose by 280,000 to around 7.1 million. Factory layoffs tied to rubber strike. teen job prospects weak amid weak sales.
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Getty Will Opens Probate With Orderly Estate Plan
The Getty will, disbursing a 2 to 4 billion dollar estate, was admitted to probate in Los Angeles as executors plan orderly settlements. The J Paul Getty Museum stands to gain stock valued at over 650 million dollars, with annual income around 4 million. Gordon Getty appeared as co executor alongside Title Insurance and Trust Co. and Jean Gordon Getty.
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Sudanese military revolt in Khartoum halted by security forces
United Press International reports a coup attempt against President Jaafar Numeiry as he returned from the United States. Government and Egyptian and Iraqi sources say loyalist forces crushed the uprising, with heavy fighting reported in Khartoum around the presidential palace and army headquarters.
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Bomb blasts hit Boston area in tied attacks
Three bombs exploded early injuring no one in Dorchester Armory, Logan Airport, and the Essex County Courthouse in Newburyport. An anonymous caller warned Eastern Airlines of a planned airport blast, a link authorities probe as they pursue connected cases.
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Angolan President Faces Plea Over Mercenary’s Life
Sheila Gearhart of Maryland sent a telegram to President Neto pleading for her husband Daniel Gearhart and three Britons sentenced to death by firing squad. Defense attorney Cesner seeks clemency and a meeting with Neto or Justice Minister Boavida while other mercenaries receive long prison terms.
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Television listings and program lineup snapshot
A dense rundown of NBC CBS ABC and Channel 2 airings across the evening. Notable items include The Brady Bunch Dinah Shore Hollywood Squares Adam 12 Bewitched Quest of Life and Rockford Files plus primetime films Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima The Emigrants and War and Peace Part 1 with late night Tonight Show Midnight Special and News scenes.
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