After 17 Years, Husband Had Enough
Reginald Elliott of Chelmsford pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife Doreen after 17 years of alleged nagging. Judge Henry Croom-Johnson gave Elliott three years probation, noting provocation had long persisted. Elliott had moved 10 times and changed jobs to please a wife described by attorneys as miserable.
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Chelmsford
England
UPD
Reginald Elliott
Henry Croom-Johnson
Elliott
Doreen
Pranksters Lift Diebenkorn Painting at Oakland Museum
In Oakland California Joe Gibbons and accomplices removed Richard Diebenkorn’s $13,000 painting Scissors and Lemon during a gala opening. After a lighthearted chase the work was recovered undamaged and museum officials declined to press charges.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Joe Gibbons
Oakland Museum
Gibbons
San Francisco State University
Jim
Marjorie Kohn
Richard Diebenkorn
Diebenkorn
Art Liberation Front
Marjorie
KQED
Dewey theatre owner 87 defends X rated films against critics
Walter Bell 87 defies Dewey religious leaders calling his Capri Theater X rated films obscene. He says he must attract outside audiences to survive and insists the films are not obscene though critics call them vile. Bell previously faced obscenity charges and was acquitted by a Bartlesville jury.
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George Boosey
Dewey
Okla
UPI
Walter Bell
Bell
Tom Mix
Bartlesville
Kellogg
Capri
Mel Lemmons
Clean Dewey Committee
FBI agent suspended for living with girlfriend
FBI agent Jack T. Colwell faced a three week suspension without pay and a transfer to New York after living with his girlfriend. Colwell filed suit in U S District Court seeking back pay and to remain in the Washington office. The transfer was effective November 1 and he had been suspended for the first three weeks of October.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
New York
Clarence Kdley
Washington Post
Jack T. Colwell
U.S. District Court
Alexandria
Bureau
Kaley
Colwell
Kelley
Stephen Pickard
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