Man charged with murder in Oneonta student death
Ricky Allen Knapp, 26, arrested after attempting to move Linda Velzy's body from a lovers lane hideout into his car. Velzy, 18, daughter of a Long Island minister, had been missing for four weeks. Knapp, a former sex offender, was charged with murder after Velzy's fully clothed body was found in his car.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Oneonta State College
Ricky Allen Knapp
Linda Velzy
Long Island
Knapp
Miss Velzy
Woods lands in Botswana after desert flight from South Africa
Donald Woods, the South African editor under a five year ban, arrives in Gaborone with his family after a 340 mile Lesotho Airways flight from Maseru. He says he feels relieved and safe, having escaped Lesotho by disguise last weekend and received UN refugee documents from the Lesotho government.
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Gaborone
Botswana
Donald Woods
Lesotho Airways
Tam
Lesotho
United Nations
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Surpasses 1977 Count
The Associated Press reports that over the three day New Year's weekend traffic accidents killed 306 people. The National Safety Council had estimated 300 to 400 fatalities, and the toll beat the 1977 three day total of 305. The three day observance stretched from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Hypocrisy in health focus and a safety bulb recall note
A World Health Organization critique of US health priorities contrasts cancer and tobacco with other concerns. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of imported Christmas light bulbs from Taiwan due to defects that can shatter and explode when first powered. Some bulbs show a protruding wire near the solder tip. customers are advised to snip it or return for exchange. The item’s timing and delivery are remarked as off, with a casual coda from WACIL McNAIL about wholesale price movements.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Incline Village
New
U.S
MRI
Taiwan
Washington
Postal Service
Carter welcomed in Riyadh on peace trip with Saudi hosts
President Carter arrived in Riyadh as the fourth stop on a seven nation tour. An Air Force One official said Saudi leaders may move toward the American view on a Palestinian state, easing a major obstacle to a Middle East settlement. Carter affirmed the visit aims for peace and noted Saudi oil dependence, while a royal welcome accompanied the greeting at the airport. He had earlier toured a Delhi village and signed the Delhi Declaration with Prime Minister Desai.
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Riyahd
Saudi Arabia
Carter
India
Air Force One
Palestine
Egypt
Israel
Daulatpur-Nasirabad
New Delhi
Delhi
Morarji Desai
Industry Studies Proposed Lease To Northern Electric
A draft lease for Wickes Building to Northern Electric Co is prepared and sent to the company. Northern, which asked the local labor survey after Thanksgiving, plans a plant to produce electric blankets with start in Scurry County. Initial employment expected around 150, rising to 450 in three years depending on demand, with over 800 local residents showing interest in jobs.
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Wickes
Northern Electric Co
Northern Electric
Northern
Wickes Homes
Scurry
County Industrial Foundation
Snyder Savings and Loan
Industrial Foundation
Sunbeam Northern
Demolition Case Trial Begins in Travis Junior High Site
In 132nd District Court Snyder Consolidated Independent School District and Scurry County sue Jerry Don Stephens doing business as Best Construction Co Balboa Insurance Co over a demolition contract for the Travis Junior High main building Stephens allegedly failed to fulfill terms of the demolition agreement The county later received transferred title to the site in dispute which will host the new county jail under construction
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Travis
132Nd
Snyder Consolidated Independent School District
Scurry County
Jerry Don Stephens
Best Construction Co
Balboa Insurance Co
Stephens
Travis Junior High
Commissioners Court
Weather outline for Snyder Texas period through Wednesday
The Snyder area forecasts show a high Monday near 39 degrees and a low around 21 two readings at 7 am show 26. No precipitation to date in 1978 and skies partly cloudy with warmer trend through Wednesday. Tonight lows range from the 20s in the mountains and north to the mid 30s in the south with Wednesday highs from the lower 60s in the north to the upper 60s in the Big Bend.
Farmers Circle Lubbock in 27 Mile Loop Protest
Farmers from the South Plains encircled Lubbock on a 27 mile loop with about 1,000 vehicles including tractors and pickups. The march disrupted traffic on Loop 289 while police asked protesters to stay to the right, with rallies at Mackenzie Park. Organizers from American Agriculture reported similar tractorcades in Hereford Canyon Vega and adjacent towns, plus 120 tractors in Big Spring. Crop dusters were planned to fly over Lubbock in the afternoon.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Cotton Center
Mackenzie Park
Mike MacCatern
American Agriculture
Hereford
Canyon
Vega
Groom, Dimmitt
Wildorado
Big
Theft Case To Grand Jury In Brownsville
State District Judge Darrell Hester ordered Brownsville prosecutors to present possible charges of theft by fiduciary against First United Life Insurance Co board chairman Robert Massey. The inquiry centered on $10,582 taken from Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 823 health plan funds and moved to another account, with Massey acknowledging liability but claiming funds were used to pay debts. Massey said he sold the admin program for $450,000 to Employees Securities Program, but the $10,582 remains owed to the union.
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Brownsville
Darrell Hester
South Texas
Harlingen
Hester
Cameron County
Robert Massey
First United Life Insurance Co
Massey
Employees Securities Program
Austin
Marketbasket prices rise 11.7 percent in 1977 say AP data
The Associated Press finds grocery bills rose on average 11.7 percent in 1977, with December up 2.3 percent due to higher prices for sugar eggs and frozen orange juice. The survey tracked 14 items across 13 cities since March 1973, noting coffee sugar and juice spikes influenced the yearly increase.
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Fileen Alt
Powell
Associated Press
News Service
New York
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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