Convenience store slaying near Biloxi Gulfport
A night manager at a Seven-Eleven on Pass Road was killed after refusing to sell beer to Robert W. Stewart 22 of Gulfport. Vaughan 28 or 29, shot five times with a .22 pistol. Stewart seized hostages, damaged fixtures, and was arrested. autopsy set for Friday.
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Pass Road
Biloxi
Gulfport
Howard .L. Hobbs
Robert W. Stewart
Switzer Road
Gerry Glen Vaughan
Gulf Coast Community Hospital
Fernwood
Vaughan
44Th Ave
Hobbs
Stewart
Gulfport Memorial Hospital
Harrison County
Inside Upswing in the Yo-Yo Business
Inside reporting notes the yo-yo market rising with expert commentary on trends. A separate drug policy update discusses hoped federal funds to curb hard drugs and anticipates a legislative fight over marijuana. Partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s through Saturday.
Four in the Room as Doctor Quips on Schizophrenia
A woman tells her psychiatrist I think I'm schizophrenic and he replies that that makes four of them in the session. The humorous remark highlights a clinical setting exchange about mental health.
Carter May Overturn B1 Bomber Production Decision
Incoming President Carter faces a key choice after the outgoing Pentagon awarded contracts to begin B1 bomber production. Rockwell, GE, and Boeing received roles, with up to eight options and phased payments to June. Carter had opposed building the B1 during the campaign and may reverse the order.
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Washington
Pentagon
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Ford
Rumsfeld
Air Force
Thomas C. Reed
Reed
Nuclear safety measures planned for Grand Gulf plant
Mississippi utility officials outline layered containment for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station near Port Gibson. Two reactors will use enriched uranium fuel and be surrounded by steel vessels, thick concrete walls, and multiple barriers to trap radiation while the site remains distant from the public. Continuous inspections and federal reviews are part of the buildup toward operation by 1980.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Norris Stampley
Stampley
Jim McGaughy
Mp&l
Grand Gulf
McGaughy
Hearing Date Set to Challenge Mississippi Justice Courts
A federal suit aimed at reforming Mississippi justice courts is set for a December 13 hearing in Biloxi. The case, led by Community Legal Services, contends the fee-based system and non lawyer judges violate due process and seeks a constitutional overhaul.
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Mississippi
Biloxi
U.S
Walter Nixon
Justice Court
The
Justice of the Peace Court
Community Legal Services
Jackson Area
Justice Courts
Hinds
Nixon
High Court
Hinds County
State Attorney General's Office
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South Mississippi
Rockwell International Corp
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Hattiesburg
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