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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1976
Page
7
A lawyer for the widow of Pvt. Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War, has requested that his case be reopened. The filing argues new evidence and questions surrounding the wartime tribunal.
Britain's Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher dons a symbolic fireman’s helmet during a London fire station visit as party prospects improve in by elections. In another note, the Army moves to reopen Slovik’s case seeking life insurance payment to his widow. Bernard Edelson seeks 61000 plus interest, claiming failures in psychiatric review and access to trial records.
The piece notes divorce for Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence with custody talks ongoing in Los Angeles. It reports Isaac Hayes and his wife filing bankruptcy in Memphis listing debts around 6 million dollars, with a major 1.76 million loan. Also mentions an unnamed Commonwealth Electric Co. lineman.
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