Convicted in Stayner kidnapping case in California
Kenneth Parnell and Ervin Murphy were found guilty in Alameda County Superior Court of kidnapping Ste ven Stayner in Merced on December 4, 1972 and of conspiracy to kidnap. Stayner later testified to years of abuse before fleeing with Timmy White, while Parnell faced possible 1 to 25 year terms.
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Parnell
Murphy
Stayner
Merced
Dennis Parnell
Timmy White
Ukiah
California
Dozier hoax calls set off red herring search in Italy
Italian police suspect anonymous calls to newspapers about Brig Gen James L. Dozier being killed were meant to mislead the hunt for the kidnapped American. Points to Red Brigades and a forged communique while police released composite drawings of the alleged kidnappers. In Rome a gunman disguised as a postal worker wounded an anti-terrorist officer. Simone was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Rome
James L. Dozier
Red Brigades
Dozier
Pescara
Italy
U.S. Defense Department
Washington
Padua
Verona
Judith
Nicola Simone
Il Giornale D’italia
Simone
Unions brace for contract talks amid economic strain
United States labor unions prepare to negotiate contracts covering about 4.5 million workers as unemployment remains high and industries from autos to airlines seek wage concessions. Teamsters in Chicago resume talks with 300,000 truckers while oil workers face a midnight deadline for a contract covering 55,000 employees. General Motors and Ford auto maker councils will decide on reopening deals, with unions highlighting shifts in production and automation.
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New York Times
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chicago
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
United Automobile Workers
Ford
Labor
Lane Kirkland
Afl-Cio
Leon Davis
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees
Little Sisters of the Poor
Williams trial begins in Atlanta slayings case
Opening statements launched the Wayne B Williams murder trial as Atlanta grappled with a series of 28 killings over 22 months. Prosecutors likened the case to a puzzle while the defense challenged autopsy conclusions linking Payne’s death to homicide, with spectators filing into a heavily secured Fulton County Courthouse.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Alvin Binder
Jackson, Miss
Jimmy Ray Payne
Williams
Saleh Zaki
Fulton County
Payne
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Alif
Santa Cruz
Boulder Creek
Harley Shaiken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United Steelworkers of America
South
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers
J.P. Stevens Co
National Labor Relations Board
Reagan
South River
Chattahoochee River
Binder
Zaki
Hart Schaffner and Marx
Halston
Oscar de la Renta
Phoenix
Allyn St. George
Gant Deansgate
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