Police to Question Oklahoma Man About 3 Slayings
An unemployed Locust Grove man was arrested early today in Ottawa County as police plan to question him about the sex murders of three Girl Scouts. Investigators found bloody footprints and a red flashlight near the tent where the girls were killed. autopsies confirm sexual molestation.
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Miami
Oklahoma
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Tulsa
Michelle Guse
Cookson Hills
Wise
Miller Wins Second Term as UMW President
Arnold Miller appears to have won a second five year term as president of the United Mine Workers defeating Lee Roy Patterson and Harry Patrick. The union's 277 000 members in 25 states and Canada cast ballots with Miller leading Patterson early counts. Patrick conceded and urged unity as negotiations with coal operators loom under President Carter's call for higher coal reliance.
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Illinois House Accepts Senate Death Penalty Amendments
Illinois House voted 124 to 42 to accept three Senate amendments to a death penalty bill. The measure would allow capital punishment for the murder of police, fire, prison officials, or inmates and certain mass killings. If signed by Gov. Thompson it would mark Illinois’s first execution in 15 years.
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59Th District House
Robert E. Mann
Dchicago
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ways and Means Defeats Oil Producer Subsidy Plan
A House Ways and Means Committee vote on higher oil taxes would raise US gasoline by seven cents a gallon by 1981. The panel rejected a $2.5 billion annual subsidy to producers and debated how proceeds should be used, with President Carter seeking consumer rebates and anti gouging safeguards.
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Powell
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D-La
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Laurence Woodworth
Illinois miners back Patrick and Patterson in UMW race
In Southern Illinois, Patrick and Patterson led in district votes against Miller in the UMW contest, with Patrick winning several subdistricts. Miller carried the national contest but Illinois voters favored the challengers, aided by organized slates and local support in Du Quoin, Herrin, Benton, and more.
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Southern Illinois
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Freeburg
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Goat’ Thomas
Herrin
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Yurgee
Thomas
Murphysboro Bank Hours Push to Boost Downtown
City council asks local banks to resume Saturday hours as part of downtown revival efforts. Also notes weather outlook and a College World Series preview involving Randy Martz and the Cubs' draft link.
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