Gilly receives electric chair for Yablonski killings
Paul E. Gilly was sentenced to death by electric chair by the same seven men and five women jury that found him guilty of three counts in the Yablonski slayings. He sat motionless as the verdict was read in Washington Pennsylvania.
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Washington, Pa
Paul E. Gilly
Yablonski
Charles Sweet
Gilly
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
Clarksville
UMW
Annette
Silous Huddleston
Vealey witness testifies against Gilly in murder case
Claude Vealey, who pleaded guilty to the murders, testified Tuesday against Gilly as a planner. Vealey repeated testimony previously given at Aubran Martin’s trial last November, where Martin was convicted and sentenced to death.
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la Follette
Tenn
Claude Vealey
Gilly
Aubran Martin
British leader appeals over Turkish sentence for 14-year-old
Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home summoned Turkey's ambassador to press for a rapid appeal in the case of Timothy Davey, a 14-year-old British boy jailed in Istanbul for six years and three months on hashish charges. Turkish officials left open the possibility of a pardon by Parliament if deemed appropriate.
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London
Foreign Office
Timothy Davey
Turkey
Alec Douglas-Home
Zeki Kuneralp
Ankara
Kuneralp
Douglas-Home
Davey
Istanbul
Grand National Assembly
Timony Davey
French fishing ship seized heroin cache in Marseille
French customs seized 937 pounds of pure heroin aboard the Caprice des Temps after it fled Villefranche. Captain Marcel Boucan, 57, leaped into Marseille harbor and was rescued after the crew was searched. authorities say the ship had a history of smuggling. The haul is valued at over 2 million dollars on street terms.
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Paris
Villfranche
Finance Ministry
Fishr Ey
New York
Marcel Boucan
Caprice Des Temps
Marseille
Boucan
Villefranche
Senate okays dollar devaluation as House faces tougher path
The Senate backed Nixon's dollar devaluation bill 86 to 1 to calm markets, while Treasury warns against allowing Americans to own gold anew. The Pay Board backlog swells to 2,219 cases delaying hundreds of thousands of raises. Defense aims for all volunteer force by 1973 with potential draft cut to 50,000 this year. Postal rate hikes begin March 12 lifting minimum ad circulars by five cents.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Treasury Departments
Treasury
John B. Connally
House Banking and Currency Committee
Robert Tiernan
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Postal rate changes and ROTC speaker at Franklin CAP
National dispatch notes new postage rates with higher bulk and single piece charges. Air Force Major Milton D. Forsyth will address the Southern Illinois University AFROTC at 7 p.m. at Benton Municipal Airport, speaking on the SIU program with slide visuals. The Franklin County Composite Squadron meeting is open to the public. San Francisco cable cars labeled a national historic landmark by the federal government.
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Air Force
Milton D. Forsyth
Southern Illinois University Air Force
Franklin County
Civil Air Patrol
Benton Municipal
Forsyth
SIU
San Francisco
Nixon Chou En-Lai Talks Focus on Vietnam Peace Prospects
An admin source withholds name says Nixon pressed Chou En-Lai in Peking on Vietnam peace and POW release. A public announcement within weeks may detail a third country for ongoing China-US contact to foster people exchanges and trade, a move seen as significant but not immediately decisive.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Peking
Vietnam
Boston Globe
Henry A.issinger
Poland
Canada
Chou
Shanghai
United States
China
U. S
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Postal Service
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Benton
White House
Jackson
Illinois
A. D
Democratic Party
GREEN
Republican Party—Blue
Delmar Ward
Davies
Reeloot Bologna
Te Stores
Rend Lake
Weiners
AG Firuit
Gold Crest
N. Washington
Carbondale
Callie
AG Mix
ERAUT
Dot
Sandyi
Idaho
Wall Street
Calvert Dist, CO
Louisville
Calvert
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