Death penalty hearing today for Coleman
Alton Coleman seeks life or death by electric chair at a Hamilton County hearing after a jury found him primarily responsible for the murder of Marlene Walters and the assault on her husband. Debra Brown faces 20 years to life for involvement. Coleman and Brown also face trials for another murder and related charges in Ohio and Indiana.
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Marlene Walters
Harry
Richard Niehaus
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Walters
Donald Schorr
Toney Storey
Toledo
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Lake County
Indiana
Kent State photo recalls 1970 May 4 shooting on campus
A historic Kent State image shows students Joey Antonio and Joani Hoffner strolling past the spot where National Guardsmen fired 61 rounds in 13 seconds on May 4, 1970. Gov. Rhodes ordered the guards to quell antiwar demonstrators, a deadly incident cited in Payne’s May Day.
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Kent State University
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Kent State
J. Gregory Payne
Joey Antonio
Joani Hoffner
James A. Rhodes
Unchanged U.S. jobless rate in April at 7.3 percent
Government data show April unemployment steady at 7.3 percent with 215000 new jobs, mostly in services and construction, while manufacturing fell 44000. The household survey indicates little change in employment, and detailed rates rise for adult men and women while teen unemployment drops.
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Washington
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood
United States
Reagan gains support at Bonn summit
World Today wires report that Reagan won backing from summit partners for arms control talks with the Soviet Union and a Gorbachev meeting to bridge East West differences. Leaders urged constructive Soviet conduct to enable Geneva agreements, with Shultz stressing allied strength as pivotal.
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Bonn
West Germany
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Geneva
U.S
George P. Shultz
Doctor Swango found guilty of poisoning co workers
Quincy Illinois AP judge Dennis Cashman convicts 30 year old Dr Michael Swango of six counts of aggravated battery for poisoning co workers with arsenic in snacks and tea at a Quincy hospital paramedic quarters. he faces up to ten years on each count while one count is acquitted. The verdict follows a two week bench trial with prosecutors highlighting circumstantial evidence and hair arsenic tests linking Swango to the tainted food.
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Quincy, Ill
Dennis Cashman
Michael Swango
Swango
Adams County
Chet Wahle
Daniel Cook
Illinois
Ohio
Ohio State University
Wahle
Quincy
Challenger fixes broken experiment halts midway through mission
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Challenger astronauts repaired two broken experiments bringing 13 of 15 instruments alive as they enter the second half of their seven day space science mission. Norman Thagard linked a detector to a backup computer while Taylor Wang revived the fluids module. both feats followed hours of on ground troubleshooting.
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Taylor Wang
Wang
Don Lind
Challenger
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