West Penn Hospital Doctor Resigns After Inquest
Dr. Leonard Laufe, head of obstetrics at West Penn Hospital, resigns from administrative duties after a coroner’s jury exonerated him in the Baby Jane Doe abortion case. Laufe will remain with the hospital in a non administrative role, citing a desire to focus on non managerial work. The inquest found the fetus stillborn on March 19, 1974 and that the baby had not been allowed to die.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
West Penn Hospital
Leonard Laufe
Laufe
West Penn
Death by own action pact ends in prison for Mills
In West Chester Pennsylvania a Philadelphia man Timothy Mills 20 received 11 2 to 23 months for voluntary manslaughter for failing to honor a death by own action pact with Fanshawe Lindsley 65 a former Time Inc executive. Lindsley killed himself after Mills refused to shoot him.
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West Chester, Pa
UPI
Philadelphia
New York
Joseph W. de ‘Furia
Timothy R. Mills
Fanshawe Lindsley
Time, Inc
de Faria
Mills
Lindsley
Chester County
Coke oven dispute prompts USW session in Washington
The Coke Oven Advisory Committee of the United Steelworkers plans a special Oct 23 meeting in Washington to protest John Dunlop proposed coke oven controls. USW leaders say emissions may cause cancer and accuse the proposals of favoring steel interests. The union represents about 15,000 members at 65 plants.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S
John Dunlop
United Seelworkers of America
Washington
Joseph Odorcich
USW
I.W. Abel
Odorcich
USW District 15
Dunlop
Coal has long way to go to replace role of oil
In Pittsburgh the piece notes coal could meet U.S. energy needs but faces hurdles. Arnold Miller tests before the Senate on doubling output to 1.2 billion tons yearly requiring about 55 000 new miners. Transportation limits and capital shortages slow expansion.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United States
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Senate Public Works Committee
Appalachian Regional Commission
U.S
Smugglers Use Odd Containers foil 400M in seizures
UPI reports US Customs says smugglers increasingly hide narcotics and contraband in unlikely objects from coffins to camel saddles and crammed containers. Despite 80,000 seizures totaling about 400 million dollars, foreign firms now offer specialized concealment methods and metal and wooden reliquaries.
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Washington
UPI
US Customs Service
United States
Prates
San Ysidro
Calif
Los Angeles
Customs
West Germany
Paraguay
Bogota
Colombia
Reg Murphy Named Publisher and Editor of San Francisco Examiner
John R. Murphy editor of the Atlanta Constitution is appointed publisher and editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He will take the post September 1, succeeding Charles L. Gould who retired to lead Hearst Foundations. Murphy is 41 and becomes editor under Randolph A. Hearst.
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Reg Murphy
San Fransciso
New York
UPI
John R
Reg’’ Murphy
Atlanta Constitution
San Francisco Examiner
John R. Miller
Frank A. Bennack, Jr
Hearst Corp
Murphy
The
Constitution
Charles L. Gould
Hearst Foundations
Randolph A. Hearst
Examiner
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National Automobile Club
UPI Telephoto
Hershey
Air Force
Maurice Louik
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
LaVerne Myers Crawford
Sharpsville
Mercer County
Glenn L. Myers
Myers
Arizona
LaVerne
Titusville
Titusville, Pa
Crawford County
Titusville Hospital
William W. Schwab
Oil City
Venango County
Lisa Schwab
Saline
Mich
James B Schwab
William
Lisa
South Vietnam
Glenn
of the State Fair
West Virginia
Lewisburg-Ronceverte U. S
Walnut
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