First Woman Sentenced to Die in Nevada Gas Chamber
Priscilla Ford, 51, showed no emotion as jurors sentenced her to death for the Thanksgiving Day 1980 rampage in Reno, killing six pedestrians and injuring 23. The 26 hour penalty verdict rejected insanity, setting an April 29 imposition with 23 counts of attempted murder pending.
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Fonda Heads Toward Best Actor as Reds Leads Oscars
The piece predicts Warren Beatty or Reds will win major Oscars with Henry Fonda favored for best actor. It notes Diane Keaton for actress and Maureen Stapleton as supporting actor, while John Gielgud and Stapleton lead supporting actress picks. It also mentions Barbara Stanwyck and Alice Faye receiving tributes and Muppets to perform.
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Green Berets Train Honduran Youth For Combat
Newsweek reports U S Green Beret advisers are training Honduran soldiers as young as 13 for combat and paratroop duties at an airfield near Tegucigalpa Included in the program are at least 20 under sixteen and three thirteen year olds The youths must carry extra weights to reach a 110 pound jump minimum per the Honduran authorities.
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Writers Propose Ideas to Enrich Daily and Sunday Lifestyles
A team of capable writers submits a range of suggestions to enhance the paper’s daily and Sunday lifestyle sections. Proposals cover poetry, crafts, food features, health tips, and cultural profiles aimed at broad readership appeal.
Silent plead for mercy ends in fatal shooting at home
A 13 year old boy in Roswell? Ga. allegedly killed his mother after threatening suicide amid parents' divorce. He told his father it was an accident and faces murder charges while undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Tri County Boone before transfer to a juvenile detention center.
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Two Detroit Officers Shot While Investigating Youth Gang
Two plain clothes officers, William Green aged 29 and Eric Byers aged 36, were gunned down while probing drug dealing by a youth gang on a street corner. Green died after surgery at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Byers remained listed in serious condition.
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Karen Quinlan Turns 28 In Coma At Nursing Home
Karen Ann Quinlan, in an irreversible coma linked to a seminal right to die case, marked her 28th birthday at Morris View Nursing Home in Morris County New Jersey as AP reports from Newark.
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