Whitman on Death Row Sees Faith as Sanity Test
Convicted killer Woodrow Whitman, 25, on Georgia death row faces possible execution after seven stays. He recalls reading the New Testament five times and the Old Testament twice, says prayer and faith keep him sane, and notes his 60 day stay granted after his mother appealed to Gov. Carter.
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Reidsville
UPI
Woodrow Whitman
Georgia State
Whitman
Chattooga County
Robert Coker
West Virginia
Roy Dale Chatterton
Chattooga
Lafayette
William Copeland
Copeland
North
Georgia
Savannah
Soviets Step Up Arms Aid to Non Communist Lands
State Department study shows the Soviet Union increased arms-aid pledges to non Communist developing countries in 1970 led by Egypt while China became the largest Communist creditor with 709 million in new economic aid.
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Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
Red China
Intelligence and Research Bureau
Egypt
Russia
China
Tanzania
Zambia
Peking
Pakistan
North Vietnam
Cuba
Kennedy Leads Gallup Poll For Democratic Nomination
In Princeton New Jersey the Gallup poll shows Senator Edward M Kennedy as the top choice of registered Democratic voters for the party's presidential nomination. Muskie is second and Humphrey third with Kennedy at 32 percent.
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Princeton
N.J
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Kennedy
Humphrey
Muskie
Hoosiers Aid Stamp Drive For Home Kidney Machines
A state wide stamp collection campaign to fund home use artificial kidney machines began at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and spread quickly. Volunteers including grade school classes church groups and a college sorority are gathering stamps to raise fifteen thousand dollars for the machines.
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Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
United States
Wallace Simes
Tragic accidental shooting ends life of Freddie Wilson
Freddie Wilson of Goshen Indiana, 19, died from wounds after a gun fired while a friend unloaded it during a hunting trip near Cassopolis Michigan. Deputies said he died at Lee Memorial Hospital shortly after the accident while two friends were present at the scene.
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Cassopolis
Mich
UPI
Freddie Wilson
Goshen
Ind
Cass County Sheriff’s
Wilson
Lee Memorial Hospital
Birds Unwanted Bedford Plan Uses Noise to Drive Birds
Lawrence County Sanitarian Paul McBride proposes nightly sounds of injured birds, plus pots and pans and harmless explosions, for a week in downtown Bedford to scare roosting black birds and starlings away from the business district, though not out of town.
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Bedford
Ind
Lawrence County
Paul McBride
McBride
Plates On Sale Starting Jan 3 In Indiana
The 1972 motor vehicle license plates go on sale at license branches statewide Monday Jan 3. New plates must be displayed on all commercial and leased vehicles by Jan 31. Private cars owned by last names A through C must display new plates by Feb 29.
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Indianapolis
Holt Ruled Out As Seattle Jump Artist
FBI says Everett Leary Holt 25 from Indianapolis not the Northwest Airlines hijacker who parachuted near Seattle. Holt faced air piracy and assault charges after a Christmas Eve Minneapolis Chicago Miami flight incident and was to appear before a U.S. magistrate. the earlier hijacker known as D B Cooper remains identified by airline ticket. Holt’s background as a student and actor at Greenfield High and Indiana University is noted, with colleagues expressing surprise at his alleged crime.
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Chicago
UPI
FBI
Everett Leary Holt
Indianapolis
Northwest Airlines
Holt
O’hare
Seattle-Tacoma
D. B. Cooper
Central District
U.S
Greenfield
Ind
Indiana University
Greenfield High School
Ernest Tidrow
Tidrow
McCarthy Calls for Cuba Recognition Policy Shift
In a Miami TV interview Eugene McCarthy urged recognizing Fidel Castro's government, arguing isolation has failed. He favors normal relations and trade, noting Cubans in the United States and citing parallels with China. He plans to stay on Florida's March 14 Democratic primary ballot without active campaigning. He added a black vice presidential candidate could help both parties in 1972.
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Miami
UPS
Eugene McCarthy
United States
Cuan
Fidel Castro
Florida Forum
WCKT
Minnesota
Cuba
McCarthy
Florida
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