Most Honest Juror Sits On Joan Little Murder Trial
In Raleigh the judge and defense praised Marcia Pearce as the most honest juror yet seen in the trial of Joan Little. Pearce, a Pentecostal storekeeper, cried when seated as the eighth juror amid a six week potential proceeding. She and Hilda Lipscomb, both white, are the first jurors to express support for the death penalty. Little, 21, is charged with the icepick murder of jailer Clarence Alligood in Beaufort County. Pearce said she would vote guilty if required by the case, but she also stated she believes in innocence until proven. The panel includes six whites and two blacks, with five women.
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UPI
Marcia Pearce
Joan Little
Pearce
Hilda Lipscomb
Miss Little
Clarence Alligood
Beaufort County
Washington, N. C
Lester Chalmers
From Carnegie to sidewalk singer tours Chicago streets
A once popular folk artist who sang at Carnegie Hall now performs on Chicago sidewalks for tips. The 40-year-old singer known for blues and hardship songs said she realized she could not make it and chose street singing for subsistence, hoping to find support on familiar streets.
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To Mapes
Carnegie Hall
Chicago
Singer Cowsills bankruptcy filing in Rhode Island
William Cowsill, former business manager for the Cowsills, files for bankruptcy in U S District Court in Rhode Island. He cites debts of 445339.01 with creditors including hotels, credit card companies, airlines, lawyers, recording studios, agents and others. Barbara Cowsill and six children were previously part of the group’s chart success.
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Providence
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UPI
Cowsills
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Barbara
U $ District Court
Cowsill
Army discloses LSD tests on 1500 soldiers and civilians
The Army says about 1500 soldiers and civilians took part in mid century LSD trials. It lists 585 direct military subjects at Edgewood Arsenal and forts in Georgia North Carolina Utah and 900 civilian participants at Maryland New York Wisconsin Washington and Tulane. The tests ended in 1967 to assess effects on performance. The service aims to contact participants for evaluation of any aftereffects.
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Washington
Army
Edgewood
Ft. Benning
University of Maryland Psychiatric Institute
New York Psychiatric Institute
University of Wisconsin
University of Washington Medical School
Tulane University Department of Neurology and Psychiatry
No evidence Butterfield spied for CIA says committee
The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded there is no scintilla of evidence that former presidential aide Alexander Butterfield spied on Richard Nixon for the CIA. Chairman Frank Church said the finding came after consultations with CIA Director William Colby and retired Col. Fletcher Prouty.
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Washington
Meeting around the clock in postal wage talks
United States Postal Service and four unions, totaling about 600 000 workers, meet at the L Enfant Plaza Hotel to bargain wage terms. W J Usery Jr mediates as talks press toward direct economic items while a 45 day fact finding and 45 day arbitration window looms after contract expiry. Representing the unions are the National Association of Letter Carriers, American Postal Workers Union, National Post Office and Mail Handlers of the Laborers International Union, and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association.
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Washington
UPI
W J. Usery Jr
Ford
Usery
Postal Service
L’enfant Plaza
Darrell Brown
Brown
National Association of Letter Carriers
American Postal Workers Union
National Post Office
Laborers’ International Union
Afl-Cio
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Indiana Governor Aids Woman After Parade Collapse
Gov Otis Bowen of Indiana, at Camp Atterbury for a National Guard parade, helped a woman who fell from a chair on a truck. Bowen, a medical doctor, assessed if she could be moved to a hospital. She was stretchered away and he resumed his duties.
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Otis Bowen
Indiana
National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Bowen
UPI
All Home Insurance Policies Are Alike Yet Different
A brief note contrasts home insurance policies and their handling of claims. It warns that policy terms vary and that the reaction of insurers to claims differs, suggesting experience will reveal differences in coverage and payment behavior.
Cher in Buffalo to talk with Allman
Cher, who filed for divorce from Greg Allman after nine days of marriage, spent three days in seclusion with him at a Buffalo area doctor's home. A spokesman for Allman's law firm confirmed Cher has been in the Buffalo area since Wednesday to discuss their future away from publicity. Allman had performed at Summerfest in Orchard Park and was seen in local venues.
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Buffalo
UPI
Cher
Greg Allman
Allman
Buffalo Evening News
Alman
Orchard Park
High Point in the Park neighbors and greenhouse visit
A letter notes displeasure with an adjacent apartment complex and praises builder Constantino and caretaker Hogan. It introduces George Staab, a wood carver, and recounts a trip to a pristine greenhouse during peak tomato production. The writer reflects on the merits of hands on cultivation versus mechanization.
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Constantino
Wayne Hogan
George Staab
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