New trial denied for Ruppert in mass murder case
A three judge Butler County Common Pleas Court panel rejected James Ruppert’s appeal for a new trial in the Easter Sunday killings of 11 relatives. Ruppert, 41, admitted the murders but claimed insanity and waived a jury trial. His attorneys said they will appeal to Ohio’s 1st District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
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UPI
Butler County Common Pleas Court
James Ruppert
United States
Ruppert
Ohio
1St District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Soviet aid to Portugal to hinder security talks
Washington reports claim the Soviet Union is funneling millions to Portugal's Communist party to disrupt East West security talks ahead of a Helsinki conference. CIA estimates cite up to 10 million dollars a month, with other figures ranging to 75 million from KGB and others, supporting Alvaro Cunhal's group amid Portugal's 1970s political turmoil.
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Ford
Leonid Brezhnev
Lloyd Bentsen
Dtex
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Ussr
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KGB
Esti
Mate
East Germany
Alvaro Cunhal
Armed Forces Movement
Revolutionary Council
Popular Democrats
Vasco Goncalves
Goncalves
Group forms to buy Sohio stations in Ohio
About 40 independent service station owners formed the Refinery Retailers Association to bid on Sohio stations under a court order. The group aims to purchase their own or comparable stations amid Sohio’s mandated sales, said James Cresente of the Northern Ohio Petroleum Retailers Association.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
Sohio
Refinery Retailers Association
James V. Cresente
Northern Ohio Petroleum Retailers Association
A. U.S. District Court
Cresente
Amin maps war against South Africa
Ugandan President Idi Amin declares readiness to lead a black African invasion of South Africa and Rhodesia with a secret plan and new field marshal rank. He mentions a joint African high command, possible sea invasion, and saboteur networks, while offering few concrete details. Also reports a Hamilton County jail inmate hanging and a note on Sassafras as a colonial cure-all.
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Kampala
Uganda
Idi Amin
South Africa
Rhodesia
Amin
Africa
Northern Ireland
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Lorain Rd
Sheffiedd Lake Shoreway Center
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Vermilion
Smithfield
Lipton Ice Tea
Toh
Ene
L'oreal Excellence
Sohio Stations
Hamilton (Ap
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Stewart
Lake Ave
Feed Mart
Chester Eat
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Broadway
Eft
Higbee
Misses’ Swimwear
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Sirena
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