The Bikers on Death Row and a Detroit News Probe
A Detroit News investigation into a 1974 New Mexico case follows four California biker defendants sent to death row. The paper traces district attorney Brandenburg's trial, Sheriff Hay, and witnesses, exploring how letters and press coverage shaped public perception while reporters uncover alibi slips and the trial’s sensational backdrop.
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Marlon Brando
William F. Riordan
Santa Fe
Lester Hay
Albuquerque-Bernalillo County
New Mexico
California
Hay
Clarence Smith
Greer
Gladish
Keine
Death Row
Rose M. Bucca
Warren
Detroit News
William W. Lutz
Albuquerque
Oklahoma
James Brandenburg
Velren
Arizona
Detroit
Cain and
Glazier
Brandenburg
Velten
Cain
Los Angeles
Vagos
Arthur Smith
Alan Well
Cycle Club
Universal Press Syndicate
Teen Bride Story Ties to Local Education Case
A man nicknamed Dreakin is described as having taken a teenage bride and working as a substitute teacher in Canton. Board records show he was listed as approved for grades 7-12, first listed in October 1975 with several unaccepted assignments, and later accepted for November dates. Efforts to locate him have failed at the Canton address 923 Ninth St NW, the same address used by Lorain County prosecutors.
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Tos
Canton Board of Education
Canton
Board of Education
HYS
Ninth St
Lorain County
Goodwin
Sandusky
Gallatin
The
Lam
New York
UPI
Am Motors
Ohio
T&t
Arma
Beth Texaco
Beth Steel
Boeing Co
My Chessie
UAL Inc A
Chrysler Cp
Unireyal
Colgate
US Steel
Woolworth
Zenith
Pherre DuPont
SmithCo
Eastern Air
American Machine & Foundry
East Kodak
American Ship Building
Eaton Co
Bendixott Firestone
Ray Ford Mator
CPC International
Emerson
Gen Motors
Fruehaut
Goodrich
CC Industries
Kraft
Smucker
Sybron
Sai
Toledo Edison
Monsanto
Union Pace Corp
Motorola
Nabisco
Nat Steel
Pepsi
Cath Owen TL
Olin Co
Pan Am Airah Penn Central Ma
Memala
SLA
Polaroid
Pepsi Cola
Ty Bottling Co
Lorain Blvd
Jack Hurt
Hurt
Dayton popcorn stop earns airport fame as world stop
Dayton Cox Municipal Airport builds an international name as the popcorn stop. Airline crews queue at Wileswood Country Store to buy high moisture kernels, with pilots citing the popcap as unmatched. Store sells 20 000 pounds yearly and even offers unpopped kernels for fans.
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Dayton
Airlines
David Bertram
Dallas
Tex
Delta Airlines
Chicago
Hunger strikes cast shadow over Soviet Congress
Moscow officials report the 25th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party resumes after a weekend break as 5,000 delegates convene. Hunger strikers press for better prison conditions while foreign delegates, notably French and Italian, seek independence from Moscow line amid emphasis on foreign and domestic policy triumphs.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Communist Party
Beauty queens train for pancake race in London
Beauty queens practice pancake flipping in London ahead of the Shrove Tuesday race between the United States and Britain. From left, Susan Cuff, Miss Great Britain, leads the display of flips as competitors prepare for the event.
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London
U.S
Britain
Susan Cuff
Lorain County Jobless Rate Drops to 7 Percent
Lorain County unemployment fell to 7 percent in January from 9.5 percent in December, with 116,?00 in the labor force and 108,418 employed. Officials cited automotive and manufacturing productivity as the main reason for the decline, while December’s layoffs and seasonal factors affected figures. Statewide rate was 8.4 percent, national rate 7.8 percent.
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Lorain County
Bureau of Employment Services
Pawlizak
Cuyahoga
Erie
Huron
Ashland
Medina
Buy Centennal awards cheered in Luckenbach Texas
In Luckenbach Texas a spoof awards ceremony drew about 5 000 people on National Non Bicentennial Day. The Buy Centennal Bad Taste awards lampooned commercial Bicentennial hype with items such as bicentennial beer cans two red white and blue caskets and a tricolor prophylactic.
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Luckenbach, Tex
UPI
China
Taiwan
Uganda
Non-Bicentennial Commission
Turnpike revenues set record in February
Ohio Turnpike Commission Chair James Shocknessy announced a February revenue surge led by commercial traffic. Tolls totaled about 1.57 million dollars, up 16.5 percent from February 1975, with overall revenues near 2.7 million dollars, up 8.6 percent and topping the prior February record set in 1973. Separate Elyria incidents saw two drivers charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike Commission
James Shocknessy
Shocknessy
Elyria Police
Taxpayers lag in filing as rebate incentive fades
Washington AP report notes 29 million of 86.2 million returns filed so far, 9.7 percent behind a year ago, despite higher average refunds of 422.03. Earmarking for the presidential campaign fund hits a record 26.5 percent, totaling 6.2 million since 1973, with 98 million distributed to states.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Avia
Wall Street Opens Higher After January Rally Pause
Stock turnover reached about 780000 shares as prices opened up on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones average rose 0.71 to 975.32, with 241 advances and 192 declines among 592 issues traded. Analysts see a consolidation phase after last week’s rally, as traders book profits and eye the next move.
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New York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Elyria woman robbed in her home by boyfriend
Mary P. Chaney, 18, of 1864 Middle Ave apt 4, reported being robbed of a purse containing $152 at her Elyria apartment Saturday around 10:30 p.m. by her boyfriend who punched her in the stomach. No arrests were made.
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Simmons
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Marsico
Marsho
John B. Simpson
Diana Edgehill
Barbados
Cathryn Robertson
Scotland
Pauline Davies
Denise Brownlow
John Fuller
Don Pawlizak
Brain Office
Bureau
Ted R. Meadows
Allen St
West River Street
Glenwood Pass
Oakwood Dr
West Avenue
Lodi Street
Hondo Crouch
Omaha
Neb
Crouch
San Antonio
Jack Harmen
Harmon
Hondo
Willow City
Texas Agm
Pat Maloney
Maury Maverick Jr
HOVEY
Kaiser Insurance Associates, Inc
Philip B. Keiser
Wiliam Demarterd
Paul G, Hovey
Duca
Prue
FUER
C-T Banc
Wall Street
Elyria
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc
the Chronicle-Telegram
East Avenue
Elyma
Evempt Securities
IME
Mid-Ohio Securities Corp
Weston Natecal
Florain
Lyvia
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