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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1977
Page
3
The Rev Bruce Edwards, who stirred Plains Georgia Baptists by urging black membership, resigns in February and plans to lead Makakilo Baptist Church in Hawaii starting July. Edwards says he bears no grudges about the integration resistance and aims to move forward.
Former Georgia governor Jester Maddox joins politicians turned TV personalities. The ex governor and segregationist headlines a nightclub act with Bobby Lee Fears titled The Governor and the Dishwasher. They perform harmonica and guitar in Orlando and will air a September NBC comedy special.
In Tallahassee a Goodwill crew found a $2,200 rhinestone studded suit in a collection box reported stolen from country star Freddy Fender. Fender asked police not to press charges, and authorities asked Goodwill to watch for the thief. He was happy to regain the suit if and when the thief is arrested.
Delaware becomes the eighth state and first in the Northeast to legalize laetrite manufacture and sale. The House approved the measure 16 2 after Senate amendments. Gov. Pierre S du Pont is expected to sign after careful review. Proponents cite its cancer treatment potential despite FDA interstate sale bans.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. reports girls born Tuesday can expect to live 76.7 years while newborn boys have a life expectancy of 68.9 years. Over time girls’ life expectancy has risen faster than boys.
Upper Marlboro Maryland police charged 46 year old Thomas Hinely with two counts of first degree murder in the arson deaths of his father Vance Hinely 72 and mother Catherine Hinely 66. He is held without bond. Investigators say the fire started on a lower floor of the split level home trapping the couple on an upper floor. The motive remains unclear.
Dustin Hoffman for Marathon Man and Sylvester Stallone for Rocky were named best foreign actors by Italian critics. Faye Dunaway won best actress for Network, with Jodie Foster receiving a special award as leading promising actress. Awards to be handed in Tanermina, Sicily, on July 23.
Billy Carter will judge a belly flop and cannonball diving contest in Vancouver at the World Belly Floor and Cannonball Diving Championships on July 23. Promoter Tor Butler promotes the event and Carter’s pay remains undisclosed.
Eighteen month old Elizabeth Landry refuses to pose with President Carter in the Oval Office. Carter jokes the child half belongs to him as he lifts her for a photo before her family from New Hampshire. The Landsy family visited during his primary campaign weeks aside.
Madison based judge Archue Simonson will hear a second rape case next week despite a prior ruling in which he blamed women's dress for provoking assaults. Dane County District Attorney James Doyle said he has no reason to doubt the judge's fairness.
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