New York judge strikes down mandatory death penalty law
A New York state judge declares the death penalty mandatory for certain crimes unconstitutional. Justice Peter McQuillan halts pending death sentences and commutes a man’s sentence, citing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against mandatory death lyrics and stressing the need for defendant specific factors.
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New York
API
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Peter McQuillan
Prisor
McQuillan
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Joseph Velez
Anly
Eli Joseph Davis
Yonkers
Joseph James
Brooklyn
Postal union delays threat of job action
The American Postal Workers Union, with about 200000 members, votes 41 to sun to postpone action protesting worker transfers after assurances of future consultation. President Francis Filbey cites Christmas mail volume and UPS strike as context while Postmaster General Bailor promises enforced consultation on transfers.
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Washington
American Postal Workers Union
Sun
Francis Filbey
Postal Service
Pitbey
Filbey
United Parcel Service
Benjamin F. Bailor
Liz can keep her salary in Hays case
US District Court Judge Thomas Flannery dismissed three private suits that sought repayment of federal funds by Elizabeth Ray and former Rep Wayne Hays. The suits, filed under the False Claims Act, alleged the pair used a sham payroll arrangement to pay Ray as Hays’s mistress while avoiding government scrutiny. Ray acknowledged a personal relationship but denied payroll misuse.
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Washington
Eliabeth Jay
Wayne Hays
US District Court
Thomas Flannery
Hays
Miss Ray
Edward Thompson
Anthony Connamo
Anthony Martin-Trigona
Rays
House Administration Committee
Congress
Ohio Democrat
Ford Runs Own Talk Show In Final Campaign Blitz
Gerald Ford launches a half hour televised chat in key states to project warmth and competence while Carter emphasizes negative ads led by Tony Schwartz. Ford also plans eight minute radio talks to imitate Roosevelt era firesides and offset hostile commercials as Carter markets a personal, approachable image.
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Dave Goldseng
NEW York (Ap
Gerald Ford
Bia
Jlaimy
Biltz
Carter
Ford
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Atlanta
Georgia
Tony Schwartz
Lyndon Johnson
Schwarle
Joe Garagiola
Franklin D. Rooeevelt
Ske
Joe
White House
Anglker
John F. Kenedy
Bien
Rhodesian Leaders Spurn Black Demands at Geneva Talks
White Rhodesian leaders rebuffed black demands for immediate release of about 600 prisoners and end to military actions as Geneva conference on southern Africa’s future opened. UK sponsor cites prisoner release while Rhodesian foreign minister hints at possible specific prisoner releases to join black delegations. Nkome and Mugabe press unity with Muzorewa and Sithole. Kissinger plan eyed as negotiation basis amid push for immediate transfer of power.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Africa
Jan Stalth
Britain
Pieter van der By
Iloshuz Nkome
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithale
Muzorewa
Sithale
Skow
Robert Mugabe
Hal Nkome
Richard
United Nations
Smith
Nkomo
Mugabe
Rhodesia
Hichard
Souith
Mkomo
Sithole
South
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Anthony Crosland
Maryland Numbers Game result reported in Baltimore
The Maryland Numbers Game daily lottery drawing in Baltimore announced the winning number 353. The release records Typsday as the drawing day and lists the number 353 as the winning result for that session.
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MD. Lottery
Baltimore
Maryland
Vicious lioness still loose in rural Georgia
An escaped six lionesses from a private compound near Ringgold in northwest Georgia left one shot dead and others killed by authorities after roaming a three to five mile area. A lioness remains unaccounted for in a fenced 2 acre site seven miles north of Ringgold, as deputies and rabies control units search the hills. Local residents protested the use of lethal force and debated tranquilizers given the dark conditions and limited supplies.
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Ringgulu
Georgia
Here
Tennessee
Catoosa County
Vernon Keown
Linda
Althison
Sam Allmond
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