Tragic Death of Newborn Highlights Welfare Role
Joanne Bashold, a 21 year old in New York, gave birth to a girl named Carla and left the infant alone with a dog in a two room Harlem apartment. The baby died six days later as Bashold faced criminal charges and welfare officials faced questions about aid and oversight.
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EW York
Joanne Bashold
New York
Joanne
New York City
Welfare Department
Spanish Harlem
Harlem
Miss Bashold
Criminal Court
Hyman Solniker
Sokiker
Christine Hahn
Woodahl Faces Contempt Action Before Montana High Court
Montana Supreme Court ordered a contempt case filed against Attorney General Robert L. Woodahl designating Charles F. Angel to bring the charge. The action follows Woodahl’s August Kiwanis Club remarks about workcamp cases and judges tied to former Gov. Forrest H. Anderson, raising campaign and free speech questions.
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Woodahl
Kiwanis Club
Sidney
Forrest H. Anderson
Anderson
James J. Papal
Woodahl Melling
World Professional Skateboard Championship Brings 20 000 Prize
In Long Beach California crowds were sparse yet the event offered the first $20 000 prize for a skateboarding contest. Skitch Hitchcock of Laguna Niguel earned a dream payday after decades of early skating trouble and a long road back to prominence in the sport.
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Long Beach
Calif
Skitch Hitchcock
Laguna Niguel
Hitchcock
Viking 2 camera surveys unseen Martian desert region
In Pasadena, the Viking 2 orbiter’s second swiveling camera scanned a previously unseen Martian plain at Utopia. Scientists, led by Thomas Mutch, suggest the new images hint at exotic depositional processes perhaps involving water or ice, including a water-worn ditch-like feature.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 2
Utopia Plain
Thomas Mutch
Lander
Senators approve partial raises while freezing others in federal pay plan
The Senate rejected an amendment to grant cost of living raises for members of Congress but allowed higher pay increases for federal judges and officials earning above 37800. A separate vote froze automatic pay raises for all federal personnel for 1977, while House action to freeze was struck from the fiscal 1977 bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
House
Senate
House-Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Montana
Mansfield
Metcalf
New York Solon Released After Quick Drunk Driving Case
Rochester AP reports Senator Frank Horton, a New York Republican, served 11 days for drunk driving and speeding after pleading guilty. He was arrested July 18 on the New York Thruway and jailed last Tuesday night, declaring justice was served without regard to his social, economic or political position.
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Rochester
N.Y
Frank Horton
New York Republican
New York Thruway
Whitehall man, 19, charged in death and drug crimes
Bobby Dale Smith of Whitehall pleaded innocent in Boulder district court to nine felony counts. The charges include negligent homicide in the death of Rodney Lee Keopplin, 21, on Aug. 3, and multiple drug related offenses. Smith is free on a $10,000 bond. no trial date set. Keopplin, Smith, and Kenneth R. McCartney were found near the Whitehall dump. Smith and McCartney were unconscious and treated at a Butte hospital and recovered.
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Boulder
Bobby Dale Smith
Whitehall
Rodney Lee Keopplin
Smith
Keopplin
Hot Springs
Kenneth R. McCartney
McCartney
Butte
Butte district launches new bus system with six buses lacking
The Butte school district will start its new transportation plan with 19 of 24 buses in service and two routes doubled due to a shortage. A special bus for multiply handicapped children is pending arrival, leaving parents or taxi to transport some students.
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Butte
Joe Sicotte
Sicotte
Washington School
Blaine
Clifford Steele
Amalgamated Transit
Union
Jim Kraut Chevrolet
Butte Bus Lines
Chris Evert Cruises To Easy Victory
Chris Evert dominates her opponent with quick serves and precise returns to ease past a rival in straight sets. The match showcases Evert’s consistent groundstrokes and control from the baseline.
U.S. Eyes First MIG 25 for Intelligence Windfall
U.S. military and intelligence experts study the first Soviet MIG 25 Foxbat to reach U.S. hands after a defecting pilot flew it to northern Japan. Analysts assess radar systems, engines, airframe while Japan weighs access and potential diplomatic implications. The pilot seeks asylum in the United States and would be welcomed.
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Washington
U.S
Japan
United States
Pentagon
Alan Woods
Soviet Union
Russia
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