Angel of Attica Married on deathbed in NYC hospital Ward
Walter Tiny Swift known as the Angel of Attica died 27 hours after marrying his girlfriend Phyllis Britton in the intensive care unit of Community Hospital. Swift, 48, who helped victims and captors during the 1971 Attica prison riot, was hospitalized after an auto accident. He and Britton wed amid oxygen tubes and a wedding cake provided by nurses. Funeral set for Mt. Morris United Church.
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Warsaw
N.Y
UPI
Attica
Walter
Tiny
Swift
Phyllis Britton
Community Hospital
Craig State School
Sonyea
Aes
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Craig School
Genesee Community College
Batavia
Phyllis
Route 19
Mt. Morris United Church
Lester Wilcox
Charles Tyler
Justice adjourns bid for new chief judge primary election
A New York state supreme court justice adjourned the request by UPI reported Judge Jack Weinstein for a new primary to select the Democratic candidate for chief judge of the Court of Appeals until July 6. Official results from the June 4 primary were not yet ready from one county and Weinstein led by 769 votes.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Supreme Court
US. District Court
Jack B. Weinstein
State Court of Appeals
John H. Pennock
Secretary of State
Weinstein
Manhattan
Jacob Fuchsberg
Fuehsberg
Appellate Division
Francis T. Murphy Jr
State Supreme Court
Irwin R. Brownstein
Jay H. Topkis
Topkis
Fuchsberg
Erie County
Bronx County
New York City
George A. Katz
Court of Appeals
Charles D. Breitel
Escapee holds six hostage in White Plains apartment
Charles Whitted, 23, who escaped Grasslands Prison Hospital in Valhalla, held babysitter Jesse Wiggins and five children at knife point for four hours. All hostages freed unharmed. a police sergeant was slashed in the arm. Whitted proposed a deal for surrender and transport, then fled with a gun and car after briefing with the Westchester jail warden.
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Charles Whitted
White Plains
Ater
Westchester County Parkway
Carl Fulgenzi
Bernhard Seitwatch
UPI
N.Y
Grasslands
Valhalla
Whitted
Jesse Wiggins
Wiggins
Arthur
Westchester County
Norwood Jackson
Danbury
Conn
Westchester
Dail
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