Thief Roger DeLay Sentenced in Washington County
Convicted thief Roger DeLay, 21, of Washington, was sentenced Friday by District Judge Ira F. Morrison to one year in the county jail for larceny in the theft of tools from a Brighton area farmer. Nine months were suspended. parole revocation proceedings loom after the term ends.
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Evening Journal
Roger DeLay
Washington
DeLay
Brighton
Ira F. Morrison
Wilson Foods to end beef slaughter at Cherokee plant
Wilson Foods Corp. will discontinue beef slaughtering at its Cherokee facility in six months, per labor agreements with Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. About 85 of 650 workers are in beef slaughtering. management will seek other jobs for affected employees at the plant.
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Cherokee, Iowa
UPI
Wilson Foods Corp
Cherokee
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
North America
R.D. Orell
Orlando quits show business in Cohasset retirement
Entertainer Tony Orlando tearfully announced his retirement at a summer show in Cohasset Massachusetts telling 1,800 fans he would quit singing if God says his family needs him more than his money. Police quoted him saying he would leave if his wife and kids need him more.
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Cohasset
Mass
UPI
Tony Orlando
Boston
Orlando
Jack Rhoades
Record U.S. electricity use sets weekly high amid heat
Edison Electric Institute reports 46.444 billion kilowatt hours generated in the 48 states for the week ended last Saturday, surpassing the previous record of 45.639 billion. The first half of the year also surpasses one trillion kilowatts in total output.
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New York
UPI
Edison Electric Institute
Contiguous States
Twins invent their own language baffling teachers
Grace and Elizabeth Kennedy, six, were mis diagnóstico as mentally retarded due to speech that sounded like gibberish. Researchers now identify their speech as idioglossia a rare twin language. Therapists note the girls understand English and German but choose their own tongue, and are learning to speak English in a special class.
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San Diego
UPI
Grace
Elizabeth Kennedy
Dinikin
Duah
Alexa Romain
Children’s Hospital
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Flood toll rises as Johnstown victims counted
Floods from a dam break devastate Johnstown and nearby areas with 49 dead, hundreds missing, and thousands displaced. Police warn totals may rise as debris removal continues. Officials estimate up to 250 million dollars in damage with hundreds of homes and businesses wiped out. Federal aid is pledged. relief teams and National Guard support intensify the cleanup.
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Johnstown
UPI
Edward Piurkowsky
National Guard
Herb Pfuhl Jr
Embassy Theater
Walt Disney
Laurel Run
Tanneryville
West Taylor Township
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Milton Shapp
Greg Schneiders
Carter
Schneiders
Shapp
Schweiker
Small Business Administration
Pittsburgh
Washington Evening Journal July 23 1977 issue note
The Washington Evening Journal archived issue reference for Saturday evening July 23 1977 lists volume 85 number 136. The entry presents publication metadata rather than a readable news article content. No specific events or names are provided in readable text.
Foster brother charged in Connecticut slayings
The foster brother of the Beaudoin family killer, Lorne J. Acquin, 27, of Waterbury, was arrested in Prospect, Connecticut, charged with nine counts of murder in the fire and massacre that claimed Mrs Chevyl Beaudoin, seven children aged 4 to 12, and a six year old cousin. Acquin held on 250000 bond awaiting arraignment as autopsies were pending.
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Chevyl Beaudoin
Prospect
William E. MacCasland
Acquin
Somers
MacCasland
Fred Beaudoin
Beaudoins
Dick Cipriano
Cipriano
MasCasland
North Haven
Beaudoin
Fred Jr
Sharon
Debbie
Paul
Rod
Holly
Marylou
Jenifer Santoro
Libya and Egypt clash in renewed air warfare
Libya claims new strike on Tobruk air base and says it shot down four Mirage fighters. Egypt denies the raid. Tripoli Radio says Libyans annihilated an Egyptian troop force near the Tobruk area. Cairo counters with its own communique. The border battle escalates as both sides exchange victory claims amid war reports.
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Tobruk
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Tripoli
Beirut
Cairo
Mediterranean
el Adem
Carter backs sea level canal plan near Panama Isthmus
President Carter revived talk of a sea level waterway parallel to the Panama Canal, supported by Secretary Vance. Alaska Senator Gravel sought a $7 million update to a 1970 report, arguing the route aids oil movement and national security. Negotiations on a new treaty cover rights, lands, waters, and post treaty payments, with costs rising to about 5.3 billion dollars due to inflation.
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UPI
Carter
Hemisphere
Cyrus Vance
Panama Isthmus
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Richard Nixon
Vance
Gravel
U.S
Mississippi
Louisiana
U.s.-Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Lousiana
Congress
United States
Canal
Anderson Commission
Nixon
Harold Parfitt
Senate
Iowa Solicitor General reverses on lawmakers conference ruling
Des Moines UPI reports Solicitor General Richard Haesemeyer issued a second opinion reversing his earlier stance. He says Iowa lawmakers may attend the Legis 50 conference at Clear Lake with expenses paid, finding the event contract bound and not aimed at persuading legislative action. Dozens of lawmakers expected to attend.
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DES Moines
UPI
Richard E. Haesemeyer
Iowa
Clear Lake
Haesemeyer
Legis 50
General Assembly
Carl Nielsen
Altoona
Philip Hill
Hill
Nielsen
St Marys Catholic Church Riverside marks centennial celebration
Davenport Diocese Bishop Gerald O Keefe will celebrate a 4 p.m. mass on Sunday August 14 for the St Marys of the Assumption centennial in Riverside. Sunday masses at 7 and 9 30 a.m. will be special as former parish priests now serving in the diocese concelebrate. A continental breakfast follows the 9 30 mass. A pig roast with all diocesan priests and former St Marys teachers, bingo, and a 9 p.m. dance are planned with many clergy and local figures expected to attend.
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ST. Mary OF Assumption Catholic Church
Riverside
Journal
The
Evening Journal
Gerald O'Keefe
Davenport
St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church
Fr O'Keefe
St. Mary’s School
Walter Boekmann
Frs
Waldschmidt
Omer Kiefer
Carl Rice
Robert Schmidt
Iowa City
Bachman
St. Mary’s
Thomas Mohr
Yreka Installs Water Vending Machine For Neighbors
Yreka California unveiled a coin operated water dispensing machine near the firehouse offering 50 gallons for a nickel and 250 gallons for a quarter. City Manager Jim Dillon said the city has water for itself due to a decade of investments but northern wells have dried up creating demand for the machine bought for $790 from a Midwest firm.
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Yreka
Calif
UPI
Oregon
Jim Dillon
Dillon
Here
Weather Outlook With Warm Weekend Thunderstorms
Sunny today with highs in the mid to upper 80s. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. Lows near 70 tonight, highs mid 80s Sunday. Winds southeast 10 to 15 mph. Rain chance 50 percent tonight and Sunday. Iowa outlook: Monday through Wednesday, thundershowers possible with mid 80s to low 90s highs and upper 50s to mid 60s lows.
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Iowa
Magician exposed for fake NYC blackout prediction
Providence report details how Roge the Magician staged a prediction of a New York City blackout using an empty envelope, a billets knife, and a concealed slip of paper. Rhode Island escape artist Carl Truchel demonstrates the method and denounces fraudulent psychics while promoting Crescent Park performances.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
New York City
Roge
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Carl Truchel
Rhode Island
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Truchel
Rage
Crescent Park
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