Acoustic experts study sound clues in major U S events
Bolt, Beranek and Newman chairman Samuel Labate notes their $30 million per year acoustic engineering business rarely aids criminal probes. The firm analyzed JFK Dallas, Kent State, and Nixon tape gaps to create sound fingerprints for investigators, while police collision damage at a Winchester driveway totals $1,900 in two-vehicle crash.
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Cambridge
Mass
Dallas
Kent State
Nixon White House
Samuel Labate
Bolt, Beranek and Newman
Labate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard Nixon
White House
Richard Bolt
John Kennedy
House Select Committee On
Warren Commission
National Guard
Convicted Slayer Sentenced to Die in Roanoke
Roanoke major Henry Johnson, convicted of the execution style murder of his landlord John N. Gardner, is sentenced to die in the electric chair. Ballou refused to set aside the death sentence and suspended immediate execution for appeal. Johnson’s brother David Allen Johnson pleaded guilty to first degree murder and awaits sentencing.
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Roanoke
Henry Johnson
Ernest W. Ballou
Ballou
Virginia Supreme Court
Johnson
David Allen Johnson
Gardner
David Johnson
Balloonists to be honored with Albuquerque ticker-tape parade
Albuquerque welcomes three world record balloonists Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman home Saturday after their Atlantic crossing in a balloon. A motorcade will carry them downtown with ticker tape, crowds on rooftops, and a Civic Plaza ceremony led by Gov. Apodaca and Mayor Rusk.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Ben Abruzzo
Maxie Anderson
Larry Newman
Atlantic Ocean
Albuquerque International Airport
Robert Hoffman
Chamber of Commerce
Hoffman
Civic Plaza
Jerry Apodaca
David Rusk
Methane Explosion in Virginia Mine Kills Four
A 1977 blast at Berryville No 2 mine in Lee County Virginia killed four miners and injured none of sixteen others. Inadequate ventilation allowed an explosive methane buildup, ignited by a cigarette lighter found at the scene. The lighter’s ownership was undetermined and fingerprints were not recovered. Miners had smoked underground despite a no smoking policy that was not strictly enforced.
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Washington
Lee County
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Billy W. Perkins
Harold Johnson
Daniel Tester
Harold R. Wells
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tester
Johnson
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Spence
Raymond Rice
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Rt. 50
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Boyce
Jerry
John N. Gardner
State Penitentiary
C. Robert Showalter
Forensic Psychiatric Clinic
University of Virginia
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Lula B. Conrad
Mary E. Penn
Harry E. Johnson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Gilbert F. Faircloth Jr
Omps Funeral Home
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Johnstone Kamau
Jomo
Nairobi
Kikuyu Central Association
Kenya
Clarke
Clarke County
Clarke County Fair
Pamela Taylor
R.E. Skelton
Fairgrounds
P and P Coal Co
St. Charles
Smalts Florists, Inc
Enone
Nena
Montgomery
Bernard F. Groves
Braddock St
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Ren He Dof Onny
Armel
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Virgil Wilkins
Dave Fahnestock
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US Dept of Commerce
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Florida
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Rockies
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Dixie
Singer Electric
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Crescent
Whitney
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Taylor
Lancaster
Atlas
Delta
Atlas Drill Press
Anderson
Stanley
Root
Wyson & Miles
Apex
Eastman
Burroughs
Yale
Monroe
Smith Corona
Steel & Naugahyde
Royal Manual
Steel & Naughyde
Monarch
Bill Sheets Auction Company
P.O. Box
Buckhannon
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