Convicted Killers Get Last Minute Reprieve
The Utah Supreme Court postponed the executions of Dale Pierre and William Andrews by two months, 64 hours before scheduled firing squads. Defense lawyers raised race related concerns after a juror was exposed to a racial taunt during the trial, seeking new considerations of capital punishment and jury bias.
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Salt Lake City
Dale Pierre
William Andrews
Gary Gilmore
Utah Supreme Court
Gilmore
Utah
Utah Prison Set for Double Execution After Court ruling
Authorities edge toward a double execution in Utah after the state Supreme Court lifted a stay in the torture slayings case of Pierre and Andrews. Officials had begun recruiting marksmen, while defense attorneys argued the death penalty warrants review.
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Gil Athay
Pierre
Andrews
Ogden
Robert Hansen
Supreme Court
Richard Maughan
Utah State
Gilmore
United States
A.H. Ellett
Ellett
Hansen
Feinstein sworn in as San Francisco mayor after Moscone death
Dianne Feinstein the 45 year old widow and first woman mayor by the city board was sworn in to finish George Moscone's term. She was elected 6-2 by the Board of Supervisors amid mourning and upheaval following the Moscone Milk killings and the Peoples Temple deaths in Guyana.
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San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
George Moscone
Ms. Feinstein
Moscone
Board of Supervisors
Harvey Milk
City Hall
Dan White
Peoples Temple
Guyana
Canvass Flops S.C. Election
Seventy seven new House members are in Washington as Leo Thorsness stands as an outlier. The 46 year old Republican and Vietnam POW appeared to win South Dakota 1st District on election night but lost in the official canvass. Democrat Tom Daschle holds the election certificate from South Dakota.
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Washington (Ap
House of Representatives
Washington
Leo Thorsness
Thorsness
Vietnam
South Dakota
Tom Daschle
GOP
Daschle
Air Force
North Vietnam
George McGovern
Senate
McGovern
Republican Party
Larry Pressler
House
Congress
Virginia Board of Medicine Seeks Easier License Revocation
The Virginia Board of Medicine voted to ask the General Assembly to allow revoking licenses of physicians without a formal hearing in cases of felony, moral turpitude, insanity, or incompetence. A hearing would still be required for current revocation. The group also discussed eyeglass dispensing rules for eye doctors and noted ongoing conduct hearings with several physicians.
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Williamsburg
State Board of Medicine
General Assembly
Julian Schorr
Norfolk
Schorr
Richmond
Richard Vaughan
Vaughan
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Adios
Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District
Bruce Jenkins
State Supreme Court
John Caine
Rocky Flats
S.C
Virginia Board of Medicine
Don G. Kessler
Kessler
The
Opticians
George M. Seignious
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Cyrus Vance
ACDA
Paul Warnke
Seignious
Citadel
Charleston
Norelco
Black and Decker
Toyland
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Penell, Itd
Stephanie Hahn
Ellie Adams
Peggy Hahn
Community Paper Drive
Benohit
James Wood
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James Weed High School
Lowe’s
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