Tragedy Highlights Work Release Flaws in Virginia
A Chesapeake police death linked to road camp convict Robert Wright underlines flaws in Virginia work release. Authorities tied Wright to Verona and Portsmouth crimes, including the 34 year old Carolyn Ewell murder, prompting calls for stricter program controls and accountability in the Department of Corrections.
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Chesapeake
Division of Corrections
Department of Corrustions
Virginia
Associated Press
Robert Wright
Ray Pierce Gallimore
Wright
Gallimore
Portsmouth
Carolyn Lee Ewell
Department of Corrections
Noah Webster
Roanoke Times
Jack F. Davis
Virginia State Crime Commission
Lewis Hurst
Commission
Stanley C. Walker
Kicking Earl Butz Around
James J. Kilpatrick argues the Earl Butz affair shows a collapse of Rule Six and serious overreaction to a off the record joke. He defends humor, notes the Rome birth control topic and pope joke as trivial and urges restraint from critics and political outrage.
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Washington, D.C
Earl Butz
Buzz
Butz
Rome
Sperling
Jerome Cahill
New York Daily News
Cahill
Fred Allen
Agnew’s Exit Tied to Watergate Fallout and Tape Hints
Friends say Spiro Agnew believes he was forced out to block a Nixon ascent. The tape recordings and four grand jury witnesses suggest high level plots to blame Agnew and force his resignation, with Nixon seeking a fresh vice president.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard Nixon
Agnew
Nixon
White House
John Mitchell
Atty
Elliot Richardson
Henry Petersen
Richardson
Baltimore
Maryland
Gerald R. Ford
House
Carl Albert
Rumor Committee Intrudes Into Public and Political Life
The piece contrasts a lightweight Rumor Committee in offices with the 1967 Maryland case of Gov. Agnew. It notes Agnew pleaded no contest to misused funds and unpaid taxes, receiving a $10,000 fine and three years probation. Accusers faced prison and Beall pressed for leniency. The Washington Post questioned fairness of terms.
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Maryland
Agnew
I. H
Bud) Hammerman II
Baltimore
Drew
Alen Green
U.S
George Beall
Beall
At Random Mt Weather Crash Editorial Dilemma
The Star staff debates media responsibility after the TWA Paris Mountain crash that killed 92. It questions public interest guidance, secrecy, and whether coverage harmed national security and the victims, urging credibility over sensationalism.
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Star
TWA
Paris
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Oval Office
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Frederick County
Isaac Hite Jr
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James Madison
Fran Coombs
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