Freedom Day for Prisoners in Exchange Plan
About 30 to 44 Americans released from Mexican prisons under a 1976 inmate exchange. They receive clothing and $100 for transport as they report to parole officers. Of 285 qualifiers, many were jailed on drug or marijuana offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
United States
James Meko
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
U.S
Meko
Urs
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Mexico City
Tijuana
Mexico
U.S. Parole Commission
Goren Bridge at World Team Championship 1977 Manila
Defenders execute a heart shift to defeat a demonstrate declarer who held the contract after North overcalled. The North American team led by Ron Basea and Perolov Sundelin with John Swanson as defender team thwart the dummy’s honors as East wins the ace and returns the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Manila
North
South
West
Declarer
East
Ron Base A
Perolov Sundelin
Sweden
John Swanson
Dalton Cabinet Appointees Include First Black Woman
Richmond AP Gov elect John Dalton announces five of six cabinet appointees. Jean L. Harris becomes first Black woman cabinet secretary of human resources. Wayne Whitham and H Selwyn Smith retained. Maurice Rowe shifts to commerce and resources. Charles Walker becomes administration and finance secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dalton
Virginia
Center
Richmond
Charles Walker
Wayne Whitham
Transpor
Tation
Jean Harris
Maurice Rowe
Commerce and Resources
H. Selwyn Smith
Dalton
Education
Jean L. Harris
Transportation
Public Safety
Maurice B. Rowe
Administration and Finance
Walker
Rowe
Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
Mills Godwin
Robert Ramsey
Ramsey
Dr. Harris
Center For Community Health
Department of
Frank Royal
Protest Filed Over Sambo's Name In Reston Restaurant
The Reston Community Association filed with Fairfax County Human Rights Commission protesting the use of the name Sambo’s for a planned mid-1978 Reston restaurant. Supervisor Martha Pennino calls the name offensive and demeaning. The restaurant chain's directors planned a Santa Barbara meeting, while two franchises reportedly renamed to The Jolly Tiger in Massachusetts and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reston
Reston Community Association
Fairfax County Human Rights Commission
Fairfax County
Martha Pennino
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ernest Yancey
Reston Group
Massachusetts
New York
Pennino
Maryland Trooper Injured in Central Maryland Shootout
Maryland state police reported Trooper Gregg A. Presbury 27 of Baltimore shot during a traffic stop in Anne Arundel County. He was in critical condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit as investigators sought a suspected armed assailant believed wounded in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Burnie
Maryland
William Clark
Gregg A. Presbury
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Presbury
University of Maryland
Clark
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Charles H. Goren
Omar Sharif
Chcago
King of
Virginia Union University
MCV School of Medicine
Harris
Institute of Health Care Research
Whitham
Linwood Halton
Smith
Manassas
Godwin
General Assembly
Redrics
Suecal
Valley Ave
Winchester
el Mas
Chneitas Shopping A
Istmas
Middletown
FBI
Val
Efeggett
Germaine Monte
Germaine Monteil
Germaine
Effautt
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