Four slain in Indiana mobile home murder near Hollandsburg
Four young men aged 14 to 22 were shot to death in a family mobile home near Hollandsburg Indiana. A stepmother was wounded and two suspects were detained after a car pursuit. robbery is the suspected motive. Victims were Ralph Spencer Reeve Spencer Raymond Spencer and B. Brooks. Police say wallets were missing and the trailer ransacked.
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Hollandsburg
Ind
Betty Spencer
Terre Haute
Indiana
U.S. 36
Jim Bell
Parke County
Bell
Mrs. Spencer
Fred Patton
Ralph Spencer
Reeve B. Spencer
Raymond M. Spencer
Keith Spencer
Eer B. Brooks
California drought pushes drive for statewide water rationing
California faces a worsening 17 month drought with calls for statewide water cuts. Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy forms a committee to draft rationing. governors and lawmakers push 25 percent cuts, while local plans rely on conservation. Farmers lose livestock, crops and billions in damages.
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N.Y
State Department of Water Resources
Marin County
Bay
California
Food and Agriculture Department
Humbolt
Oregon
Mandatory Sentencing Bill Killed by Virginia Panel
Virginia House Courts of Justice Committee rejected Del. Ira M. Lechner’s mandatory sentencing bill after a high profile 160 mile walking tour. The measure would have imposed mandatory terms for repeat offenders in crimes including robbery rape arson burglary and embezzlement, with probation and parole barred. Lechner, seeking the lieutenant governor nomination, vowed to resume his walk from Richmond to his home if defeated.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Del
Ira M. Lechner
House Courts of Justice Committee
Lechner
Arlington
Chesapeake
Virginia
Courts Committee
Bailiwick
Berserk Gunman Shot Six At New Rochelle Warehouse
A gunman armed with an M16 opened fire at Neptune Worldwide Moving Co. workers in a New Rochelle warehouse injuring six including four police officers. He held hostages from the roof and inside the building as officers surrounded the site. Two wounded workers were named by officers, while two officers were listed as seriously or critically wounded. A hostage negotiation team and NYPD armored unit joined the response as the siege continued.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Neptune Worldwide Moving Co
New Rochelle Hospital
New York Police Dept
Clint Wynant
Wynant
William Marshall
John Fitzgibbon
Raymond Satero
Pandit joins campaign against Indira Gandhi in India
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, former UN General Assembly president and diplomat, announces active campaign against Indira Gandhi's 11 year rule. She rejects a run but urges opposition to the emergency and defence of dissent, speaking at Jagjivan Ram's home amid political shifts following Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed's funeral.
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New Delhi
India
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Pandit
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Jagjivan Ram
Congress For Democracy Party
Mrs. Gandhi
Congress Party
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Gandhi
Carter
Lillian
Peace Corps
Bombay
Chip
Ahmed
B. D. Jatti
Gypsy to Play at Shenandoah College Featured
Inside today's Star the Gypsy page highlights the show's star and a photo group. A complete roundup details how regional legislators spent time in Richmond, featured on the Area News Page.
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Shenandoah College
Richmond
Area
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Bess Truman
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Margaret Truman Daniel
New York
Truman Library
White House
SPCA
Feathered Lane
Drought Information Center
Sacramento
Big Coal River
Arnett
W. Va
Mrs. Pandit
Coaches Corner
Abby
Living
Spectator
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