Judge frees accused robber after admitting error
U S District Judge James C Turk set aside a guilty verdict for Calvin Eugene Brown in the Nov 9 bank robbery after ruling he erred admitting a witness statement. Co defendant Chauncey Logan had testified for the prosecution but balked. his confession later formed the basis of the evidence.
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U. S. District Court
James C. Turk
Calvin Eugene Brown
Turk
Chauncey Logan
Brown
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Logan
U.S
FBI
Missing Dolly Sinatra on flight to Las Vegas. search narrows
Natalie Dolly Sinatra 82 mother of Frank Sinatra was reported missing Friday on a Palm Springs to Las Vegas flight bound for her son’s show opening. Officials fear a crash in the rugged San Bernardino Mountains as a photo shows Sinatra with her son at a Las Vegas party in January 1974.
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Dolly Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
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San Bernadino Mountains
Sinatra
No Longer Insane, Doctors Say Admitted Slayer's Freedom Sought
Philadelphia doctors at Byberry State Hospital urged releasing Winifred Ransom 38 who admitted killing Margaret Sweeney 26 and severing the baby in 1974. She was acquitted on grounds of insanity in 1975 but doctors say she no longer requires in-patient care though still schizophrenic.
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District Attorney's
Winifred Ransom
Byberry State Hospital
Margaret Sweeney
Mrs. Ransom
Judge Stout
Albert Soloman
Juan Villazon
Byberry
Camouflage and misread cards taint a bridge endgame
Goren and Sharif recount a 1977 bridge hand where North overreaches with two no trump, East misleads by shifting to clubs to steer declarer away from spade odds, ending with a successful defense and the ace of spades scoring for the setting trick.
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Declarer
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West
East
Prison Visitors Without Photo IDs Turned Away
Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond turned away visitors lacking photo identifications on Wednesday. Warden Robert F. Zahradnick said policy requires ID, but enforcement was uneven and some guards overreacted, denying entry to children and others. He ordered reasonable enforcement and acceptance of alternative IDs where appropriate.
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Richmond
Virginia State Penitentiary
Robert F. Zahradnick
Zahradnick
Spring Street
Luna 13 finds lunar surface Earthlike outer layer
Star files report Luna 13, the unmanned Soviet Moon probe, landed on Christmas Eve and found the Moon’s outer layer similar to Earth's. Julie Nixon, 17, attended the International Debutante Ball in New York with escort David Eisenhower, a charity event for the Kidney Foundation of New York.
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Julie Nixon
New York
David Eisenhower
Kidney Foundation of
Woman appointed city sergeant deputy in Winchester
Marjorie Duncan became the first woman city sergeant deputy in Winchester and the first woman in the state to hold this office. The note also recalls 1951 season baseball records with 34 breaks or ties, 33 fewer than the previous year.
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Marjorie Duncan
Winchester
Ms. Duncan
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