Gilmore Executed by Firing Squad
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PAGE TEN-B- MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD. Manchester. Conn., SaL. Jan. 15. 1977 Vernon Police have safety tips The weather Vemon Inside today At night women should walk near the curb with anyone who approaches. AH St<^&Shops William Yeta, community relations officer and avoid walking close to shrubbery, dark Woman are also advised to take caution very cold for the Vernon Police Department, has issued doorways and other places of concealment. when approaching their car, if it has been Area news . 6-7 Family.......... 10 a report giving safety tips for women who are While driving a car alone, a woman is ad parked. The front and back seat should be tonight, low 5-14 below zero. Chance of Classified . 10-12 MACC news... .3 walking or driving alone. examined before entering the car even if it has Open Sunday Comics ... .1 3 MCC calendar. 10 vised to travel on well-lighted streets when S ' Continued Yeti said a man determined to follow and possible and keep the windows up and the been locked. National Dear Abby ..13 Obituaries__ . 14 Editorial . ...4 Sports............ ipr; ,i* attack a woman is more readily attracted to doors locked. Burglary report weather forecast map on Page 11. 8-9 o*w who is wearing revealing clothing or When stopping for stop signs and traffic S a m ^ p in During the week of Dec. 31 through Jan. 6, JASY yOL, XCVI, No. 90 PRICE. FIFTEEN CENTS i behaving in a suggestive manner. lights, a woman should keep her car in gear. If the Vernon Police Department investigated He cautions women not to accept rides from her safety is threatened, she should press the seven burglaries and the estimated value of a stranger. If a car approaches and the woman horn and drive away as soon as possible. items taken was about $13,000. feels threatened, she should scream and run If a woman believes she is being followed Yetz said one break involved $7,000 In items into a lighted building, flag down a passing car while driving, she shouldn't turn into her taken. He said two subjects were apprehended or use any available object for a weapon, such driveway. If another ear tries to force her to and all of the items were recovered. as a nail file, a high-heeled shoe, or an um the side of the road, she should not pull over. The areas and types of breaks were: Tunnel brella. Concerning a car becoming disabled, a Rd., commercial: Bolton Rd., residential; Gilmore executed Women are advised to run in the opposite woman should raise the hood and sit inside Taylor St., residential; Rt. 83, business; Lake direction of a car following them and in that with the doors locked until help comes and she St., residential; Rt. W area, business; and way the driver will have to turn around to pur should leave the windows up while talking Merline Dr., two residential. sue. , .............. ........ ; < Ml ceupM md • t7.U pwefwe> WIN. NNN QBUpgn. ? WWi Ml maon and a I7.S0 purehlM*. S to p & S h o p by firing squad Rockville court cases II Pillsbury M G a l k u 3-BAU SALT LAKE CI’TY (UPI) - Gary L a u n d r y u but he stayed erect. Red blood then from Salt Lake City during the mid lec C ream s! Gilmore was shot to death shortly emerged from the white tee shirt and Craig Morganson, 17, of Talcott Ave., nolled. Windsor, failure to drive in proper lane, a Flour dle of the night with the chief justice after sunrise today in the first execu onto his white slacks." Rockville, was given a conditional 90-day Shirley Bieleck of 79 Brooklyn St., nolled. of the 10th Circuit Court for a special AssL Mt 48 OK. 5 lb. S f l y tion in the United States in a decade. Schiller said Gary’s body moved suspended sentence in Common Pleas Court Rockville, disorder!^ conduct, noll^; and hearing. Paul Carrier, 23, of 126 High St., Rockville, Flavors box A prison official announced, "The for “15 to 20 seconds.” 19, Rockville, on a charge of driving while un driving while under the influence of liquor or driving without a liceqse, nolled. bag Ritter’s ruling came after two U.S. m order of the Fourth Judicial District Gilmore’s body was driven out of der the influence of liquor or drugs. He was Supreme Court justices — Byron drugs, changed to reckless driving, $50 fine. Frank Bujaucius Jr., 20, of N. Park St., ?=lSQood8un..Jin,16-SN..J«i.22. ?.srSOootf8<»l.J«i H-8N..J»i2i has been carried out.” placed on probation for two years. Charges of Harold Levesque Jr., 19, no certain address, 229a.5iaun«0ri»l>0»l>NoiNMiiN. 2 2 6 ^ ^ 1 3 Un(ontNgp«aiitom«. 226SBI the prison in a blue station wagon. White and Harry Biackmun — Rockville, disorderly d conduct, $25 fine. Gilmore was shot about 8:05 a.m., breach of the peace, driving an unregistered interferring with a police officer and disorder The body was covered by a blanket rejected requests for stays in another Deborah Finney, 16, of Hinkle Mae Dr., MST approximately 16 minutes after motor vehicle, improper use of plates, driving ly conduct, nolled. and a young girl - apparently the lawsuit filed on behalf of two Utah Coventry, breach of peace and interfering sunrise. with unsafe tires and speeding were nolled. Francis X. Longo, 31, of Newington, dis oHmirnlTn ii Mmi\ I'l MiU ithUh i‘i A rt u fi A' L daughter of his uncle Vern Damico— Death Row inmates. ’The inmates with a police officer, nolled. WWi Ms coupon and a tr.M pufctaat. 4 The state carried out the 36-year- was kneeling beside it. (not prosecuted). orderly conduct, 10 days suspended sentence. Michael Lawrence, 24, of Brookfield Dr., StopaShop claimed Gilmore’s execution would old condemned slayer’s death wish The killer donated his body to the Michael Simonelli, 19, of South Windsor, Kent Moenig, 26, of Pleasant St., Rockville, East Hartford, disorderly conduct, nolled. hamper their own chances of appeal. after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of University of Utah Medical Center, pleaded innocent to a charge of first-degree breach of peace, $35 fine. Gerald Urson of 7 Joel Dr., Ellington, dis ibcial larceny, probable cause was found and he was Melvin Rowlands, 19, of Overhill Rd., Appeals in Denver lifted a last where doctors planned to use his cor The high court ruled last month on orderly conduct and threatening, nolled. minute stay of execution minutes bound over to Tolland County Superior Court. Ellington, disorderly conduct, 10 days neas, skin and peripheral nerves for a 5-4 vote that only Gilmore had the Vincent White, 31, of W. Main St., Rockville, Tissue before dawn. A charge of third-degree burglary was nolled. suspended sentence; and second-degree transplants and his kidneys and thigh right to prevent his own execution — breach of peace, nolled. I White ~ Gilmore’s quest for death seemed Other cases were: criminal mischief, nolled. 2 0 0 ^ .1 C h i c k e n bones in medical research. something he has refused to do since James Kocour, 20, no certain address, third- or thwarted seven hours earlier when John R. Higgins. 23. of Adams St.. Edward Slane, 39, of High Manor Park, Ver Pastel i g N o o d l e S o u p A S r m Damico said a family funeral asking to be speedily executed on degree larceny, nolled. U.S. District Judge Willis Ritter Manchester, driving while under the influence non, plea of guilty to interferring with a police QoodSun., Jan. ie-8«L, Jm.22. would be held in Provo, followed by Nov. 1. Marshall Myers, 25, of Willimantic, driving Qood8un..j«n. ie-8M..JpA.22. |4 iOooriSiin..jNi.lS-S«..JNi.22. |-.S| stayed his execution in a desperation cremation. of liquor or drugs, $150 fine. officer (continued for pre-sentence investiga UriNtoNpk^^NBill^. 223§g!g|Uniionic»>p«cwlO(nN,UmaonPcanpdrcuMompr. 22412 2 4 ' ? * !^ Uri«ooipl«i.l*euN)mN He was convicted and sentenced to while under the influence of liquor or drugs, 4 22Sr§| suit filed by the American Civil Harold Levesque, 19, no certain address, The legal maneuvering preceding die for the murder of Bennie tion) and charge of assault on an officer, nolled. changed to reckless driving, $100 fine. Liberties Union. driving while his license was suspended. Marcel Bos.'se 19. of Pine Tree Lane, South the execution was as bizarre as most Bushnell, 26, a motel manager in But a three-judge appellate court ^-,^rtrtiiftrt.irti^f^rtAfn\.VrtrtAiiy.rtHrt..f|JO|a<M frrtrtrtAftrtMrtrtArti.rtf,II o^.jL/^/ifrrtrtrtrtAftrtrtArtrtrtrtAA/.rtrt.irtff.l’”^......... ■' other elements in the case of the con Provo, Utah, last July 20. He has also ^ MhMscoupon WMMocoupon. WSh Ms coupon «id a |7.M•p.ewuure.eeN. ewetwsa ^ panel convened at 6:30 a.m. in vict who wanted to die. admitted the execution-style slaying Denver, 400 miles away across the Ritter issued his stay order shortly the previous night of David Jensen, Rockies, and lifted the stay eight Area bulletin board Area YMCA plans events Save 30' ||| Sawe20L.|l| S a v c M ^ I after 1 a.m. and attorneys for the 24, during a gas station robbery tn onthreepkgs.of p |p Stop&Shop U lli minutes before the time set for the state and the ACLU flew to Denver Vernon, South Windsor physical fitness through exercise and 1 Gallon I neighboring Orem.