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...fire, which broke out simultaneously in at least three separate areas last week, caused speculation about arson and sabotage, particularly since Tung is an ardent Nationalist, while many workers on the ship are from Communist dominated shipbuilders unions. However, heaps of highly inflammable construction materials still on board could have been the accidental cause. For London insurance companies, the loss could total $8,000,000. For those who loved the ship, the loss was irreparable. Mourned Tung: "We restored her to her former glory. It makes...
...quite busy until they made the mistake of setting fire to a barn owned by the brother of a Houston fire department official. An investigation of the blaze led to the Genoa firehouse, and the overeager fire fighters were exposed. Explained one of the firemen charged last week with arson: "We'd hang around the station on the night shift without a thing to do. We just wanted to get the red light flashing and the bells clanging...
...Portage County, Ohio, courthouse last week, the trials began for the first of the Kent 25-students, outsiders and one professor indicted a year ago for rioting, arson and other crimes supposedly committed just before the campus shootings of May 4, 1970. On that day, four students were killed and ten wounded by National Guard gunfire. The same grand jury that handed down the indictments exonerated the National Guardsmen of any blame for the deaths. Last week a trial jury of eight men and four women visited the campus to examine the site of the slayings. TIME Correspondent William Friedman...
...Portage County, Ohio jury found Jerry Rupe guilty of interfering with firemen but was deadlocked over the felony counts of arson, first-degree riot, and assaulting a fireman. The jurymen were dismissed after eight hours of deliberation on the three felony charges...
Common Pleas Court Judge Albert L. Caris dismissed charges of arson and first-degree riot against the second defendant, Peter C. Bliek, on account of insufficient evidence. Four prosecution witnesses had been unable to place Bliek at the scene of the fire...