FCC launches second probe into Marsh Media hiring practices
The FCC is investigating Marsh Media Ltd for alleged failure to comply with EEO rules at Channel 7. Officials say the station reported only two women among 38 upper four job categories and the renewal was deferred pending resolution. The probe follows a cross ownership review and could lead to license sanctions or plan amendments.
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Washington, D.C
Marsh Media, Ltd
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Marsh Media
Channel 7
Amarillo
Glenn Wolfe
FCC Broadcast Bureau
EBC
The
Globe News
Wolfe
Washington
John Quale
Quale
Censors Urge Home Readers Guard Teens From Pornography
An editorial urges parents to monitor teen reading, arguing censorship at home is essential. It notes popular classics V are engaging for youth and warns against exposing teens to commercialized junk while encouraging shared reading between parent and child.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Mary Mapes Dodge
Hans Brinker
New Mexico
Gene Rhodes
Harvard
Robert Smith
This and That’s Quirky Reflections and Riddles
A collage of playful observations about cicadas rain leaf raking fields of poetry and generational musings. It riffs on insomnia frontline seating and road positions with a humorous closing nod to WELIZZARD.
Son of Sam Claims Sixth Victim in NYC Shooting
A 20 year old secretary Stacy Moskowitz dies from a skull wound, becoming the sixth victim linked to the Son of Sam gunman. Robert Violante, wounded and blinded, remains alive. Police expand the hunt with 200 officers while witnesses describe the suspect as white, 25 to 30, about five seven, 150 pounds, armed with a .44 revolver.
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New York
Sam
Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violante
Violante
Son of
Miss Moskowitz
Shuchark
Stacy
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
Weather outlook for today and tomorrow
Sunny today and tomorrow with mostly fair conditions tonight. Temperatures rise from the mid 60s lows to near 90 highs both today and tomorrow. Winds from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph.
Amarillo School Board votes tax cut hopeful and raises approved
A 13 cent school tax rate cut is possible if the City Board of Equalization boosts taxable property by 173 million dollars. The Amarillo School Board also approved salary raises for teachers aides administrators and hourly staff and set a 1977 78 calendar starting August 25 with changes to Christmas vacation.
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Amarillo
Bob Ashworth
City Board of Equalization
Ashworth
Board of Equalization
Panhandle
Special Judge Appointed In Knorpp Case
Potter County commissioners unanimously appointed James L. Jarrell to serve as special judge for the misdemeanor trial of County Attorney Kerry Knorpp. Knorpp was named in an indictment alleging he tried to influence two grand jurors who could consider an indictment against him.
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Potter County
James L. Jarrell
Interstate 40
Kerry Knorpp
Knorpp
Special judge appointed in Hawkins misdemeanor trial
The article notes charges of theft and misapplication of government funds. Edward L. Poole, at 4415 W. 3rd, is named as special judge for the drunken driving misdemeanor case of A. B. Hawkins, 1704 W. 24th, with the judge’s office at 2412 W. 8th and Poole a Texas Tech Law School graduate practicing since 1974. See related story on page 19.
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W. 8Th
Texas Tech Law School
Edward L. Poole
A.B. Hawkins
W. 24Th
Amarillo
Conviction Reversed In Martin Murder Case
U S District Judge Halbert C Woodward overturned the murder with malice verdict against Favis Clay Martin 40 reversing a life term in Huntsville for the Feb 21 1970 killing of his ex wife June Etta Martin 35. A retrial decision awaits. competency questions and earlier hearings tied to the 1970 trial heighten the case stakes. The state has 90 days to seek retrial while prosecutors weigh witness availability and legal options.
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U.S
Halbert C. Woodward
Favis Clay Martin
Huntsville
Martin
Potter County
Woodward
Tom Curtis
Curtis
June Etta Martin
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Fritch Museum
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