Redistricting Action Opens in Ohio Apportionment Board
The Republican led Apportionment Board in Columbus voted 3-0 to seek a special counsel from Democrat Atty. Gen. Brown to legalize a redraw of Ohio legislative districts. Governor Rhodes claims districts were not compact or contiguous, while Democrats challenge the plan via federal court.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Apportionment Board
James A. Rhodes
Atty
William J. Brown
Rhodes
Frank J. Battisti
Senate
House
Battisti
Federal Court System
Thomas E. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court
Apportionment Board
James Rhodes
Campaigners expect close vote in New Hampshire primary
In Manchester New Hampshire the presidential primary appears too close to call for both parties with late campaigning by Carter Udall Bayh Shriver Harris and Reagan Ford. Reagan’s campaign chair predicted better than 40 percent while Ford urged a favorable outcome. Jackson won Puerto Rico delegates amid caucus disruptions.
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New Hampshire
Jimmy Carter
Salem
Fred Harris
Manchester
N.H
Georgia
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Oklahoma
Sargent
Reagan
Hugh Gregg
Gregg
Ford
Washington
Nashua
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Puerto Rico
Mississippi
Congressional
Carter
Shriver
Wallace
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Dixville Notch
Udall
Bayh
Harris
Udall, Shriver
Hearst Heist Plans Questioning Ruling Hoy
Patricia Hearst faces a ruling on whether she can be questioned about 17 documents found at her fugitive hideout. The judge will decide if she may discuss plans for other bank robberies tied to the case in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Miss Hearst
Sacramento
Newspaper heiress Hearst defense and bank documents case
U S Attorney seeks questions about documents found at Miss Hearst apartment including a Bank of America Sacramento branch floor plan and escape notes. Bailey fights to bar papers and a taped confession amid 1970s SLA kidnapping case with Hearst invoking the 5th Amendment repeatedly.
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U.S
James L. Browning Jr
Miss Hearst
Bank of America
Sacramento
F. Lee Bailey
San Mateo County
Redwood City
Patricia Tobin
SLA
Emily Harris
Browning
William and
San Francisco
Bailey
Nixon and Mao Meet for Private Talks in Peking
President Nixon meets Chairman Mao Tse-tung for an hour and 40 minutes at Mao’s home in Peking. The talks cover wide subjects as Hua Kuo-feng and Chiao Kuan-hua attend. Nixon praises the 1972 Shanghai Communique and sends regards to President Ford.
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Peking
China
Richard M. Nixon
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Mao
Nixon
Ford
Pat
John Brennan
Hua Kuofeng
Chiao Kuan-hua
Huang Chen
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Nixons
Great Hall of the People
Hua
Soviet Union
Chou En-lai
Education
Science and Technology
Shanghai
Court Rejects Gag Order in Collins Murder Case
Municipal Court Judge Franklin Sheeter rejected a motion for a gag order in the William Collins murder case due to lack of jurisdiction. He also dismissed Public Defender Sanford Cohan’s motions to suppress statements and to dismiss the murder charge.
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Franklin Sheeter
William Collins
Sheeter
Sanford Cohan
Collins
Federal revenue sharing program eyed by governors and lawmakers
A Marietta man will be on the Democratic primary ballot for the U S Representative in the 10th Congressional District. A U S representative from Ohio proposes a three point plan to streamline the revenue sharing program. Ford warns that recovery would be imperiled if extension fails. Page 2 and Page 3 references.
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U.S
Ford
Ohio
Marietta
Rotary Club to Restore Nelsonville Brick Kiln Bicentennial
The Rotary Club has started cleaning the former Nelsonville Brick Co. site and plans to restore a kiln and stack as a Bicentennial project in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Rotary Club
Nelsonville Brick Co
Federal beef standards broaden prime and choice grades
Washington reports new federal definitions widen prime and choice beef grades to include less marbling meat. The section notes a cooler night with lows 30 to 35 and a sunny, warmer Tuesday with highs in the low 60s and near zero precipitation tonight and Tuesday.
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Washington
Weekend Ohio traffic toll climbs with 14 dead
Columbus AP reports at least 14 persons died on Ohio roads over the weekend in traffic accidents. A Wood County two car crash killed three people. The Highway Patrol counts fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wood County
Highway Patrol
Black Lung Bill Endorsed by UMW President Miller
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller voiced support for a black lung bill before the U S House of Representatives. He urged stronger federal action to aid victims and praised miners’ awareness and concern at a news conference in the coalfields.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
U.S. House of Representatives
Miller
Kennedy Affair Reported
The National Enquirer claims President Kennedy had a two year romance with Washington artist Mary Pinchot Meyer starting January 1962. It alleges meetings at the White House while Jacqueline Kennedy was away and says a diary she kept was burned by a CIA agent after Meyer's murder.
Gunmen Seize Canadian Embassy in Beirut Hostage Standoff
A Lebanese gunman claiming betrayal over a Canadian island seized the Canadian Embassy in Beirut with six followers. Police said more than 20 hostages were taken during the action.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Reward Offered for Poacher in Deer Killed at Columbus Zoo
The Ohio Bow Hunters Association posts a 600 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the poacher who killed a three year old whitetail doe named Bambi inside the Columbus Zoo. Fenced at the water treatment plant, the deer left entrails and two hunting arrows. The reward may rise with donations and runs six months. if unresolved, funds benefit the zoo and an adopt an animal program. The zoo expects a whitetail fawn from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in May or June.
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Columbus, Ohio
Bambi
Columbus Zoo
Ohio Bow Hunters Association
Zoo
Benjamin Blackson
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division
Blackson
Tightening Controls Eyed for LEAA Overhaul in Congress
Congress weighs tighter oversight of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration after years of grants to police and local agencies. Proposals include enhanced program evaluation and closer congressional review, with Kennedy seeking a three year extension amid calls to dissolve SEAA if impact is not shown.
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Washington
Congress
America
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
SEAA
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