District attorneys urge anti trust action against major oil firms
Five district attorneys from Denver Los Angeles Philadelphia Brooklyn and Flint call for prosecution of nine major oil firms for monopoly and anti trust violations. The NDAA energy crisis committee says legal action will begin soon and urges a single federal oil regulator and fuller inventory disclosures.
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Ray seeks evidentiary hearing to reverse guilty plea
In a Memphis memo Ray vows to testify for a potential new trial over King assassination. He claims coercion by former attorney Percy Foreman led to his 1968 guilty plea. A Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for a late-year evidentiary hearing in Memphis, with Judge McRae setting a pre-hearing for June 14.
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Gunman in Manhattan apartment kills two hostages and himself
A gunman identified as John D. Portee held Ruth Melnick and her boyfriend John Van Danhouten captive for four hours in a fifth floor Manhattan walk up. He fired on police from windows and door before being shot by a police sharpshooter. a passer-by was wounded, hostages unharmed.
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Pasco Judge killed by letter bomb in courthouse
In Pasco Washington a mail bomb addressed to Judge James Lawless exploded in his office chambers just seconds after a colleague left the room. The veteran jurist, 50, father of five, died. A court reporter carrying the package described an Expo 74 sticker on the envelope with no clear sender. Nearby offices housed law enforcement. A related dynamite car explosion targeting a Benton County investigator occurred about a month earlier. No motive or connection confirmed.
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Detroit seeks further delay on safety air bags for cars
Detroit automakers GM and Ford urge extension before mandating air bags on 1977 models. They argue 64 million miles of testing but insufficient real life use to justify compulsory installation. They request choice between air bags and safety belts and warn of billions in added costs if made standard.
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Lockheed seeks support for refinancing proposal
Lockheed Aircraft aims to win bank backing Thursday for a refinancing plan after a $620 million loan. Textron Inc would invest $8 million and gain about 45 percent of Lockheed stock while both firms stay separate. Government guarantees cover more than a third of the debt as part of a rescue that followed L1011 Tristar woes and Rolls Royce bankruptcy.
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Rural voters back Nixon on impeachment says Butz
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz told reporters at the White House that more than 60 percent of rural voters still support President Nixon. He noted farmers and businessmen he meets are conservative and fed up with Watergate coverage, urging impeachment if votes go that way while predicting food prices may stay steady this year unless labor costs rise.
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Brown grants Sirica honorary degree at Brown University
U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica, famed for presiding over Watergate actions, received a doctor of laws honorary degree at Brown University’s 206th commencement. Katherine Graham of the Washington Post also received an honorary degree and was praised for guiding Newsweek and WTOP.
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New Hampshire high court allows 1940 hospital malpractice suit
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that 72 year old Gladys Shillady Clark can sue Elliot Community Hospital for 100000 dollars for a 1940 spinal tap foreign object left in her back. The decision tolls the statute of limitations until discovery of the object.
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At the Movies Harte Review and This Week’s Showings
Harte rates Blue Summer X for explicit sexual imagery. The Poseidon Adventure returns to Twin Cinemas while Dubrow’s screens The Last Detail with Jack Nicholson praised at Cannes. Thieves Like Us and Electra Glide in Blue play at Cinema II, with times via local numbers.
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