Narragansett fire kills at least 23 thoroughbreds
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a fire at Narragansett Park killed an estimated 23 thoroughbreds. Track spokesman John McCarthy said horses were still being located and assessed. A Pawtucket officer was injured after being trampled by horses. racing was scheduled to resume Wednesday.
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Supreme Court upholds residency rules for municipal workers
Washington UPI report says the Supreme Court affirmed city residency requirements for municipal workers, allowing cities to demand live-in status as leverage in bargaining with fire and police unions. The ruling, delivered Monday, supports cities enforcing residency within their limits.
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Michigan cattlemen protest at Capitol over PBB tragedy
Farmers losed about 30 000 cattle hogs and chickens after a June 1973 PBB feed mixup that poisoned livestock. They denounced slow claim payments and demand immediate settlements, testing of grain elevators and a milk meat shipment ban. Governor Milliken ordered weekly settlement accounting and a claims committee.
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Hearst faces transfer to L A in Hearst case
Patricia Hearst, 22, convicted of bank robbery and using a firearm, will be transferred to Los Angeles for state charges including kidnap and assault after U S District Court Judge Oliver Carter denied defense efforts to keep her in San Francisco for sentencing. Sentencing moved to April 12 with additional April 19 date.
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Rhodesia rejects rapid power transfer plan
White Rhodesian leaders rebuff Britain's two year proposal to hand power to majority blacks. James Callaghan offers economic aid and sanctions relief if majority rule begins, while Desmond Frost of the Rhodesia Front denounces the plan as a bankrupt idea likely to cause party uproar.
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Homicide charges likely for Longet
Aspen Colorado reporters document singer Claudine Longet at a preliminary hearing for the shooting death of her lover Vladimir Sabich. District attorney Frank Tucker warns of possible criminally negligent homicide charges, a misdemeanor with up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Longet appears somber, supported by ex husband Andy Williams, amid a high profile case in this ski resort community.
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Spider” Sabich
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