Massachusetts gun law fate hangs on court review
The Massachusetts Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a new gun control law that imposes a mandatory one year sentence for unlawful firearm possession. Suffolk Superior Judge Robert Sullivan upheld the law in a Roxbury youth case, rejecting six constitutional challenges and prompting an appeal by Angelo Jackson's attorney.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Suffolk
Robert Sullivan
Roxbury
Lawrence Shubow
Angelo Jackson
High Court
Shubow
Sullivan
Jackson
Suffolk County
Richard A. Voke
Morton backs Arab money for U.S. jobs and growth
Commerce Secretary Rogers Morton welcomes foreign capital from Arabian businessmen while stressing no double standards in SEC rules. He says investment could create jobs as he hosts five regional hearings urging ideas to spur job growth by 1980. Massachusetts official Robert Chadbourne calls for deregulation to revive private industry.
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Richard Taffe JR
Boston
UPI
Commerce
Rogers C.B. Morton
United States
Morton
SEC
Securities ‘and Exchange Commission
Pblic
Commerce Department
U.S
Robert A. Chadbourne
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Chadbourne
Faneuil Hall
Red-led strike wins wage hike in Portugal
Thousands of Communist led workers occupied the residence of Prime Minister Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo in Lisbon for 36 hours demanding higher wages. Azevedo agreed to raise journeyman construction wages from 265 to 308 per month and to launch an investigation of labor matters.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Azevedo
United
Hartford Lawyer Found Dead Before Estate Accounting
Hartford probate officials report prominent lawyer James N. Egan shot himself two hours before a court appearance to account for funds in the estate of Anna T. Sullivan. Bank records showed most of the $195,000 estate missing as police noted no homicide indications. Egan, 59, a criminal lawyer with a TV quiz win, was slated for questioning at 10 30 a m in West Hartford.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
James N. Egan
Hartford Probate Court
James H. Kinsella
Kinsella
Egan
William
Wayne Cunningham
Anna T. Sullivan
St. Mary
West Hartford
Builder scared off by so much jai alai money
Frank Manafort testified before the state Special Revenue Commission about seeing 260000 in hundred dollar bills spread over a bed in Bridgeport jai alai promoter David Friend’s hotel suite. He recalled the cash the night of April 8 1974 and said Friend spoke of visiting John Bailey.
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Newington
John Bailey
Bridgeport Jai Alai
Manafort
Friend
Bailey
Hartford
Sonesta Hotel
Quentin Hinton
International Union of Operating Engineers
Hinton
John F
Evers backs Wallace as No 2 on Democratic ticket
Fayette Mayor Charles Evers endorses George Wallace for vice president over Humphrey, citing Wallace's potential and progress in Alabama. He says he would not support Wallace for president and emphasizes Wallace’s changed stance on race. Evers also notes Wallace’s inclusion of blacks and poor whites in key Alabama positions.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Fayette
Charles Evers
George Wallace
Alabama
Evers
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
New York
Maine towns cite successful resettlement of 350 Vietnamese refugees
In Augusta, state official Mickey OMalley says about 350 Vietnamese refugees now in Maine, with 167 state sponsored. Most sponsored people work, many in low skilled jobs, while language barriers limit better positions. Some families moved from sponsors amid complaints of exploitation and minimum wage abuses under scrutiny by the Maine Human Rights Commission.
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Maine
Augusta
UPI
Mickey O’malley
Indian Town Gap
O’malley
Bangor
Tim Farrow
Farrow
James Longley
St. Joseph’s College
North Windham
Hearing ordered on Hearst trial delays
In San Francisco US District Judge Oliver Carter ordered a Monday hearing to decide if Hearst trial delays are warranted. The judge follows a 9th Circuit ruling that time spent on mental evaluation may be excluded from the 90 day rule, with Hearst aiming for a February 5 start.
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Hearst
San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Oliver J. Carter
Miss Moore
San Diego
Carter
San Mateo County
Redwood City
Albert Johnson
Miss Hearst
Bennington Banner Postal and advertising details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and legal holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It is a United Press International and New York Times News Service subscriber. Subscription rates are 3 months 9 dollars within 50 mile radius and Vermont.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
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Rupert Parents Club
Bennington, VI
Equal Housing Lender
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sara Jane Moore
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Turkey
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