Hammer Fined and Placed on Probation in Illegal Campaign Case
Oil magnate Armand Hammer, chair of Occidental Petroleum, was fined 3000 and given one year probation for making a 54000 illicit campaign contribution to Richard Nixon in 1972. He appeared in a wheelchair, hospitalized for heart disease, and faced potential prison time of three years, which was avoided due to age and health.
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Bob Hendrix
Durant
Okla
J.D. Jones
Jones
Los Angeles
Armand Hammer
Richard M. Nixon
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Ber
Lawrence T. Lydick
Muultimillionaire
Lydick
Hammer
Oil Company
Cedars of Lebanon
Uea
Brophy
Midwest
Florida
Southernlinois University
Supreme Court Limits Defamation Protection for Public Officials
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that private persons can be harmed by public officials' statements without automatic due process protections. Police distributing lists of arrestees, even if not convicted, may not violate liberty or property rights. The decision drew a sharp dissent warning of risks to a free society.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisville
Edward Charles Davis II
Louisville Courier Journal and Times
Davis
William H. Rehnquist
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
North Carolina primary ends as New York and Wisconsin loom
Former Gov Terry Sanford of Duke University exited the race January 23 as North Carolina wrapped a six primary run in five weeks. The contest moves to bigger Northern states with 274 Democratic delegates in New York and 378 in Pennsylvania on April 27 while Reagan competes in Wisconsin. Carter leads among Democrats with 131 delegates. Ford has 181 Republicans.
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Terry Sanford
Duke University
North Carolina
New York
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Reagan
Ford
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Florida
Ilinois
Carter
Jackson
Wallace
Udall
Braniff Fined Record Sum Over Nixon Campaign Ties
Braniff International Airways received a record 3.360,000 fine from the Civil Aeronautics Board for concealing an illegal Nixon reelection contribution in 1972 and for rebates to South American travel agents. The CAB sought a federal injunction to prevent future similar actions. Braniff admitted selling tickets over 1 million dollars face value to create off the docks cash for rebates and excessive commissions. The investigation followed Braniff's federal court admission of the corporate gift. The board charged at least 3,826 tickets were unlawfully distributed to create off the record funds for improper uses.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Braniff International Airways
Richard M. Nixon
South America
Braniff
CAB
Nixon
Harding Lawrence
Bureau of Enforcement
Two Friends Charged With Wife Murders In Ohio
John and Valura Biles and Arthur and Regina Feisley are charged with aggravated murder and kidnapping in the deaths of their spouses Vaiura Biles and Arthur W. Feisley. Bodies found near a rural road in Austintown Sebring. each suspect held in Mahoning County Jail on 100000 bond. Death penalty possible under Ohio law.
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Youngstown
Ohio
John
Valura Biles
Arthur
Regina Feisley
John Biles
Biles
Vaiura Biles
Arthur W. Feisley
Sebring
Peron in Cabinet Talks as Argentina Calm After Guerilla Alert
Buenos Aires 30 miles south of the capital remained tense but calm after a guerrilla alert. Mrs. Evita Peron and Gov. Victoria Calabro faced demands for resignation from the military, while cabinet ministers labor leaders and Peronist chiefs conferred. In Washington Orrage Cannon urged Senate passage of a bill with House talks stalling on procedural moves. a senate compromise aimed at PAC solicitation rules by corporations and unions surfaced amid partisan friction.
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Buenos Aires
Here
Victoria Calabro
Peron
Hatfield
Cannon
Senate
House
Rules Committee
Bugs Continue to Plague Wallace Campaign in Georgia
Young said Wallace could not field a full slate of delegates in two Georgia districts due to pullouts. A wallace aide reported a wire in a light fixture and a transmitter in a telephone mouthpiece. Guitter described the devices as amateurish and investigators found no forced entry to the Atlanta office.
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Young
Wallace
Georgia
Montgomery
Ala
Michael Guitter
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Guitter
FBI
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Atlanta
Hospital Worker Surrenders After Freeing Eight Hostages
Ca rol Brooks, a respiratory technician and supervisor at Charles E Still Osteopathic Hospital, surrendered after releasing eight hostages she held in a halation therapy room for about three hours. She discharged a .38 caliber handgun and threatened to shoot officers. hostages, five women and three men, were unharmed. Brooks, a divorcee employed since 1974, was taken to custody after negotiations with state Mental Health Director Harold Robb.
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Jefferson City
Carol Brooks
Charles E. Still Osteopathic Hospital
Brooks
James P. Cox
Charles B. Still Osteopathic Hospital
Therm
Cox
Still
Harold P. Robb
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Valura Deiwert
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