No Appeal For Nixon Aides Over Watergate Convictions
The Supreme Court拒 denied appeals by John Ehrlichman H R Haldeman and John Mitchell seeking new trials in the Watergate cover up case. They received 2 1/2 to 8 year sentences and face start of terms. Nixon's pardon by Ford and related disclosures framed the context of the rulings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Mitchell
Justice Department
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Nixon
Safford
Ariz
Watergate
Acaworski
Gerald R. Ford
White House
U.S. Court of Erdere
Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Battle Over Utilities Package Shaping Up For Tuesday
Alabama governor George Wallace pushes five administration utility bills in a special session as the Senate committee weighs blocking rate hikes. Zeigler’s proposals claim to have more teeth and want to end the fuel adjustment charge. Ethics ruling bars two committee members from voting due to coal-related business ties to Alabama Power.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Walke
Senate
Alabama
Senate Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee
Wallace
Public Service
Jim Zeigler
Zeigler
Alabama Power Co
PSC
Alabama Power
House
State Ethics Commission
Senate Commerce Committee
Eddie Gilmore
McCalla
Rober Wilson
Jasper
Gilmore
Drummond Coal Co
Constable Seeks Countywide Papers Service Report
Morgan County Constable Jimmy Verner asked the county commission to authorize him to serve legal papers across the county to relieve deputies. The plan hinges on the commission paying a 50 cent summons fee and a 25 cent witness fee, with deputies still handling arrest warrants. Sheriff Van Ward did not oppose. the commission will study the proposal, but said it should come from the sheriff.
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Russ Roberts
Morgan County
Jimmy Verner
County Commission
Verner
Sheriff's Department
Werner
Commission
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
van Ward
Supreme Court Upholds Social Security Act in 1937
On this date in 1937 the Supreme Court affirmed the Social Security Act as constitutional. Weather notes show highs in the 80s through Tuesday with chances of rain, and a river map reference appears on page 7. It proclaims It’s A Privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley
Invalid Husband Charged In Wife's Gunshot Death
Athens police charged Tommy Townsend Jr. with first degree murder in the shooting death of his wife Janie Mae Townsend at their mobile home off U.S. 72 west. Coroner George Moore said she died from a .32 caliber chest wound. Townsend, paralyzed since 1972, was held for bond and a preliminary hearing was planned for June 3.
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Athens
Janie Mae Townsend
George Clem
Tommy Townsend Jr
13Th St
U.S. 72
Limestone County
George Moore
Peoples Funeral Home
Clem
Townsend
Moore
D.L. Rosenau Jr
Rights charges heat Helsinki Accord dispute
Washington reports the Carter administration gathers evidence of Soviet human rights violations under Helsinki provisions while Moscow raises parallel charges against the United States and allies. A Belgrade meeting will examine Helsinki work as each side builds cases. In Washington the Senate begins work on a large farm bill to continue food stamps and set farm price supports.
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Washington
Carter
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Soviet Union
The
Senate
War Bill Costs Shoppers Farm Aid At Four Billion A Year
Senate Agriculture Committee would send a farm bill to the floor with an average annual price tag around 4 billion dollars through 1982 for wheat feed grains cotton rice and soybeans. In Congress WASP veterans pressed for benefits claiming long sought recognition and aid. Witnesses for veterans testified before Senate Veterans Affairs on Wednesday.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Congress
Womens Army Service
Wasps
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Carter to push environmental program with enforcement drive
President Carter plans to send Congress a major environmental package stressing enforcement over new spending. The proposal blends legislative and executive actions to strengthen federal efforts against air and water pollution pesticide control and wilderness preservation. Ambassador Andrew Young defended nonviolent tactics during a two day South Africa visit in front of 1500 students as he urged a black boycott.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Lusaka
Zambia
Andrew Young
South Africa
Southern Africa
Regional Mental Hospital Dedicated In Sunday Ceremony
The opening of the North Alabama Regional Hospital for the acutely mentally ill ends a three year dream, with officials led by State Mental Health Commissioner Taylor Hardin praising community and legislative support. Alabama leaders note progress in mental health, and the hospital plans to expand from 12 inmates housed at Wallace Developmental Center to 45 in six to eight weeks and 125 by the next fiscal year, with services aimed at geriatric and handicapped patients and potential child services.
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North Alabama
Taylor Hardin
Hardin
Jere Beasley
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Beasley
Department of Mental Health
State Mental Health Board
Thomas K. Lewis Jr
Wallace Developmental Center
Lewis
Barrett Shelton Jr
Decatur Daily
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John Godbey
Charles W. Colson
Gordon C. Strachan
Robert C. Marchan
Kenneth L. Parkinson
Sonny Turner
Frigidaire
Robinson's
2Nd Ave
Dial
Pie Beasley
Tuscaloosa
Bryce and
Partlow Hospitals
Er Ong
Jcal Dir
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