Federal Judge Weighs Festival Arguments in Tennessee
A federal judge in Chattanooga considers whether to remand the Labor Day festival permit dispute back to state court as promoters claim constitutional rights to assembly and free speech. The state blocks the 500 acre Benton area event amid health and safety concerns while prosecutors seek an injunction. Governor Dunn pledges to use state resources to deny the permit.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fisher
Winfield Dunn
Benton
Tennessee
U.S. District Court
Frank Wilson
Dist. Atty
Richard Fisher
U. Manifest, Inc
Evansville
Ind
United States
C. Hayes Cooney
New York
Georgia
Cooney
Cumberland Sues Over Federal School Aid Loss
Cumberland County Board of Education votes to sue for 401000 in impact aid funds cut by the federal government. Ft Bragg and Pope AFB students attend Cumberland schools. State officials and 13 states collaborate in Chicago to prepare a nationwide double class action.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Chicago
Congress
Cumberland County Board of Education
Ft. Bragg
Pope Air Force Base
Cumberland County
Durkan
Superintendents of Public Instruction
Chatham County Man Indicted For Threats
A federal grand jury indicted 26 year old Harold Thomas Smith of Chatham County for threatening the life of Chief U.S. District Court Judge Algernon Butler. Judge Butler had previously sent Smith to prison for threatening the life of President Nixon.
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New Bern, N.C
Harold Thomas Smith
Chatham County
U.S. District Court
Algernon Butler
Appeals Hears Charlotte 3 Arson Case Arguments
The North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments in the 1968 Lazy B Riding Stables fire case known as the Charlotte 3. Attorney James Ferguson urged the trial was biased by political motive and improper testimony while defense alleges trial errors and delayed charges.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Charlotte
James Ferguson
Ferguson
James Earl Grant Jr
T.J. Reddy
Charles Parker
Frank Snepp
al Hood
David Washington
Lazy B
James E. Magner
Vietnam
Hood
Washington
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