Maddox and Diggs in Capitol Ax Handle Clash
Governor Maddox squared off with Rep. Charles Diggs in the House restaurant after passing out ax handles he called Pickrick drum sticks. Diggs called the act an offensive symbol and urged Maddox to leave, prompting a push to strip Maddox of restaurant privileges. Maddox defended his stunt as a protest against racism while in Washington for the National Governors Conference.
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Washington
Lester Maddox
U.S. Capitol
Georgia
Charles C. Diggs
Maddox
Atlanta
Diggs
Kermit Cowan
House Black Caucus
Capitol
Dog Obtains Department Store Credit Card
Donald L. Boyd at Troy Michigan forged Tareytown Boyd the Dalmatian on an application blank and secured a department store credit card. He listed the dog’s age as 2.7 years and occupation as watchdog without a Social Security number or income. The card arrived promptly and the dog is named as a preferred customer. He did it to win an argument with his wife and claims he was tempted to test the store’s response.
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Ron Staton Troy
Mich
Donald L. Boyd
Boyd
Tareytown
Motor Company Financial Department
Tareytown Boyd
Hawaii Abortion Curbs Replaced by Broad Law
Hawaii lawmakers approve a bill to repeal a 101 year old abortion ban and legalize abortion by licensed doctors in licensed hospitals for Hawaii residents after 90 days with non viable fetuses. Violations by unlicensed providers carry up to 1000 dollar fine or five year term.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
State Senate
John A. Burns
Robert Pearson
Mati Island
U.S. Supreme Court
Pearson
Pollution Fight May Up Electric Bill
Washington AP reports a Senate committee study estimates antipollution costs could raise domestic electricity bills by five to ten percent, adding a couple of dollars monthly. Seymour Baron of New Jersey suggests power plant pollution controls will raise costs for coal oil and nuclear plants, with thermal pollution as the main driver. He notes nuclear plants may reduce emissions more cheaply than coal and oil plants. The Los Angeles basin example shows power plants contributing 12 percent of local air pollution out of 85 percent from all sources.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Seymour Baron
New Jersey
Baron
Los Angeles Basin
Conference Demands To Stop Terrorist Attacks On Airliners
Calls mount for an international conference to plan action against Arab terrorist attacks on commercial airliners. Governments airlines pilots and airport authorities seek an early ICAO meeting in Montreal after the Swissair crash killed 47.
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Associated Press
United States
Montreal
Swissair
Zurich
Arab Airlines
Cairo
British Overseas Airways Corp
London
Ola Forsberg
Finland
International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations
U.N
Ralph Bunche
Security Council
Owl blamed for crash joke on insurance form
A Johannesburg motorist reported his windscreen shattered by a large owl and answered the claim question of who was to blame with a quip that the owl forgot to hoot.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Retired Denver official steps down from veterans affairs post
Bill Rice retires after 21 years leading Colorado’s veterans affairs division. He estimates helping veterans and widows secure more than 252 million dollars in benefits.
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Denver
Bill Rice
Veterans Affairs Division
Colorado Social Services Department
Coal Found Near Madison Marks Early West Virginia Record
The first reference to coal in the area now known as West Virginia dates to 1742 when explorer John Peter Salley noted coal along a stream near Madison as his diary described.
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Madison, W. Va
West Virginia
John Peter Salley
Malnutrition in South Africa Affects Million Children
Prof John Reid of Natal University's Medical School warns about a rising malnutrition crisis in South Africa, with about one million young African children affected and numbers likely to grow. He says the malnourished may persist like poverty.
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Durban
South Africa
John Reid
Reid
Natal University
Medical School
Work As Usual For World's Prostitutes
An Associated Press survey shows prostitution remains active across Western Europe. Vienna and Hamburg retain redirection of sex work, Paris bars and Oslo streets continue, while Stockholm traffic is blamed on male cruising. Officials see no real decline or change in vice laws or behavior amid the so called sexual revolution.
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Paris
Atlantic
Western Europe
Vienna
Hamburg
Palais D'Amour
Champs-Elysees
Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
Stockholm
Pierre Ottaviolo
Convention
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