Wilmington 10 witness says he lied in 1972 case
Attorney James E. Ferguson filed motions seeking immediate bail release and habeas corpus relief for the Wilmington 10, citing a witness Allen Hall now admitting he lied under oath. Hall alleges prosecutors and police pressured him to testify that Chavis and others organized the 1972 Wilmington violence.
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Raleigh
Wilmington
James E. Ferguson
Charlotte
Ferguson
Allen R. Hall
Ben Chavis
U S
Hall
Chavis
D. L. Bruestle
Bruestle
Buffalo Burger Sales Tie City to Garfield Hotel
Buffalo Burgers sold by Elmo Bevington, longtime resident of Buffalo, Iowa, through his hotel in Garfield, Colorado, span eight years, linking the two towns in a regional meat venture.
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Scamp
Elmer and
LaVerne Bridson
Kohler
Wis
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Elmo Bevington
Garfield
Colo
Nixon Aides Free During Appeal Despite Convictions
The federal appeals court upheld the convictions of H R Haldeman John Ehrlichman and John N Mitchell in the Watergate cover up. They remain free on bond as they pursue Supreme Court reviews. The court ordered a new trial for Robert Mardian due to his minor role and a missing lead counsel. Mardian indicated readiness for possible retrial, while others plan further appeals.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John N Witchell
Richard M. Nixon
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Ehrhehman
Nixon
Robert C Mardian
Mardian
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
David Bress
Special
Watergate Prosecutor's Office
Phoenix
Ariz
Ford Workers Vote For UAW Contract
Ford workers ratified a three year UAW contract ending a four week strike. Production staff backed the pact 35 192 to 22 026 while tradesmen narrowly approved 8 957 to 8 468. The agreement boosts wages, adds paid days off and preserves cost of living protections with local pacts still unsettled at several plants.
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Owen Ullmann
Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Whale
Ion
Ford
Livonia
Mich
Wixom
Los Angeles
Chicago
Norfolk
Uaw-Ford
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Sidney F McKenna
U.S
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Caldwell County Tightens Massage Parlor Rules
Caldwell County commissioners unanimously pass an ordinance requiring background checks and 100 dollar licensing fees for massage parlors plus 50 dollars per employee. The law bans massages of sexual organs and cross sex massages. Granite Falls already enacted a similar rule. In Charlotte a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking part of the city's out call massage ban while upholding licenses and medical certificate requirements and the ban on opposite sex massage in the same facility.
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Ty Charlotte
Caldwell County
Granite Falls
Charlotte
James B. McMillan
McMillan
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James Stroud
Gaston County
Wilmington 10
Stroud
Buffalo Burger
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Caldwell County Board of Commissioners
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Reg Sale
P.A.T
N.C. Greenstorn
Winston-Salem
Raleigh Durham
Aurlington, Rock, Mount
High Point
Guldsboro
Kinston
Lynchburg
America
Timeless Comfort
S. Wrenn
N.C
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