Boa Constrictor Drives Traffic Lawsuit Fixture
Roxie Rutledge sues over a 1973 crash claiming a two foot boa constrictor named Alice distracted Randy Wells, the snake allegedly in or near a glove compartment when the collision occurred. Judge Polk barred testimony about Alice Cooper fame and pet shop witnesses.
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Memphis
Rutledge
Wells
Alice
Alice Cooper
Greenfield Q. Polk
Cooper
Polk
Cobb
Bo Olswanger
Billie Jean Berlin Declared Putative Wife of Hank Williams
Federal Judge rules Billie Jean Berlin was a putative wife and thus eligible for share of Hank Williams Sr copyright renewals. Decision overrules jury verdict on common law wife status and clarifies widow rights under copyright law. Williams died Jan 1 1953 leaving numerous songs awaiting renewal.
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Nashville
Billie Jean Berlin
Hank Williams
Williams
Berlin
U.S
L. Clare Morton
Mrs. Berlin
Hill Range, Inc
New York
Fred Rose Music, Inc
Hank Williams Jr
Audrey Williams
Morton
Italian Poet Montale Wins 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature
Stockholm AP report states Eugenio Montale, 79, awarded the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature for poems that interpret human values with no illusory outlook. Montale, who has not published a major poetry collection in over 20 years, receives $143,000 plus the gold medal and diploma. The award will be presented by the Swedish king on December 10. Three Americans had been considered.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Eugenio Montale
Montale
North Carolina Awards Honor Five Leaders and Artists
Gov. Holshouser awarded the North Carolina Awards to UNC President William C. Friday, NC State food science researcher John L. Etchells, writer Doris Betts of Sanford, and Winston-Salem composer Robert E. Ward, with praise for Friday’s leadership in building the university. Etchells and colleagues are credited with pickle processing methods saving the cucumber brining industry. Ward is recognized as an acclaimed composer and administrator of the North Carolina School of the Arts, holder of a Pulitzer for The Crucible and planning an opera for the New York City Opera.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Holshouser
William C. Friday
University of North Carolina
John L. Etchells
Department of
Food Science and Microbiology
North Carolina State University
Doris Betts
Sanford
North Carolina School of the Arts
UNC
Etchells
Wisconsin
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Acadia
Roger Butler
J.D. McCrery
High Point
W. Green Or
Bidgagh Point
N.C. Sats
Carolina
Othin
JRS
N.C
Ward
United States
Claudia Legare
Ibsen
Hedda Gabler
New York City Opera
Marsh Kitchens Inc
Gospel
West High Point
Jcpenney
Orig
Aid A Anne
Armstrong
Greensboro
Four Seasons Mall
Winston-Salem
Hanes Mall
Westchester Mall
UL Fisted
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