Slush Fund Audit Kept Under Wraps
RALEIGH AP The North Carolina Utilities Commission refused to release a Southern Bell internal audit tied to a reported political slush fund but will consider it in Southern Bell's 62.4 million rate hike. Deputy Attorney General I Beverly Lake Jr urged public record entry and restitution to customers for funds estimated at 400000 to 450000, and asked the panel to determine details of diversions and responsible parties based on the 1974 audit.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Commisson
Southern Bell
Beverly Lake Jr
Lake
Commission
Women Picket Legislator Over ERA Vote
About a dozen women picketed the office of a state legislator who voted against the Equal Rights Amendment, while 10 more demonstrated in front of the Greenville County Courthouse as part of a national protest. Republican state Rep. John Bradley acknowledged the protest after the Charleston office march. Donna Pierce, Greenville NOW president, described mixed reactions among locals who spoke and watched. Signage read Alice Doesn't Forget ERA.
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Associated Press
Greenville County
United States
John Bradley
Charleston
Donna Pierce
Greenville
Douglas Hospitalized With Slight Fever
Washington AP Justice William Douglas is in Walter Reed Army Hospital with a slight fever. He is comfortable and expected to be released in a few days. The 77 year old, partly paralyzed after a Dec stroke, has been hospitalized previously this year and will miss no current court sessions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William.c. Douglas
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Douglas
Walter Reed
Cathleen
N. Thomas Vars
Earl Warren
Arlington National Cemetery
Judge Says Patty Hearst Competent for Trial
In Orlando, Judge Oliver J. Carter states Patty Hearst appears mentally competent to stand trial for the bank robbery. Bailey agrees, noting possible medical treatment but urging a swift trial. Hearst has been jailed since Sept. 18. competency hearing set for next Tuesday.
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Orlando, Fla
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
San Francisco
Orlando
Associated Press
Miss Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Carter
San Mateo County
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph Hearst
Berkeley
Calif
Symbionese Liberation Army
Soliah arraigned in Hearst case eyes death penalty
Steven Soliah, 27, charged with bank robbery resulting in death over the April 21 Crocker Bank holdup in Carmichael. A Myrna Opsahl death occurred during the $15,247 robbery. Indictments named Soliah, others linked to the SLA may face charges, and prosecutors plan to pursue the death penalty though a 1972 ruling could affect its applicability.
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Sacramento
Calif
Steven Soliah
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Crocker National Bank
Carmichael
Myrna Opsahl
Symbionese Liberation Army
FBI
U.S
Dwayne Keyes
John Price
Soliah
San Francisco
Keyes
U.S. Supreme Court
Drug Blamed For Deformities In Infants
A University of Chicago radiologist links anticoagulant drugs used by pregnant women to birth deformities in eight cases with eight more unreported. He warns these embryos show flat facial features, nasal bones failing to form, and potential skeletal issues. Warfarin is cited among the drugs, urging careful use only when essential, especially in early pregnancy.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
K. Jeffery Kranzler
Wyler Children’s Hospital
Kranzler
Society For Pediatric Radiology
Atlanta
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