Carr accuses U S officials in 1972 Texas fraud case
Former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr accuses U S Justice Department officials SEC and others of conspiring to wreck Texas Democrats careers. He petitioned a federal court to drop his stock fraud indictment claiming the action aimed to influence Texas politics and Nixon re election in 1972. Carr was acquitted on 12 fraud counts last March. a second case remains pending.
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Dallas
Texas
Carr
Richard M. Nixon
Fighting Fire Ants That Are Imported Menace to States
The imported fire ant is a stinging pest found across the Southeast harming agriculture and annoyingly invading yards, playgrounds, and cemeteries. Nine states Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas are infested with these ants and may spread westward and northeast. USDA and state programs cooperate to control outbreaks upon demand and in high populations.
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United States
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Pacific
Oregon
New Jersey
USDA
Doctor Testifies In Sterilization Probe In Senate Hearing
Washington AP report says 1971 federal guidelines on sterilization failed to reach public release during an election year. Dr Warren Herns testified before a Senate subcommittee about delays and White House involvement regarding the Alabama sterilizations of Minnie and Mary Alice Relf. The Relfs, parents of the two girls aged 14 and 12, claimed informed parental consent was not obtained and filed a $1 million suit against Montgomery Community Action Agency and its CEO.
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Washington
Alabama
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
White House
Warren Herns
Denver
Senate Labor and Public Welfare
Herns
OEO
Lonnie
Minnie Relf
Minnie
Mary Alice
Montgomery, Ala
Howard Phillips
Relfs
Edward M. Kennedy
Explosion at Gearhart Owens plant kills four women
Army munitions experts search for a cause after a loud blast at the Gearhart Owens Industries Inc. plant in Cleburne Texas. Four women died and about 30 were injured. Investigators consider a crimping machine as the potential cause while FBI and Treasury agents join the probe. The facility, housing underground bunkers with gunpowder, faced prior incidents and remains shut for 30 days.
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Cleburne
Tex
Tom Glade
Ft. Hood
North Texas
Gearhart- Owens Industries Inc
Claude Zachary
FBI
Treasury Dept
Lloyd McVicker
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PERMA
Jim Brigance
Associated Press
Bobbie Jo Lemmon
Fort Worth
Sue Grisham
Granbury
Dorothy Cole
Debbie Spruell
Joshua
Doris Brown
Johnson County Memorial Hospital
Marvin Gearhart
HoPe
Arthur
Strech
P.O
Realty
Hope, Ark
Poll
Parrot
Rand, Freman-Hush Puppies
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