Judge Acquitted In Sex Party Case At New Orleans
Judge Edward Haggerty Jr. was acquitted on charges of soliciting prostitution obscenity and resisting arrest after a private stag party near New Orleans Dec 17. Prosecutors argued a police raid was illegal and a hidden bug recording was inadmissible. The verdict drew cheers in court. Meanwhile Mick Jagger was fined 480 for drug possession in London and Gov Reagan sprained his ankle after a horse incident at Malibu ranch.
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World Today reports Viet Cong attack near Saigon
A Viet Cong unit hit a convoy 13 vehicles east of Saigon on Monday night as 120000 Communist troops mass for possible major campaigns against Allied targets. One vehicle was destroyed and a Vietnamese was wounded. MPs repelled the 20 minute firefight with no U.S. casualties.
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German drug firm offers 27.3 million to settle thalidomide cases
West Germany’s Chemie Gruenenthal proposed 27.3 million dollars in damages to thalidomide affected children whose mothers used the tranquilizer during pregnancy. The offer comes with a clause for no further liabilities as seven Gruenenthal executives face trial on charges of homicide through negligence and other counts. More than 2,000 thalidomide babies were born in Germany, with extensive suits tied to the Alsdorf court ruling.
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Prayer Baiter Founds Church for Atheists
Madalyn Murray O Hair, famed for a Supreme Court ruling against public school prayer, started a church for atheists called Poor Richard's Universal Life Church. She declared herself Bishop and her husband Richard prophet, inviting converts and aiming to end tax exemptions for all churches.
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Parachutist Captain Embraces New Career Impasse
Newly graduated Ft Benning infantry jump school paratrooper Captain Buddy Allgood, a Stilly 23 year old with one leg, says he can do anything. He lost his other foot in 1967 when a mine injured him near Saigon while serving. He chose to stay in the Army after soul searching, accepting any assignment and pursuing parachuting to advance his career.
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Buddy Allgood
Saigon
Nixon grandson David Eisenhower to join Navy after Amherst
SEA-BOUND President Nixon's grandson David Eisenhower is expected to enter Navy Officers Candidate School after June graduation from Amherst College. At 21 he weighs a choice between branches, with friends saying he plans to enlist in the Navy, following family guidance and Nixon's own naval service. Republican Gov Harold LeVander of Minnesota says he will not seek another term, declaring he is not a career politician.
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