Contempt sentences in Chicago 7 overturned by appeals court
A federal appeals court reversed contempt verdicts against eight defendants and two lawyers in the Chicago 7 case, ordering new trials in part and dropping several counts. The decision cites a 1971 Supreme Court rule on contempt proceedings tied to trial timing. The ruling leaves some charges intact while others are dismissed or remanded.
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Detroit
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Kunstler
New York City
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David Dellinger
Jerry Rubin
Bennard
Rennie’ Davis
Thomas Hayden
John Fraines
Lee Weiner
Black lives sentence for sixth Miami drug store robbery
Richard Black, 30, was sentenced to life in prison after conviction for robbing the same Miami drug store six times. Witnesses at The Pan American Sundry Store testified that during each visit he brandished a gun and demanded $100 in cash and a carton of cigarettes.
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Miami
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Pan American Sundry
Last 40 missing miners found dead toll 91
A coal mine disaster leaves 91 dead after searchers recover the last of 40 missing miners. Rescue teams report grim scenes as officials confirm the final death toll and begin investigations into cause and safety lapses.
Multi-Event Global Crises Report Amid Ship Collision and Conflicts
A British refrigerator ship Royston Grange collided with Liberian tanker Tien thee in the River Plate estuary, both catching fire and missing crew. Separately, an Eastern Airlines hijack suspect reportedly bailed out with 903000 in ransom in Honduras. Belfast violence left a British soldier dead and two wounded. Tokyo leader Sato criticized Nixon’s Vietnam coastal mining order. Britain’s railway workers initiated a wage dispute slowdown. In Idaho the Sunshine Silver Mine disaster reached 91 deaths with 40 bodies found.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine
Mining Disaster and Wage Bill dominate national news
Earlier the day 14 miners were found dead and 19 bodies were later confirmed at the Sunshine Mining Co site as carbon monoxide claims claimed victims in tunnels. In Washington the House advanced a plan to raise the federal minimum wage to 2 dollars in two years, with separate shifts for farm workers and government employees.
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