Conviction Upheld in Billy Graham Rally Disturbance
The State Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the 1970 conviction of Dr. Charles Reynolds for disturbing a religious assembly at a Billy Graham rally in Knoxville. Reynolds, a Methodist minister and UT religion professor, was fined 20 for shouting obscenities during President Nixon's visit to Neyland Stadium.
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Knoxville
UPI
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Charles Reynolds
Billy Graham
Reynolds
Tennessee Department of Religion
Neyland Stadium
Nixon
Five Suspects Sought in St. Croix Golf Course Slayings
In Christansted St. Croix police hunt for five more suspects after eight people die at Fountain Valley Golf Course. Seven gunmen wearing bulletproof vests attacked an outside dining area killing four Miami golfers and others. FBI agents and Virgin Islands police joined a broad search as authorities say the five remaining suspects are still on the island.
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Christiansted
St. Croix
UPN
Melvin H. Evans
Fountain Valley
Miami
FBI
Puerto Rico
United States
Virgin Islands
End Of Automobile For San Francisco Debuts BART Era
In Oakland Shirley Fisk abandons her car for Bay Area Rapid Transit, marking a shift to mass transit as BART begins operations. Officials report smooth service with minor delays and a longer day run as riders adjust to the new system.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Shirley Fisk
Fisk
Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART
San Francisco Bay
Lake Merritt Station
William J. Ronan
New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority
George Krambles
Chicago Transit
Philadelphia
Bay
San Francisco
Huge Alien Smuggling Ring Broken By Police
In Tijuana Mexico police and federal agents said they exposed the largest alien smuggling ring. Forty seven were in custody including two Salvadorans and a Mexico City man. 20 aliens were arrested near the border and 24 more on Monday. Authorities seized 27 forged U S immigration cards and hundreds of passports from El Salvador and Guatemala. The ring reportedly charged 225 dollars per person.
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Tijuana
Mexico
UPI
United States
Mexico City
U. S
el Salvador
Guatemala
Federal
Alfonso Lopez Quiroga
Fidel Vazquez Lopez
Jose Arnulfo Carvillo
Joe Herrera Cortes
Salvador
Nashville Board Granted Flexible School Schedules
UPI reports Judge Frank Gray Jr. allowed Metro Nashville board of education to set opening and closing times freely as long as desegregation is not hindered. The court seeks only constitutional compliance and mandated the purchase of 45 to 34 passenger buses to address busing ordered last year for racial balance.
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Nashville
UPI
Metro Nashville Board of Education
Frank Gray Jr
Hog quarantine eased for Kentucky hogs to Tennessee
Tennessee officials relaxed some hog quarantine rules allowing direct shipment from most Kentucky counties to Tennessee packers while banning swine from several states from exhibits. The move follows the country’s high cholera activity and the quarantine remains in effect for nine Kentucky counties.
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Nashville
UPL
State Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Tennessee
John R. Ragan
North
South Carolina
Texas
Indiana
Ohio
Ragan
Socialists Head Virginia Ballot for November
The Socialist Labor Party and American Party will top the Virginia ballot in November after a second drawing by the state elections board. Independents will follow, with Republicans and Democrats in the earlier order. The two minor parties do not field other candidates in Virginia. A.P. Joyner called the initial drawing a risk to allow ballots to be printed. SLP and American Party qualified mid August and last week respectively.
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Richmond
UPI
Socialist Labor Party
SLP
Virginia
American Party
State Board of Elections
Republicicans
Democrats
A.P. Joyner
Elections Board
Court upholds private bank account privacy against Secrecy Act
A federal court in San Francisco struck down part of the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act as unconstitutional. It barred banks from turning over microfilm records without normal legal channels while allowing reporting of large foreign transactions. The ruling drew praise from the California Bankers Association and potential appeals by the government and ACLU.
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San Francisco
UPI
US District Court
California
George Orwell
ACLU
Charles Marson
Stark
Supreme Court
High Court
North Koreans visit Seoul in luxury convoy amid talk of unification
A 54 man North Korean Red Cross delegation arrived in Seoul for a five day visit with Cadillacs and a pink carnation ceremony at Panmunjom. South Koreans weigh risks and hopes as talks hint at reunification though each side cautions goals remain distant.
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Seoul
CDN
North Korean
Red Cross
Pyongyang
Panminjom
Here
U.S
Panmunjom
Unification Road
North Korea
Tower
South Mountain
Kim 1 Sung
East
South Korea
Corona Opens Murder Trial With Claims of Prosecution Bias
Defense attorney Richard Hawk accused prosecutors of trying to prejudice jurors as Juan Corona’s mass murder trial began in Fairfield California. The case centers on 25 campesino victims slain in 1971 and buried in orchard graves near Yuba City.
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Fairfield
Calif
UPT
Richard Hawk
Juan V. Corona Smass
Hawk
Corona
Sutter County
G. Dave Teja
Bart Williams
Yuba City
Superior Court
Richard Patton
Williams
Teja
Honduras Hijacker Pleas Guilty in 4000 Ransom Case
Fredrick William Hahneman, 49, of Easton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to air piracy for extorting 4000 from Eastern Airlines and parachuting into Honduras. He faces sentencing September 29 and could receive 20 years to life after the Supreme Court ended the death penalty. He used the alias George Ames on the Miami bound flight from Allentown.
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Alexandria
UPI
Fredrick William Hahneman
Eastern Airlines
Honduras
Hahneman
Easton
U. S
Cont Montag
Oren Lewois
Supreme Court
Haheman
George Ames
Allentown
Dulles International Airport
Virginia
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Arlington
Tred 0. Berry
R-Knoxville
Arlington Hospital
Biblicans
Corona Attorney
Gloria
Candida
Feliciane Corona de Danci
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Juan Corona
Denis Kattoulakaus
Shneman
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Kingsport Nowe
Kinaspurt
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