Dance benefits aid school plaques and horse show support
The note describes a benefit dance at Orr Jr high school to fund replacement of flags and bicentennial plaques burned in vandalism. It highlights square and round dances led by Ron Sowash and Cliff and Ruth Harry, with Mike Dawson involved, and invites all ages to attend Saturday evening. It also mentions a Shonna Jo Walker benefit gymkhana and horse show and Western Airlines celebrating its 50th birthday with Ted Homan recalling early flights. The piece closes noting the death of Howard Hughes.
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Orr Jr. High School
Ron Sowash
Cliff
Ruth
Food Stamp Reform Debated In Senate
Senator Herman E. Talmadge urged approval of a compromise food stamp reform bill aimed at removing nonneedy participants while boosting aid for the truly needy. The measure, projected to save $630 million, would restore public support by removing ineligible college students from the rolls.
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Washington
UPI
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Violence at Boston anti busing rally shocks city
A white mob attacked Ted Landsmark outside Boston City Hall during an anti busing protest. Landsmark, 29, executive director of the Boston Contractor's Association, was beaten and bloodied while bystanders shouted slurs. Police reported no arrests as the crowd neared Judge Garrity's desegregation courtroom.
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UPI
Boston City Hall
Ted Landsmark
Boston Contractor's Association
Landsmark
City Hall Plaza
Massachusetts General Hospital
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Speck Parole Hearing Nears for Mass Slaying Case
Richard Speck, serving eight terms of 50 to 150 years for killing eight student nurses in Chicago in 1967, becomes eligible for a parole hearing in September. He was resentenced in 1971 after the death penalty was voided. Three board members will hear his plea at Stateville.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Illinois Department of Corrections
Speck
U.S. Supreme Court
Stateville
Corrections Department
Belfast bombings mark IRA welcome to Callaghan
Seven bombs exploded in Belfast within an hour as IRA gunmen struck hotels and businesses. A bomber was killed, a young woman captured, and a part time policeman shot the attacker as police described the attacks as a welcome to Britain's new prime minister James Callaghan.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
James Callaghan
Callaghan
Britain
Ulster
Conway
Las Vegas Forecast Calls for Warmer Weather Wednesday
Decreasing clouds tonight and fair conditions with mostly gentle winds. Today's high near 68 with a low around 45. Yesterday's high 63 and low 47. Humidity about 46 percent. Sunrise 5:20 a.m. Sunset 6:07 p.m. A year ago today the high was 60 and low 40.
Weather Outlook Scattered Showers Across Plains And Coast
Showers and thundershowers are scattered across parts of the lower and central Great Plains on Tuesday, with activity also in sections of the mid Pacific Coast states and near the lower Great Lakes. Elsewhere the forecast calls for generally fair weather.
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Great Plains
Mid Pacific Coast States
Great Lakes
Spanish Prisoners Escape Segovia Jail in Major Breakout
More than two dozen political prisoners fled Segovia maximum security prison through the sewer system in Spain's largest escape since the Civil War era. The government announced 50 suspected Basque terrorists were captured, bringing arrests to 300 in a week as Civil Guard units scoured the barred mountain area for fugitives.
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Spain
UPI
Segovia
Cifra
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