Historic NY judge silences Panthers in court ruling
Hank Greenspun writes that New York Supreme Court Justice John M. Murtagh recessed pretrial hearings for 13 Black Panthers after disruption. He praised courtroom order, contrasting with Chicago Judge Julius Hoffman’s chaotic trial after weeks of interruptions. Murtagh kept calm, avoided chains, and set jail as a byword until defendants behaved.
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New York Supreme Court
John M. Murtagh
Chicago
Julius Hoffman
Hanoi breaks silence on missing American in Vietnam
North Vietnamese officials in Paris told Mrs. Diana O Grady that her husband Lt. Col. John O Grady is not a prisoner and is likely dead. The news ended six months of cautious replies to families of missing servicemen and came as O Grady, with seven children, left the North Vietnamese mission in Paris.
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Diana O'Grady
Las Vegas
Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Mrs. O'Grady
John O'Grady
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Career Plan Divides Clark County Trustees on Minority Teacher Prep
Clark County School District trustees debate a University of Nevada Las Vegas plan to fund and supervise a Career Opportunities Program that would steer minority students into teaching. The university has a $95,000 federal grant. the district would add $66,000, with reactions split between support for community benefits and concern over costs.
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Clark County School Board of Trustees
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
C.O.P
CCSD
Newest College Diversion Laughable Pool Skinny-Dip Event
University of Chicago students staged a two hour nude swim in a campus pool titled Happy Birthday Frank. James W. Vice said 147 students participated in the event organized by SVNA a campus group with a granted pool permit.
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Chicago
UPS
James W. Vice
The
University of Chicago
Students For Violent Non-Action
SVNA
Frank
Frank Malbranche
Malbranche
Nicholas de Malebranche
Vice
Court Ruling May Shake Up Clark County School Board
A Supreme Court decision mandating one person one vote could drastically alter Clark County School District representation. Parents Who Care, led by attorney David Canter, argued that voters across the district and state lack equal voice on the boards. The federal suits, among the nation’s first challenging school boards’ proportionality, may prompt broader changes if local results comply.
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Clark County
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Parents Who Care Organization
David Canter
State Board of Education
Weather: sunny and warm with gentle winds today
Little change in the conditions with sunny skies and high clouds. High near 70 and low around 45, light winds, sunrise 6 14 a.m. sunset 5 34 p.m. Past day and year figures provided for comparison.
Lieutenant Gets Detective Bureau Position Monday
Lt. John Sleeper a longtime narcotics chief in Las Vegas is transferred to the detective bureau effective Monday. Chief Pete Witcher says no comment until return from Norman Oklahoma crime conference. Lt. J C Smith named to head narcotics and vice with press inquiries directed to Sleeper for announcement. Sleeper notes district politics and says transfer linked to pressure from city commissioners. He previously led an expansion of the bureau and the mod squad concept.
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John Sleeper
City Police Department
Detective Bureau
Pete Witcher
Doyle Hamilton
Witcher
Norman
Okla
J. C. Smith
Vice and Narcotics Bureau
Hamilton
Sleeper
Police Department
Narcotics and Vice Bureau
Mod
Narcotics Bureau
Las Vegas
Bruce S Sutton Found Dead in Las Vegas Home
Pioneer Las Vegas businessman Bruce S Sutton was found dead at his home near Griffith Ave. by his wife Vera around 5:15 p.m. The death, a gunshot likely tied to a personal safety incident, ends his role as president of Sutton Vending Service Inc. His body was taken to Palm Mortuary.
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Las Vegas
Bruce S. Sutton
Griffith Ave
Sutton
Vera
Sutton Vending Service, Inc
Main St
Clark County
Palm Mortuary
Martial Law Looms For Coast Town
Violence erupted near Santa Barbara as a hardcore mob of about 350 attacked police cars and a three-block business district while a bank was burned. Helicopters warned the unlawful assembly as 1,500 rioters burned a bank and police prepared for possible state action. Governor Reagan declared a state of extreme emergency and prepared further measures.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
University of California At Santa Barbara
Ronald Reagan
Quints Gurgle To Delight Of Medical Staff
In New York the Kienast quintuplets sparked optimism among doctors at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center as three daughters and two sons showed signs of healthy activity. Parents Mrs Margaret Kienast and Mr William Kienast of Far Hills New Jersey viewed the newborns, with physicians expressing cautious hope for their survival.
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New York
UPS
Kienast
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
William Kienast
Margaret Kienast
Far Hills
N. J
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