Three-Judge Panel Rules Hatch Act Impermissibly Vague
A three judge panel ruled that portions of the Hatch Act governing federal workers are impermissibly vague and over broad a decision that would permit federal employees to engage in partisan politics but awaits Supreme Court guidance. The ruling pauses enforcement while inviting a clearer standard from higher court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Civil Service Commission
District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
Commission
U.S. Appeals Court
George F. MacKinnon
National Association of Letter Carriers
District of Columbia
Slam on a Spade Read Fools West in Bridge
North and South reach a slightly unsound slam after South wins a trump read and plays the eight of spades. West overcalls with the ace, exposing a singleton, and South later discards two clubs on dummy’s king and queen of spades to secure 12 tricks.
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North
South
West
Farm Prices Rise Sharply Across Beverages and Meats
A USDA report shows farm prices jump 1.5 percent to an all time high led by beef cattle and hogs with lean meat, while June retail costs also rise. Officials expect meat supply to ease prices later in the year and project farmers’ net income to reach a record 18 billion dollars in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Citizens Seek Recall Of City Mayor Officials In Mustang Okla
A petition drive filed with the Mustang city clerk seeks to recall Mayor Billy Boyd Smith and three of four councilmen W A Burks Vernon L Morgan and Floyd L Simpson Jr. The move follows the demotion of Police Chief Cary Thurman by City Manager Leo Welch and his subsequent resignation.
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Mustang
Okla
Cary Thurman
Leo Welch
David Denton
Thurman
Circus Elephant Minnie to Retire to California Reserve
Minnie the Tulsa zoo elephant of 18 years is moved to a Riverside California animal farm for retirement at age 61. Once a circus star in Germany she lost an eye in Arkansas and later became zoo royalty with Gina and Tooma. The move faced a desert night route and a trailer tire blowout but workers completed the transfer despite 94 degree heat. Minnie bid farewell by spraying water with her trunk as drivers got a final drink.
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Tulsa
Okla
Minnie
Tulsa Zoo
California
Germany
Arizona-California
Arkansas
Mohawk Zoo
Gina
Tooma
David Zucconi
Zoo
Animal Farm
Riverside
Calif
Wilson Food Chief Reports Sharp Half-Year Income Drop
Wilson Certified Foods Inc president D A Lyon said the first half net income fell to 363 000 or 3 cents a share from 4 060 000 or 4 cents a share a year earlier. Second quarter earnings reached 301 000 or 2 cents a share amid higher meat costs and sales up to 335.864 million from 289.643 million.
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Oklahoma City
Wilson Certified Foods Inc
D. A. Lyon
Lyon
Wilson
Births and admissions listed from city hospitals and Indian area
The hospital log lists a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Shelton in Lawton at 10 06 a m July 31 a daughter weighing 8 8 with many admissions and discharges including Helen E Bryant Matilda Clark Terry Cregg Jackie Glover and others across multiple addresses and towns with Indian births recording a July 31 set of newborns and numerous medical and surgical notes for patients in Oklahoma communities.
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Donald W. Shelton
Helen E. Bryant
Columbia
Matilda FE. Clark
McMahon- Tomlinson Nursing Home
Terry D. Cregg
Patricia Deak
Gore
Jackie E. Glover
Frankie A. Gordon
Stonegate
Betty Jackson
George Kaulaity
Euclid
Gary D. Martin
Jeri Massad
Martha J. Matthews
New York
Leah B. McCaskill
Ozzman
Zora E. Plough
Clara C. Smith
Reed
Viola Smith
Duncan
Alta Turner
Joe van Dever
Mountain View
Sue Wade
Hollis
Jeanne West
Georgia
Deedra M. White
Eisenhower
Jewel L. Williams
Walters
Burl D. Williamson
S. 23Th
Dale R. Zook
N. 24Th
Kathryn S. Lewis
Compass
Esther M. Rocha
Corpus Christi
Tex
Edith L. Fletcher
James W. Rust
Katie M. Jones
Snyder
Leola Kelly
Andrea Riley
Jefferson
Mitchael Wix
Oklahoma City
Car-Train Crash Kills Duncan Man
Hershel Gene Hallett, 44, of Duncan, died Monday evening when his car collided with a Rock Island Railroad switch engine in Duncan. Earlier, Omer C. Delk, of rural Carnegie, was killed in a crash between his car and a farm tractor near Carnegie. Oklahoma’s 1972 traffic toll rose to 452 compared with 441 a year ago.
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Duncan
Rock Island Railroad
Hershel Gene Hallett
Caddo County
Carnegie
Omer C. Delk
Oklahoma
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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U. S. Savings Freedom
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Wilson Food Chief
Es Ae National Bank
Virginia Allen
Adams
Beulah Beck
Indiana
Rosella M. Bennett
Craig J. Christiansen
Willie Copeland
Barton Carne
Chattanooga
Luna Davis
Ella O. Farley
S. 17Th
Stephen A. Green
Robert Harmon
Sand Springs
Stacey James
Texas
Reda Kinder
Oak
Billy Madderra
Teresa C. McDonald
Dorothy Newsom
Cornell
Ernest Perry
Patricia Purvis
Marlow
Susan Sneed
Ronald Spencer
Elgin
Zelpha Sprague
Jimmy D. Thompson
S. Seventh
Alicia J. Taliafero
Lawton
Carol A. Davis
Waurika
Shirley A. Hance
Georgia A. Best
Robert L. Wheeler
Joe G. Cox
Wesley D. Willis
Jacob P. Reimer
Lisa Hawkins
Artie Brown
Julia DeWitt
Sterling
Marguerite Jacobi
Orville A. Smith
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Binger
Lewis Koweno
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Mead, Sur
Gery
Rosemary Bounty
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Vera Nokes
Midwest City
Marilyn Cleaves
Anadarko
Mary Rose
Ben Harjo
Weleetka
Tena Cook
Summit
Kenneth Toomey
Denver
Libbie McDonald
James Parton
Delmar Tahah
Amber Milacek
Shawn Ware
Anadarko, Sur
Joan Daggett
Sheri Eades
Ardmore
Louise Ballard
Talihina
Carlos Ortiz
Bishop Road
Cache Road
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