Justices Weigh Request To Cut Right To Appeal
The Supreme Court weighs limiting habeas corpus appeals by state prisoners when evidence is claimed unlawfully obtained. The cases stem from Omaha police slayings and a San Bernardino liquor store owner’s wife murder, with lower courts granting writs for release or new trials. The Court considers whether federal review may proceed after conviction and how Warren era rulings shaped this issue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Omaha
Neb
San Bernardino
Calif
Earl Warren
Warren Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Harry A. Blackmun
Powell
City Council Tightens LURA Land Deal Oversight
City council orders downtown LURA land offers for project funding to be forwarded for final decision. The measure, backed by Donald Rust, seeks rejection of offers below appraised value to protect community development funds.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Lura
Donald Rust
Robert Prince
Prince
Rust
Adam Matthews
Norma Roberts
Aust
Don van Meter
J. J. Pursley
Fredrick Chenault
Harry Anderson
Rex Givens
Keith Haynes
John Thomson
Council
Unseasonably warm spell prompts early fruit tree buds
February temperatures in Comanche Tillman and Stephens Counties pushed apricot peach and plum trees toward blossoming. Extension officials warn further cold could damage buds with a grim outlook for the fruit crop as nurseryman Hugh Payne notes blossoms already formed and risk of frost remains.
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Ole Man
Southwest
OSU
Comanche
Tillman
Stephens
Gordon Hall
Comanche County
J. D. Lockwood
Stephens County
Laxton Malcom
Tillman County
Worst U S Gas Disaster Blamed On Plastic Piping
The Path finder Hotel explosion in Fremont Nebraska on January 10 killed eighteen and injured forty one. Investigators say an underground plastic gas line shrank in cold weather and pulled loose from its fitting triggering the worst U S gas disaster.
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U.S
Washington
Pathfinder
Fremont
Neb
Nebraska Natural Gas Co
National Transportation Safety Board
Safety Board
NTSB
No strong storm in forecast for Southwest Oklahoma
The National Weather Service predicts clear skies and warm temperatures for Southwest Oklahomans through Wednesday with a slow moving cold front bringing a slight chance of isolated thundershowers. Wednesday highs near the upper 60s and tonight's low around 50. Monday’s high reached 75 and low 35.
Hopefuls Vie In First New Hampshire Presidential Primary
In Concord New Hampshire voters weigh Reagan against Ford on the Republican side and choose among a crowded Democratic field led by Carter Udall Bayh and Jackson. Early turnout is light to moderate as Dixville Notch casts the first votes following midnight results show Ford ahead in a surprise at the tiny resort while weather remains cloudy with some sun near the Vermont border.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Nashua
Dixville
Notch
Jimmy Carter
Reagan
Carter
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Vermont
Udall
Bayh
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
R. Sargent Shriver
Missouri
Ellen McCormack
Lawton Named Finalist in Community Achievement Contest
Lawton earns finalist slot in the Community Achievement Contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce. A judging team visits Lawton at 2 30 p m Friday for briefing and a city tour. Alan Day will narrate the slide presentation highlighting 1975 achievements in five categories. Category Five covers cities over 17 000 population.
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Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Alan Day
Carriage Hills
Soldier testifies in Prejean murder trial dragging body
Fort Sill soldier James Graham testified that he dragged the body of Tommy Gatling from a yard at 2002 Garfield to the rear of a mobile home at 2001 Garfield in the early hours of May 1 1975 as Willis L Prejean's first degree murder trial continued on its second day.
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Willis L. Prejean
James Graham
Fort Sill
Tommy L. Gatling
Garfield
Witness Graham testifies in capital murder case
Graham identified as eighth witness for the state in the capital offense case against Prejean for the May 1 1975 slaying of Gatling after an armed robbery. He placed himself at Martha Jean Matthews Garfield home with his son at about 3 a.m. and described Prejean taking Gatling’s wallet stripping him and firing two shots.
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Graham
Prejean
Gatling
Dist
Atty
Steve Lile
Garfield
Martha Jean Matthews
John
Eight-Month AP Probe On Chappaquiddick Involvement
The AP investigators spent eight months examining Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Mary Jo Kopechne case on Chappaquiddick Island. They reviewed testimony, interviewed Kennedy, and found evidence that both supported and challenged Kennedy’s account, including new tidal-current details and questions about the 12 hour period after the accident.
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Chappaquiddick
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Islands
Kennedy
Martha’s Vineyard
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Abby
Lee
Wareeresens
Circus
Editorial
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Dgartown
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
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America
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Democratic Party
Miss Kopechne
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