Cowboys land Dorsett in shock first round draft
Dallas trades 14th pick and three seconds to Seattle for Tony Dorsett of Pittsburgh. Dorsett, 11,192 pounds and AP All-America pick thrice, joins the Cowboys as a marquee back praised by Tex Schramm and Gil Brandt.
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Dorsett
Dallas
Dallas Cowboys
Tony Dorsett
Pittsburgh
Seattle Seahawks
Tex Schramm
Seattle
Cowboy
Gil Brandt
Schramm
O. J. Simpson
Associated Press
Robert Newhouse
Tony
Clint Longley
San Diego
Tampa Bay
Ricky Bell
California
Tom Landry
Brandt
Bob Lilly
Kidnapping Case Probed as FBI Joins Bryan Inquiry
FBI agents and Bryan police probe the Monday pickup of Ethel McNier and her infant son in Bryan Texas after a bank incident in which a gun was shown. McNier, from St Louis, was missing with her baby for four days. authorities seek to piece together the sequence and motives while caring for the child at the police station. The report notes she tried to withdraw cash with a credit card, prompting police involvement and questions about the kidnaping.
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Bryan, Tex
FBI
St. Louis
Robert Wiatt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ethel McNier
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bryan Bank
Howard McNier
Bryan
Joe Ellisor
Wyatt
McNier
Charles Suggs Jr
Tennessee
Ellisor
Oklahoma ACLU Suit Sparks State Prison Overcrowding Fight
Oklahoma Attorney General Larry Derryberry rejects an ACLU bid to halt inmate admissions until capacity issues are solved. He argues a ruling would breach state law and civil rights protections, despite new facilities at Homing and Lexington and $25 million in additional corrections funding planned to ease overcrowding.
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Oklahoma City
American Civil Liberties Union
Atty
Larry Derryberry
ACLU
Derryberry
Homing
Lexington
Oklahoma
Bobb Battle
Aide Seeks Efficiency In White House
A.D. Frazier Jr. leads a 20 member team to streamline the 18 agencies under the Executive Office of the President. By fall the office will have 1,700 employees and about 80 million dollars in annual spending as reforms aim to boost efficiency and service delivery to President Carter. Neustadt notes public familiarity with the White House bureaucracy is limited and that many structures date from FDR era with prior cohesion eroded over time.
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A.D. Frazier Jr
White House
Adolphus Drewry Frazier Jr
Carter
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Telecommunications Policy
Frazier
Richard M. Nixon
University of North Carolina Law School
Atlanta
Harvard
Richard Neustadt
Neustadt
Council of Economic Advisers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Carter Faces Decision on Alaska Gas Transportation Plan
President Carter weighs two long term natural gas routes to the lower 48 with the FPC split on Arctic Gas versus Northwest Pipeline. A tanker option exists if Canada blocks the main routes. Canada must approve, while timetable sets Dec 1 for a recommendation and 60 days for Congress to act.
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Federal Power Commission
Congress
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Canada
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Arctic Gas Consortium
Northwest Pipeline Corp
Alcan Pipeline Co
Northwest
Arctic
Arctic Gas
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
MacKenzie River
Alberta
Alyeska
Fairbanks
el Paso
Point Gravina
Valdez
California
Kansas Broadcast Chief Shot and Found Dead in Topeka
Thad M. Sandstrom 51 a Kansas broadcast executive was killed at his northwest Topeka home in an apparent murder and attempted suicide. His wife Milda was treated for an overdose. authorities expected charges later. Sandstrom headed Stauffer Publications broadcast properties including WIBW and KRNT.
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Kan
Thad M. Sandstrom
Kansas
Sandstrom
Milda
Shawnee County
Gene Olander
Paul Winder
Winder
Stauffer Publications
Midwest
WIBW
KRNT
Des Moines
KGNC
Amarillo
Tex
KSOK
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KGFF
Shawnee
Okla
KGBX
Springfield
KSEK
Pittsburg
Kaw
Associated Press Broadcasters
CBS Radio
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