Winter storm halts roads schools across central Plains
A fourth spring winter storm swept the northern Plains closing Interstate 94 and U S 83 east and west of Bismarck, halting roads, schools, and raising livestock concerns. Montana and South Dakota faced heavy snow and high winds as Mississippi floodwaters threaten thousands of acres and force trailer-home shelters.
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United Press International
Bismarck
North Dakota
Interstate 94
Plains
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Nebraska Panhandle
Winner
Great Divide
Kalispell
Mercury
Cut Bank
Divide
West
Warren, Issaquena, Sharkey and
Yazoo
Woman claimed to be Carmichael turns out to be man
Dallas police said Elizabeth Carmichael a 47 year old man also known as Jerry Dean Michael and several aliases led a scheme around Twentieth Century Motors claiming a three wheeled car would reach 70 mpg. The grand jury indicted officers for conspiracy to commit theft.
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Dallas
UPI
Elizabeth Carmichael
Automobile Company
Jerry Dean Michael
Michael
Jerry Barrett
Mike Moran
Mike Morgan
William Trace Parker
William Richard Raines
Micheal
Indianapolis
Indiana
Carmichael
Twentieth Century Motors
California
Dallas County
ACLU Urges End to Spectator Fingerprinting at SLA Trial
The ACLU Northern California asks Sheriff Lowe to halt fingerprinting, photography, and checks on trial spectators in the Remiro Little murder case. Judge Sheehy had denied a defense request to stop fingerprinting, while the defense contends it deters public attendance.
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ACLU
Sacramento
UPI
American Civil Liberties Union
NOW Plans Day of Outrage Over Catholic Abortion Decree
Women’s groups in San Diego announce a national protest against a bishop’s order denying sacraments to members of NOW and similar pro abortion groups. The decree covers four Southern California counties and calls for pulpits to read the ruling. NOW plans a Mother’s Day action with a nationwide scope led by its Washington office and coordinated by Jan Gleason, a Catholic who leads Catholics for Free Choice.
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San Diego
UPI
National Organization For Women
Leo Maher
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Imperial
NOW
Washington
Southern California
Jan Gleason
Catholics For Free Choice
Southland Mafia trial opens with defendant wheeled in
UPI reports Judge Robert Firth allowed the racketeering trial of six Southern California Mafia figures to resume in Los Angeles after a six day illness delay. Injured defendant James J. Testa arrived in court on a hospital bed as the prosecution prepared its opening argument and expected testimony from key witness Harry Peter Coloduros. Testa's motion to sever was denied. Milano is named among the defendants accused of extorting protection from businessmen gamblers bookmakers and pornographers.
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Remiro
Little
Alameda County Superior Court
Oakland
Los Angeles
UPI
U.S. District Court
Robert Firth
James J. Testa
Harry Peter Coloduros
Firth
Testa
Calfornia
Peter J. Milano
PUC rate hike hearings urged in California bill
Sacrament o report says AB498 by Assemblyman Gordon Duffy would require the state Public Utilities Commission to hold a hearing before major utilities can raise rates. The measure passed the Ways and Means Committee 11 to 0 and moves to the floor. It would let the commission approve a 90 day temporary rate increase without a hearing if immediate necessity is found.
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Sacramento
UPI
State
Public Utilities Commission
Assembly
Gordon Duffy
R-Hanford
Ways and Means Committee
Vatican affirms bishops right to ban books under church decree
The Vatican, approved by Pope Paul VI, states bishops have a God given right to ban books attacking faith or morals and may set up national lists of censors. Writers must obtain bishop approval before publishing on religious or moral topics, with advisers appointed to screen works.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Sacred Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Inquisition
Paul VI
Bishops’ Conferences
Gonorrhea Rate Tops Small California Areas in Lake Tahoe
El Dorado County health officer Dr. Curtis E. Weidmer reported the Tahoe area shows 1,012 gonorrhea cases per 100 000 people, ranking El Dorado third among counties behind San Francisco and Alameda. He cited a transient single or divorced population as the main cause of the high rate, with statewide county averages around 470 per 100 000.
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South Lake Tahoe
UPI
California
Curtis E. Weidmer
el Dorado County
Tahoe
el Dorado
San Francisco
Alameda
Weidmer
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John Bath
Virginia
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