Mississippi man at Golden Nugget guns for poker table stand
Johnny Robinson of Macon Mississippi armed with a shotgun confronted four detectives at the Golden Nugget Casino. The poker game continued as officers surrounded him and he surrendered after dropping the weapon. He had earlier demanded $160 from Mint Hotel offices and was arrested on armed robbery assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Golden Nugget Casino
Johnny Robinson
Macon
Miss
Don Passatore
Robinson
Mint Hotel
Chavez links bus crash to safety violations and negligence
United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez alleged that safety violations contributed to a bus crash near Blythe California that killed 19 Mexican field workers and injured 28. He cited excessive speed unsecured seats driver fatigue and called for impounding the bus for inspection and legislative hearings.
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Blythe
Calif
UPI
United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
California Highway Patrol
Chavez
Money tied to Getty II ransom found in Italy raid
Police report confiscated Italian banknotes linked to the 2.9 million ransom for J Paul Getty II. The money was found in the Rome flat of Guiseppe La Manna, with 35 000 dollars seized behind a stove. Calabrian suspects face kidnapping charges related to the 17 year old heir.
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Lagonegro
Italy
UPI
J. Paul Getty II
Rome
Guiseppe la Manna
Calabria
la Manna
County fly ordinance may be strengthened
Santa Barbara County officials met with riding groups and homeowners to tighten the fly control ordinance. Officials said current rules are loose around stables and corrals and may require new setbacks from dwellings. A report to the board is due March 18 with possible amendments and further enforcement steps.
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Frost
Richard Duprey
Board of Supervisors
Duprey
Nations rivers named dirtiest in EPA survey
The EPA study ranks major rivers including the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri as among the dirtiest. Nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen are blamed for algae blooms and low oxygen. Cleanest rivers include the Upper Missouri Columbia Snake and Yukon. Pollutants such as sewage improved, but phosphorus and nitrogen increased in many stretches from 1968 to 1972.
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Washington
EPA
Missouri
Columbia
Snake
Willamette
Upper
Mississippi
Yukon
Tennessee
Susquehanna
Colorado
Rising prices loom for U S consumers in 1974
Washington forecasters predict continued price hikes in early 1974 though not as steep as 1973. Dunlop cites decontrol progress and higher raw material costs. Butz warns meat price surges will ease later. Mellon Bank sees 7 percent overall rise with fuel costs and wage settlements fueling inflation.
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Washington
UPI
John Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Dunlop
Los Angeles
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Oes
Butz
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of
Nixon
More than twenty die as gales lash the Channel
Gales batter the English Channel capsizing ships and causing multiple deaths. The Cypriot freighter Prosperity and the Danish Mere Enterprise suffered heavy losses with crew casualties and missing sailors. A 13 year old boy drowned at Exminster and trees and wires toppled across Britain as rescues continued.
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London
UPI
English Channel
Coast Guard
Guernsey
Devon
Prosperity
Mere Enterprise
Stephen Cutts
Exminister
Gordon Blakeley
Britain
Snohomish County trio slain in Mexico camping trip
Sheriff Donald Jennings, 60, his wife Jean Florence in her 50s, and her mother 76 were reportedly shot in a remote Mazatlan area as they tried to flee their camper. UPI reports the robbers stripped the vehicle and the bodies. Consul William H. Tienken ordered embalming for shipment back to Everett awaiting sheriff guidance.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
UPI
Snohomish County
U.S
U. S
William H. Tienken
Donald Jennings
Jean Florence
Thomas Healy
Tienken
Everett
Sheriff's Department
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