Assault charges filed after Plains rally crash
In Plains Georgia a truck mechanic, Buddy Cochran, 30, faces 19 assault counts with a car for crashing into a crowd of about 250 at a Ku Klux Klan rally in President Carter’s hometown. Bond set at 190000 total, with possible additional charges including drunk driving. injuries include CBS reporter Betsy Aaron.
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King and Salk to Receive Medal of Freedom
President Carter will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously and to Dr. Jonas E. Salk for eradicating polio. The honors will be presented at a future White House ceremony, timed for Independence Day.
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Klan Leader Links Homosexuals to Weakening Far Right
Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton warns homosexuals and sex deviants threaten right wing groups. He says insiders and informants undermine credibility and cites lie detectors used on prospective members. Shelton criticizes Billy James Hargis and John Birch Society as flawed yet with potential good people among leaders. He predicts Klan involvement against desegregation busing in Louisville.
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Military offensive feared on southern Lebanese line
Christian militiamen and Palestinian-Lebanese leftists reinforce positions near the Israeli border in southern Lebanon as artillery exchanges resume. Civilians report at least nine wounded and fear of a major offensive amid house-to-house fighting around Yarin and Khiam. Israel denies involvement in an assault claimed by opponents.
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Huey P. Newton Returns From Cuba To US
Huey P. Newton, Black Panther leader, ends 2 years of self-imposed exile in Cuba and returns to the United States. He is confident he will be acquitted of murder and assault charges related to Kathleen Smith and Preston Callins, while accusing the CIA and FBI of a plot. He arrives with his wife Gwen and Elaine Brown at San Francisco Airport and is jailed in Oakland after arrival.
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Renewal of political violence seen in Turkey
Parliament rejected Premier-designate Bulent Ecevit's minority government, reviving fears of renewed violence after 225 deaths and 4 000 injuries in 18 months. Ecevit resigned. a caretaker government possible with coalition talks shaping up, pitting the National Salvation Party against other factions.
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Brown Defends California Unitry Tax System Draws Fire
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. promotes California’s unitary tax method for multinational profits, drawing Republican attacks as a new political issue. The policy, which taxes worldwide profits, payroll, and property to allocate amounts to California, could cost firms over 100 million dollars annually and fuels Brown’s outreach to Japanese manufacturers. Air Resources Board Chair Tom Quinn calls the unitary approach an obsession among Japanese executives, while California courts pressure multinationals to relocate.
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Nazi march called off as Skokie tension eases
Two anti Nazi groups planned a July 4 rally in Skokie but the day began with mayoral denial of permits and heavy pressure. Frank Collin said the Fourth of July march would be canceled to comply with a court order as other groups prepared counter demonstrations in the Jewish suburb.
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