Ghetto games: rat hunting and street battles in Spanish Harlem
New York report describes spring in Spanish Harlem where youths play harsh games. Rats, cockroaches, and car pounding are common amusements amid cement streets. basketball and volleyball adapt to cracked courts. adults observe while noting life in the poorest corner of the city.
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New York
NEA
Washington
Seattle
Park Avenue
Spanish Harlem
Manhattan
96Th
East 106Th
Harlem
Dallas
Spanish
Hero
Julio Ortiga
119Th Street
114Th Street
Jurors favoring death penalty may bias murder trial
Dr. Hans Zeisel testified at a pretrial hearing in Los Angeles that five studies show excluding jurors opposed to the death penalty biases juries toward the prosecution. He noted 18 percent of Americans oppose capital punishment, potentially removing at least one defense vote per murder trial.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hans Zeisel
University of Chicago Law School
Zeisel
Carlos Sandoval Jr
Leonard Cuellar
Jerry Presser
Superior Court
Arthur L. Alarcon
U.S. Supreme Court
Bobby Sherman Emerges As New Pop Idol In 1970
Hollywood reports hail Bobby Sherman as a rising teen idol surpassing Presley and Sinatra in chart hits. He has five albums with about four million in sales and seven singles totaling around ten million, plus a cereal promotion adding thirty million records. A half hour ABC musical special debuts in June.
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Hollywood
UPN
Frank Sinatra
Presley
Bobby Sherman
Sherman
Mr. Clean
Bobby
Iman
Sinatra
ABC
NASA to launch earth resources satellites to survey land use
NASA advances from aircraft surveys to two experimental earth resources satellites next year. The program aims to map geologic structures, forest health, soil types, water, pollution and urban growth to improve life and aid agriculture. Farm tests in Indiana show remote sensing distinguishes diseased corn from healthy crops and blight severity.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Indiana
Texas
California
Space Agency
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
William T. Pecora
U.S. Geological Survey
John E. Naugle
Congress
California tackles yacht sewage with holding tanks by 1974
California water officials condemn yacht and vessel waste discharges into bays and beaches. A bill led by Assemblyman Porter would require toilet-equipped boats to use holding tanks or approved treatment facilities by 1974, with federal rules aimed at similar standards for new ships. Authorities note significant counts of boats lack toilets and near bathing areas raise health concerns.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Fred H. Dierker
San Francisco Bay
Assembly Water Committee
Carley V. Porter
D-Compton
Navy
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John W. Miner
Earth Resources Satellites
John E. Bennett
State Department of Navigation and Ocean Development
San Diego
Dennis O'Leary
Charles T. Carnahan
Sacramento Central Valley Regional Board
Delta
Betty's Fabrics
Lompoc Plaza
No. H St
TAXE
America
AccuColor
RCA
Raeburn
Stockton Ensemble
Total Entertainment
Black & White TV
Radio
Lompoc
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