Bayh shows cannabis reform plan in Senate committee
In a Washington Judiciary Committee session Sen Bayh demonstrated decriminalization ideas by placing four bags on the table, two containing oregano and two with marijuana like material. The panel tentatively backed a 100 dollar fine for possession up to one ounce, a shift from full legalization.
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Washington
UPI
James Eastland
Miss
Judiciary Committee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
James Abourezk
Joseph Biden
D-S.d
Bayh
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Presidential Commission
Carter Administration
Orrin Hatch
Rutah
Burial of Baader Meinhof leaders draws police guard
In Stuttgart, the three Baader Meinhof leaders Andreas Baader Gudrun Ensslin and Jan Carl Raspe were buried side by side in Dornhalden Cemetery in a ceremony watched by about 1000 people. Police, photographers and masked supporters attended as placards memorialized the militants while authorities said the trio killed themselves.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Baader
Nina
Miss Ensslin
Helmut
Germany
Gudrun
Andreas
Jan
Stammheim
Stuttgart
Philippine battle on Sacol Island kills and wounds dozens
Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded in crossfire between government troops and Moslem rebels off Zamboanga City on Sacol Island. Witnesses said guests at a wedding were killed as planes dropped bombs and helicopters fired, with troops repelling armed boats offshore. Military officials confirmed civilian casualties but did not specify numbers.
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Zamboanga City
Philippines
UPI
Sacol Island
Zamboanga
Sulaiman Masahad
Sacol
Masu
Zamboanga City General Hospital
Fire putout plan on Elk Hills well blast
Oil well blaze at Elk Hills Naval Reserve after explosion killed three Hydraulic Workover workers. Red Adair prepared to blast out burning oil using plastic explosives as weather favored tests. Fire cooled with water barrels, while crew attempted to seal the 7000 foot deep well in the desert 140 miles north of Los Angeles.
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Taft
OPI
Red Adair
Elk Hills
Naval Oil Reserve
Anita Powell
Adair
Kern County Fire Department
Ron Marshall
Marshall
George Vanhoozen
Mark Morvant
Bobby Fuqua
Hydrolic Workover Services, Inc
Louisiana
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Klan Border Patrol Rights Upheld by Federal Judge
UPI report states that the Ku Klux Klan may continue its border patrol along the U.S.-Mexico line after a federal judge ruled no laws were violated and no immediate danger shown. Five San Ysidro residents sought a restraining order to limit Klan activities, but the judge refused, noting lack of proven injury and allowing a later hearing for a possible permanent injunction.
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San Diego
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
U.s.-Mexico
U.S
Howard Turrentine
KKK
San Ysidro
Klan
David Duke
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Tom Metzger
California
United California Mexican- American Association
National Immigration Coalition
Ad Hoc
Human Rights Coalition
Border Patrol
Vaccine proves protection for sickle cell children against pneumonia
In San Francisco 77 black children with sickle cell anemia were immunized with an experimental vaccine showing complete protection against pneumococcal infection. Researchers note high pneumonia risk in such patients despite antibiotics and warn of antibiotic resistance in pneumococcus. The vaccine, developed by Eli Lilly under NIH, contains material from pneumonia patients and builds eight antibodies to guard against the virus.
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San Francisco
UPI
University of California
Artur Ammann
Ammann
William Mentzer
Eli Lilly Col
National Institutes of Health
James Earl Ray Trial Opens in Wartburg Tennessee
James Earl Ray faces court as his lawyer Mark Lane seeks dismissal of charges for escaping Brushy Mountain State Prison. Lane argues Ray has already been punished and calls for a hearing into the King assassination. Ray’s brother attends. Ray and six others fled the prison during a major manhunt before being captured.
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Wartburg, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Ray
Mark Lane
Martin Luther King Jr
Lane
King
Jerry
Wartburg
Brushy Mountain
FBI
Nashville
Jack Kershaw
Seven Die In Lima High Rise Fire At La Colmena
A spectacular blaze tore through a nine story Lima office building, trapping dozens and causing several to leap to their deaths. Seven bodies were recovered with at least 20 missing including two or three thought to have boiled to death in a rooftop water tank.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
la Colmena (Beehive
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Lee Asbury
Memphis
Mastro
Pertes
Aquarius
Hothead
Aquarius Room
Lompoc Valley Bowl
East Ocean Avenue
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