Suit seeks 1.75 million over Bonnie and Clyde film
Houston AP reports a lawsuit filed in 127th Civil District Court seeks 1.75 million damages for defamation and invasion of privacy on behalf of the estate of Texas Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer Sr. and his heirs. Plaintiffs accuse Warner Brothers Seven Arts Inc. of exploiting Hamer’s life by portraying him as an inept pursuer and villain in the film Bonnie and Clyde. The suit notes a 1965 agreement with authors Jenkins and Brown to publish a book and pursue film rights, objection to which is asserted as a basis for damages.
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Raymond Brown
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Hoover ties black power to Communist drive in 1967 unrest
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that the U S Communist party aided 1967 campus and city disturbances including antiwar marches in Washington New York and San Francisco The rise of black power provoked unrest with leaders such as Stokely Carmichael and H Rap Brown cited as nurturing a climate for violence The report says the party endorsed the movement stating violence could be used to free the Negroes from oppression In Manila Philippines parasitic worms in fish prompted health officials to warn against eating raw or half cooked fish with no confirmed anisakiasis cases reported yet found in Lauzon island fishing centers
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UPI
Philippines
Lauzon
WV to inspect 500 bridges after Point Pleasant collapse
West Virginia Gov Hulet Smith announced a crash program to inspect about 500 major bridges in the state following the December Point Pleasant Silver Bridge collapse. The plan, involving private firms for cross-river inspections, targets Ohio, Kanawha, Elk, Gailey and New rivers with priority on Weirton, New Martinsville and Parkersburg Belpre bridges.
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Point Pleasant
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Weirton
New Martinsville
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Husband Jailed After Wife Dies in Burning Death
Avery Pete Moore, 49, of Ball, La., jailed with no bond on a murder charge after a parish grand jury returned a true bill. District Attorney Sam Wells said he presented information about the body being burned. Mrs Moore died in an automobile fire near Jena, La., last October.
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UPI
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Moore
Sam Wells
Wells
Federal Judge Deliberates Eidinoff Release After Insanity Plea
UPI reports in Dallas that Judge Taylor may rule in 10 days on Dr. Harold Eidinoff who seeks release from Rusk State Mental Hospital where he has been held since 1961 after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the slaying of Ted Andress. The case raises call for mental health code reform as lawyers argue hospital administrators hold excessive control over discharge decisions.
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Pentagon Reprograms to Cut Immediate Debts
The Pentagon stretches budget by reprogramming orders to delay equipment and services, aiming to avoid a supplemental $2 billion request. Officials say some funds will be redirected, with a secret list of affected programs to be sent to Congress. The move occurs amid Vietnam War pressures and prior wartime funding adjustments.
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Arizona Couple Hurt In Wreck
A Winslow Arizona couple, John Scott age 60 and Ruth Scott age 58, were in satisfactory condition at University Hospital after a car-truck crash near Tahoka. Their sports car collided with Narciso Rosales's truck at the U.S. 380 FM 179 intersection. Rosales was uninjured.
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