Court Grants Hearing To Clay Turns Back On Union Leader
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Muhammad Ali on his draft conviction and allow his March title fight with Joe Frazier in New York. The decision did not help James R. Hoffa, whose prison term could extend five more years pending parole board review for possible reinstatement as Teamsters Union president.
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Supreme Court
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
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Cassius Clay
Joe Frazier
New York
Hoffa
Parole Board
Chicago
Teamsters Pension Fund
Federal
Lewisburg
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
1970 South Plains weather and the Lubbock tornado
The year featured a devastating May 11 tornado in Lubbock and April tornados from Whiteface to Whitharral to Plainview with extensive property damage and loss of life. Temperatures were variable with an early cotton harvest freeze in October and below average rainfall across the South Plains.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Whiteface
Whitharral
Plainview
Panhandle
Tulsa
Aspermont
Paducah
Civil Service Raises Across Pay Grades Adopted
President Nix signed a law boosting federal civilian pay by about 5.96 percent on average. The increases vary by grade, with new lower and upper ranges listed for GS grades from GS1 to GS18, and Army enlisted and officer pay scales updated accordingly. The report covers related court actions and an array of unrelated Supreme Court decisions affecting labor, voting rights, and public policy.
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Washington
Nixon
University of California Receives Sea Grant Award
Berkeley Calif University of California has been awarded 763 800 by the National Science Foundation for sea grant education training research and public advisory service in ocean utilization The program includes exploring artificial upwelling by harnessing heat from large power plants to bring nutrient rich deep waters to the surface.
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Berkeley, Calif
UPL
University of California
California
Workers Find Mass Grave Bones in Gdansk
Polish workers digging a tunnel uncovered about 200 bones from victims who died around the turn of the century in a mass grave in Gdansk. The find included 30 fully preserved skeletons. Historians will check city chronicles to determine causes of death.
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Poland
Gdansk
Baltic
Glos Wrohrzcza
Voice of the Coast
Danzig
Youngster Held For Mom s Deed In Berlin Case
In Berlin an Australian girl Karin Heisler, aged about 11, is held in East Germany after her mother Rita Heisler helped a relative reach the West using Karin s papers. British and Australian authorities work through legal channels to free the girl.
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East Germany
West
Karin Heisler
Rita Renee Heisler
Karin
Reagan Appoints UC Student to Air Resources Board
Gov. Ronald Reagan appoints 21 year old University of California student John G. Holmes of Goleta to a four year term on the state Air Resources Board. Holmes is a junior majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara and is the third student named to a major state board by Reagan.
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Calif
UPI
Ronald Reagan
University of California
State Air Resources Board
John G. Holmes
Goleta
Santa Barbara
Holmes
Reagan
Historian Named To UT Position
Dr. Stanley Ross, historian and Latin American expert, is named UT's first provost for sciences arts and letters. He will oversee humanities natural sciences and social and behavioral sciences from Jan. 16 as acting dean until the college reorganization completes.
Bakery Owners Go To Court In Italy Over Licenses
Bakery owners in Cuneo sue school porters accusing them of selling sandwiches and pizzas to students without licenses or taxes. The case, a test matter with possible nationwide impact, targets income earned by porters during school hours.
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CUNEO
Italy
UPI
First Witnesses Heard In Trial At Lovington
Dennis and Pearl Carlton face a second degree murder case in Lovington for the 1968 killing of Elbert Muncy in Portales. Jury selection opened as prosecutors plan to call dozens more witnesses in a high stake retrial following prior hung and guilty verdicts. The couple, tied to a Portales druggist and a late store incident, await a verdict as the trial extends late into the evening.
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Lovington
Dennis
Pearl Carlton
Elbert Muncy
Portales
Carltons
Asst. Dist
Morris Stagner
Stagner
Carlton
Muncy
Eastern New Mexico University
Birth notices from Lubbock area list new babies
A sequence of birth notices from Lubbock area hospitals lists numerous families welcoming new babies. Details include parent names and addresses, baby weights and times, hospitals, and parent occupations or employers.
Ex-GI Meadle testifies Calley ordered My Lai shootings
Ex-GI Paul Meadle testified at Lt. William Calley Jr. court martial that Calley ordered him to shoot Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968. Meadle described rounds fired into a ditch where 75 to 100 people were herded, with Medina nearby and no attempt to stop the killings.
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Calley
William Calley
Lt. Calley
My Lai
South Vietnam
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
FT. Benning, Ga
Paul Meadle
William Calley Jr
Meadle
U.S
Ernest Medina
Medina
Meadlie
Col. Reid Kennedy
A. No
Associated Press
Terre Haute
Ind
My Lai Be
Mentholatum Company Pile Ointment Hits Drug Counters
Years of lab and clinical work produced a temporary relief formula for sore inflamed hemorrhoidal tissue. The ME De medicates Pile Ointment offers five benefits including fast pain and itch relief, shrinking swollen tissues, infection fighting and easier bowel movements, with a temperature-stable base. The product comes as ointment and suppositories and is now available in drugstores.
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Mentholatut Company
M.P.O
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