Woman Confesses to Drug Ring Involving NFL Players
A 19 year old woman, Roxie Ann Rice, told police she aided a drug distribution ring serving NFL players nationwide. She named teams including the Spirits of St. Louis and Virginia Squires, plus Pan American University basketball, and alleged payments to a Chiefs player for drugs. She detailed travel to multiple NFL cities and claimed meetings with players discussing drugs and payments.
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Tom Uhlenbrock
ST. Louis, Mo
UPD
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Roxie Ann Rice
Jan G
St. Louis
Miss Rice
Pan
American University
Spirits of St. Louis
Virginia Squires
Patricia Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Tony
Andiza Juzang
Ghana
Miami
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Kansas City Chiefs
Chiefs
Mansfield Says CIA Probe Will Not be Witch Hunt
Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said the Senate investigation of the CIA and FBI would be neither a witch hunt nor a whitewash. The Senate plans to create an investigative committee with broad powers and call witnesses while protecting agents from dismemberment. Richard Helms, former CIA director, faces intense questioning by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over 1973 domestic and international activities.
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Mansfield
CIA
Washington
UPI
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard Helms
Iran
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Agency
Phnom Penh Supply Convoy Faces Heavy Rebel Fire
A two ship supply convoy steamed toward Phnom Penh through heavy rebel fire to avert dwindling food reserves. The vessels from Tan Chau carried food fuel and ammunition up the Mekong into Cambodia while guerrilla frogmen and river runners disrupted progress.
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Phnom Penh
UPS
Tan Chau
Mekong
Cam
Bodia
Bombing Outbreak Ends Ireland's Cease Fire
In Northern Ireland the IRA ends the holiday cease-fire with a fresh wave of bombs and shootings, killing at least three. British army reports say victims were IRA militants. bombings hit Belfast and Strabane as efforts to resume negotiations continue.
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Ireland
Frank Johnston
Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Provisional
Broadform Deed Upheld in State Court
Franklin Circuit Court Judge Henry Meigs ruled the 1974 broadform deed law requiring landowner consent before strip mining is unconstitutional. State Atty. Gen. Ed Hancock said the ruling will be appealed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The practice lets mineral rights damage land surfaces without compensation under long used deeds in southeastern Kentucky.
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Frankfort
UPI
Franklin
Henry Meigs
Ed W. Hancock
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Kentucky
High court ruling overturns death sentence in Louisiana case
Justice Renquist dissents as the Kentucky judge Meigs overturns Billy L. Taylor’s rape and kidnapping conviction by an all-male jury. The memo opinion voids surface owner consent limits on mining under a 1908 Knott County deed and strikes down House Bill 3 as unconstitutional. Judgement to be entered in about ten days, with possible U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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High Court
William Renquist
Billy L. Taylor
Lousiana
Flaberria
Missouri
New Yor
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Listed at Regional Center
A hospital notice lists admissions including Batavi M. Combe City. Phyllis Cox Wise. Norma H. McMurray Ewing. Othetta Rogers City. Shawn Jamison Ward Arjay Addie Witt Harrogate. Dismissals include Lena 5S Brantley LeFollette James W. Browning Jr City. Liza Lynn Busgell City. Bryan Crockett Rose Hill. Bobby Evans Whitesburg. Walter Griffith Hoskington. Mark W. Sparks Frakes Ammoid Ticker Whitley Betty White City.
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Appalachian Regional Hospital
Liza Lynn Busgell
City
Bryan Crockett
Rose Hill
Bobby Evans
Whitesburg
Geneva Gibson
Clairfield
Walter Griffith
Hoskington
Lenville Partin
Chenoa
Ben Phipps
Mark W. Sparks
Frakes
Ammoid Ticker
Whitley
Betty White
Death Penalty Sought In Paducah Murder Case
In Paducah, local nightclub manager Sammy Jones faces prosecution under Kentucky's new penal code for the death penalty in a robbery related murder. The case involves Ted Harring's death by strangulation and gunfire during a Dec incident, marking the first Western Kentucky use of the new law governing capital punishment for listed felonies.
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Paducah
UPN
Sammy Jones
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Albert Jones
Jones
Ted Harring
Zand
Kentucky news convention agenda and officer elections
Carroll reception opens Thursday night through noon Saturday featuring William B. Arthur former Look magazine editor and National News Council executive director. Friday program covers newspaper production amid economic crisis with Ken tucky newspapermen and national media figures including William Mullen Charles Margret and John Colburn. Saturday morning shows Kentucky Press Association business session and officer elections. Also note a civil suit partial settlement about welfare payment delays and a homicide case in McCracken County with Harring and Helen Broyles' deaths and a missing cash and jewelry amount.
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William B. Arthur
Kentucky
Look Magazine
National News Council
Arthur
University of Kentucky
Haw
William Mullen
National Newspaper Association
Charles Margret
Southern Railway System
John Colburn
Landmark Communications, Inc
Norfolk, Va
Kentucky Press Association
W. E. Crutcher
Morehead News
Albert P. Smith Jr
Logan Leader
News- Democrat
Russellville
Robert €. Carter
New Era
Hopkinsville
Israel and Egypt Open Talks on Peace Terms
United Press international reports Egypt and Israel have muted war talk and show willingness to negotiate peace terms. Israeli sources say an interim Syria-Golan agreement is not within reach while Syria seeks maximum territorial gains. Haaretz cites US discussions of long range contingency plans.
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Tarael
Egypt
Syria
Golan Heights
Jerusalem
Henry) Kissinger
Tal Aviv
Ha'aretz
Washington
United States
Israel
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Jordan
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