Indian official offers unqualified apology for March arrest
New Delhi AP Indian Transport Ministry official Raj Bahadur told Parliament the arrest of actor Fredric March his wife Florence Eldridge and two friends on a prohibition charge was a mistake. He said he hopes the U S Congress will accept the apology as charges were dropped after four ounces of liquor were found at a Madras State roadblock. The incident sparked criticism over tourist harassment as India sought to attract visitors.
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India
Fredric March
Raj Bahadur
Transport Ministry
U.S. Congress
March
Florence Eldridge
Burrill Crohn
New York
South India
Madras
Girl Testimony Leads to Murder Verdict for Mother
Deborah Louise Ahten, 9, testified how her mother shot her father during a February incident after a tavern tour with both parents. The jury sentenced Mrs. Albert Ahten, 30, to five years in jail, and the child asked that she be placed with her grandmother.
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Houston
Tex
Albert Ahten
Deborah Louise Ahten
Daddy
Mama
Grand Style of Teaching Dinner Review Session
Dr. William Kluback, history professor at Oakland Center, MSU, plans a grand style review session for Western Civilization. About 150 students will attend a dinner meeting while faculty and staff will wait on tables and wash dishes. The event originated last semester following a class request and previous late dinner session.
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Rochester, Mich
William Kluback
Oakland Center
Michigan State University
Drunk Driver Testifies About Broken Bottle Remains
John E. Gallagher, 43, of Penn Hills, on trial for drunken driving, testified that nips from broken liquor bottles spilled at a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board warehouse left him tipsy after he drank the remnant liquor through a handkerchief. He was fined $150.
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Pittsburgh
John E. Gallagher
Penn Hills
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Gallagher
Western horses trained to fall without injury under code
The American Humane Association oversees animal action in motion pictures under the motion picture code ensuring horses in cowboy Westerns fall safely when staged to be shot, protecting animals during filming.
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The
American Humane Assn
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