Man on probation avoids jail after nine hours in courthouse
Sammy Lee Fleming waited all day at the Dade County Courthouse to begin a 60 day term for buying and concealing stolen goods. An assistant public defender urged the judge to grant a second chance. The judge reduced the sentence to probation after Fleming’s wife had given birth.
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Miami
Sammy Lee Fleming
Dade County
Fleming
Roy Black
Black
Alfonso C. Sepe
Happy Fleming
Ohio Auto Makers Sued Over Pollution Controls
Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown filed an antitrust suit against Ford General Motors Chrysler American Motors and the Automotive Manufacturers Association seeking a federal injunction to require installation of pollution control devices on cars manufactured since 1953 and licensed in Ohio. The suit asks for treble damages for Ohioans and cites a 1953 start date, with identical actions filed by Kentucky and Alabama in federal court. Brown calls it a protective action to preserve the case if the Supreme Court does not hear the earlier suit.
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Columbus, Ohio
William J. Brown
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
Brown
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Alabama
Edge for woman chaplain changes college counseling tone
At the University of Maryland, Rev. Elizabeth Platz, 29, America's first woman Lutheran minister, says she gains leverage from a mother image when counseling students. She notes some windfalls and conflicts, including a CO decision by a student after talks on draft laws. Platz represents Maryland Lutherans in parishes across the region and seeks outreach to small rural congregations.
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College Park
America
Sunena Brace
Ing College
Elzabeth Platz
University of Maryland
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Platz
Washington, D.C
Ohio Governor pushes environmental rights and strict controls
Gov. John J. Gilligan announced a package to stop environmental damage including a constitutional environmental bill of rights, tougher air and water laws, and a one degree water temperature limit. He seeks state regulation of nuclear facilities, flood plain management, and stricter local air standards with pollution control costs borne by municipalities or industry. a Port Clinton nuclear plant would face a $10 million extra cost, likely passed to consumers.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Port Clinton
Weather outlook for southwestern Ohio brings rain likely
The forecast calls for warm and possibly wet conditions in southwestern Ohio tomorrow. A low in the 40s tonight followed by a Sunday high in the low 70s. Expect cloudy skies Sunday with a chance of showers and a possible thundershower.
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Ohio
Victory claimed in Laos operation near border
Saigon field officers announced a Laos operation near the border would wrap in about two weeks with some troops staying at border posts. Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu said Saigon's 1st Infantry Division had decimated Hanoi’s 559th Logistics Command, a 25,000-man force servicing the Ho Chi Minh trail through southern Laos. His unit had engaged four of the eight logistics units south of Highway 9.
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Saigon
Laos
Associated Press
George Esper
Ham Nghi
Pham van Phu
Hanoi
559Th
Phu
Esper
Sepone
Delta One
Sophia
U.S
Senate Passes $5 Billion Social Security Increase
The Senate approved a $5 billion Social Security boost aimed at increasing checks for about 26 million Americans by 10 to 56 percent retroactive to January 1 and payable in June. The move raises benefits and payroll taxes, with a plan to seek quick House-Senate conferees for final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Widows Testify on Foreboding Deaths at Hyden Mine Blast
In Hazard Kentucky eight widows testified as hearings into the Hyden mine disaster continued. They recalled husbands warning of danger and noted violations such as smoking underground and use of primer cord. A co owner faced testimony while investigators linked the blast to a high explosive fuse used to clear rock for equipment.
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Hazard, Ky
Hyden
Alfred Gibson
Charles Finley
Hurricane Creek
Leslie County
Washington
Justice Department
Lawrence Gray
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Thomas Mark
Mark
Rockwell Kent Dies at 88 in New York State
Plattsburgh New York AP Rockwell Kent an outspoken artist long critiqued for his politics died aged 88 after a period of ill health He was hospitalized March 2 at Champlain Valley Medical Center and his ailment was not disclosed Kent was a Renaissance man with work in lithography farming poetry architecture exploration and Great Dane breeding His paintings are in major U S museums including the Metropolitan Chicago Art Institute and galleries in Washington Pittsburgh Los Angeles and San Francisco
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
Rockwell Kent
New York City
Champlain Valley Medical Center
Kent
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chicago Art Institute
Washington
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Whitney M. Young Jr. Funeral Planned in New York
A U S Air Force C135 carried Whitney M. Young Jr. body from Lagos to New York for services with civil rights leaders and officials attending. Young, 49, died of a heart attack and water intake after swimming in the Atlantic. Nixon dispatched the jet and will attend the funeral. The body will later travel by train to Louisville and burial is planned in Lexington.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Whitney M. Young Jr
New York
U.S
Nixon
Young
National Urban League
Atlantic
Donald Rumsfeld
Arneta Boswell
Rumsfeld
Office of Economic Opportunity
Urban League
Louisville
Bie
Lexington
Roy Glenn Actor Known For Film Roles Dies
Roy Glenn, 56, actor who played Sidney Poitier's father in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and appeared in The Great White Hope, died Friday likely from a heart attack in Los Angeles, AP reports.
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Los Angeles
Roy Glenn
Sidney Poitier
Sunay Moves to Form Turkish Government After Coup
In Ankara President Cevdet Sunay began forming a new government after Premier Demirel and his cabinet resigned to avert a military takeover. four generals who backed Demirel’s fall issued a communique accusing the Justice party of letting the nation drift into anarchy. Sunay planned to meet party leaders Sunday to pursue a coalition headed by an independent acceptable to the military. The generals warned the military would seize power if the new government failed to restore order and public support. Turks reacted quietly as the armed forces were placed on alert and usual fears were canceled.
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Ankara
Turkey
Cevdet Sunay
Suleyman Demirel
Demirel
Justice Party
Sunay
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