Dolly Parton Sued for Breach of Contract in Rochester
Rochester based Packaged Country Music Inc. files a $375,000 breach of contract suit against Dolly Parton alleging she failed to appear at 13 concerts across the Northeast and eastern Canada in late 1976. Parts spokesmen in Los Angeles deny knowledge of the suit and Parton could not be reached for comment.
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Packaged Country Music Inc
Hos
Miss Parton
Singer
Northeast
M T
Canada
Los Angeles
FCC Adopts Plain English CB Rules Amid Lighthearted Probe
Washington AP reports the Federal Communications Commission will implement plain English CB rules by Aug 1. Commissioner Joseph Fogarty delivered a tongue in cheek finale praising the effort as a salutary re regulation and urged a simple approach to governance.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Joseph R Fogarty
Fogarty
Fords Move Into New Desert Mansion In Palm Springs
Former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford are moving into a 15 room Palm Springs mansion this week. An aide said furniture was being moved in as landscaping and finishing touches are completed after delays from heavy rains pushed completion into this month.
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Palm Springs
Calif
White House
Gerald Ford
Betty
French horses tied to venereal disease in Kentucky
The Agriculture Department says stallions imported from France may be the source of a venereal horse disease found in Kentucky. Imports of breeding horses were banned on September 9 after European outbreaks emerged. The department notes the Kentucky case may predate the ban and that the disease does not affect humans.
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Washington
France
Kentucky
Agriculture Department
Department
Recluse Martha Marine Dies Rich After Squalid Life
Coffeyville Kansas reports Martha Marine a destitute recluse who died at 64 from tetanus after living in a dirty home. Neighbors recall ducks and chickens, large holdings include AT&T stock and 50 to 100 acres near Los Angeles. A Riggs National Bank trust hinted at a much larger fortune with no known will.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Martha Marine
Larry Murdock
Miss Marine
Murdock
At&t
Los Angeles
Riggs National Bank
Washington, D.C
Billy Carter gasoline probe seeks independent prosecutor
Two congressmen urged Attorney General Griffin Bell to appoint an independent prosecutor to examine whether Billy Carter, President Carter’s brother, received favorable gasoline allocations from Georgia’s emergency stockpiles. The inquiry links to a Georgia Energy Office director aligned with governor Carter, amid claims of politically connected dealerships benefiting from 84,000 gallons sent to Billy Carter in 1974.
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Washington
Griffin B. Bell
Carter
Billy
Plains, Ga
John D. Dingle
John E. Moss
Bell
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Georgia
Dingle
Moss
Georgia Energy Office
Jimmy Carter
Georgia Energy
American Oil Co
Billy Carter
Move blockade escalates as Philadelphia police seal MOVE house
Police set up a four block blockade around the MOVE group in West Philadelphia as officers move to starve out fugitive members. MOVE says it has food for a year and will fire only if forced to storm the house, where 25 people are believed to be inside.
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Philadelphia
MOVE
State Supreme Court
Powelton United
West Philadelphia
Edward Africa
Africa
Frank Rizzo
Sheldon Albert
Albert
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