Alabama Guard Officers Axed By Hatchet Act
The commander and nine ranking Alabama Air National Guard officers were fired from full-time posts for alleged Hatch Act violations related to illegal campaign funds solicited during the 1970 gubernatorial race. Maj. Gen. G. Reid Doster lost command as part of the shakeup. Calhoun sought a federal injunction over alleged harassment after refusing a $100 donation request.
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Alabama Guard
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Air National Guard
Hve
Alabama Adj
Charles A. Rollo
G. Reid Doster
Guard
Rollo
Doster
Alabama
John B. Calhoun
Calhoun
Legislature Will Pay For Bingo
Hartford Connecticut AP reports the Judiciary Committee plans an April 13 alcohol driving test in the state Capitol using a borrowed driving machine. A volunteer will drive after consuming alcoholic beverages to measure skill at different blood alcohol levels. The test compares 15 percent current limit with 10 percent proposed by Gov. Meskill.
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Hartford, Conn
Judiciary Committee
State Capitol
Connecticut Safety Commission
Thomas J. Meskill
Gilligan Rejects Ohio Railpax Losses Aiding Lake Erie Route
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan said Ohio would not subsidize railroad losses to revive passenger service along Lake Erie's southern coast. He directed officials to convene a multistate meeting to push Railpax plans, citing 150000 riders on the Chicago to Cleveland to Buffalo line in 1969 and noting the six-state representation in Congress.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Lake Erie
National Railroad Transportation Corp
Railpax
Gilligar
World Trade Association
Gilligan
Erie
Toledo
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Henry W. Eckhart
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
House of Representatives
House
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Detroit
Owner Fined For Pooche Mess In Street
NUTLEY New Jersey AP A Municipal Court judge fined James Forney ten dollars for failing to clean up after his Great Dane Snoopy while walking in the street He is the first charged under a new ordinance. Forney said he will appeal the law's constitutionality in higher courts The judge limited his ruling to whether the ordinance was violated and left the constitutional issue for another court to decide.
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Nutley
N. J
James Forney
Snoopy
Forney
E. J. Joerg
Columbus TV Personality Gene Fullen Dies in Cleveland
Veteran Columbus broadcaster Leslie E Gene Fullen died in Cleveland Clinic Thursday night He was a familiar WTVN radio and WTVN TV figure and co host of Dialing for Dollars and emcee of the Pinbusters bowling show He also hosted a Saturday morning radio program.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus
Leslie E
Gene” Fullen
Cleveland
Fullen
WTVN
Wtvn-Tv
Gas Stolen From Pump At Madison High School
Madison High School assistant principal Walker Williamson reports gasoline theft at a pump near the school in Middletown. Butler County police officer Donald E. Burns says an undetermined amount was taken this week, with one sighting of a car speeding away after breaking a lock.
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Walker Williamson
Madison High School
Middletown
Butler County
Ptl
Donald E. Burns
Judge hopes ruling on bookstore indictments is reversed
Cincinnati judge Frank Gusweiler quashed indictments against seven employees at Trans Media News and Seventh Street News Stores for sale of obscene literature. He said he followed a U S District Court decision requiring a prior obscenity hearing before arrests, a hearing not held in these cases. Hamilton County Prosecutor Simon Leis Jr. plans to appeal.
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Cincinnati
Frank Gusweiler
Gusweiler
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
U. S. District Court
Trans Media News
Seventh Street News
Hamilton County
Simon Leis Jr
Indiana May Lose Welfare Aid Over Inflation Rules
Washington AP reports Indiana and Nebraska face potential loss of 54 million dollars in federal welfare aid next week if they fail to align welfare systems with federal inflation adjustments. Indiana moved to pass emergency legislation, while Nebraska lawmakers await final readings.
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Washington
Indiana
Nebraska
Edgar D. Whitcomb
California
Missouri
Connecticut
Arizona
Duke Visits Cub Scouts at Maple Park School
The Cub Scout Pack 98 meeting at Maple Park School featured an awards presentation led by Allan Banks Kerry Ellis Ricky Perkins Tony Perry Billy Bowing Tommy Smith Mike Townsend Steve Hayes Allen Tolson Andy Szabo Tom Hagins Vincent Chandler Dwayne Planck Charles Loop Ricky South Jeff Bail Tim Pressler Everett Weeks Dan Singer and David Engel. Duke the police dog then displayed and a film on police dogs was shown.
Sailor from Ohio Dies in Groton Home Fire
North Stonington police say Spencer Leo Kealin 33, a Navy submariner stationed at Groton, was killed Thursday in a house fire. The Ohio resident lived in Chillicothe and died at the scene on the town’s fire call.
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North Stonington, Conn
Spencer Leo Kealin
Chillicothe
Ohio
U.S. Navy
Groton
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George C. Wallace
Wallace
Harry Walker
Greenville
S.C
University of South Carolina
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Pooche
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Mobley
Carew
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CIRE
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