Baker Begins Prison Term For Cheating
Robert G. "Bobby" Baker, once allied with Lyndon B. Johnson, begins a federal prison term at Lewisburg Penitentiary for larceny income tax evasion fraud and conspiracy. He faces 1 to 3 years with parole possible in December 1971 and mandatory release in April 1973 if not paroled.
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Lewisburg
Robert G
Bobby” Baker
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Baker
Pennsylvania
John Buck
U.S. Supreme Court
Ocean City
Noah Aldrich
Main Penitentiary
High Court Strikes Postal Power Over Obscene Mail
The Supreme Court unanimously held that post office officials cannot block or detain mail to dealers in obscene materials. Justice Brennan wrote the authority dating to 1890 violates the First Amendment. The ruling invalidates two laws: one allowing stamping mail unlawful and returning it, the other enabling court orders to detain obscenity traffic.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
California
Georgia
High Court
Justices Restrict South Annexations
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that hundreds of southern cities must seek federal approval for annexations and polling place changes that could affect black voters. Justice Brennan called on the Attorney General or a federal court to review moves in Alabama through North Carolina, with Justices Black dissenting on both points.
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Washington
South
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
U.S
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Nine Die in Fire at Kentucky Senior Home
A suburban Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home for Senior Citizens fire killed nine residents and injured 48 more. Survivors recalled heat and cracking walls as the blaze broke out around 2 15 a.m. EST. the building was evacuated and victims were taken to hospitals and nearby facilities.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Odie Branstetter
Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home
Ral
Alma Swain
Clara Egbert
Edith Johnson
Nora Strong
Frank Schobe
Effie Bates
Mary Smith
Ida Felerabend
Leon Grubbs
Grubbs
Paul Grubbs
Frankfort
Twin Cities Chit Chat Celebrates Sallie Smith’s 86th
Mrs Sallie Smith of 1508 4 Tim Street West Monroe turned a year older on Wednesday friends say she looks younger The event drew a large turnout of children and grandchildren. Parents Mr and Mrs William Watson of 1514 Spencer Monroe announce the birth of their first child a daughter Susan Michelle born Monday at St Francis Hospital Paternal grandmother Mrs Thomas Watson Sr maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Stephenson all of Monroe
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Sallie Smith
Tim St
West Monroe
William T. Watson
Spencer, Monroe
Susan Michelle
St. Francis Hospital
Thomas Watson Sr
John Stephenson
Monroe
Nixon Extends Olive Branch To Students
President Nixon urged unity between generations at a University of Nebraska convocation. He outlined a peace plan likely to succeed and pressed youth to tackle environment, urban, education, health, and equal opportunity issues. He spoke en route to Washington after a Western White House stay and called for positive enterprise over war concerns.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nixon
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Washington, D. C
White House
San Clemente
Calif
FTC Told Price Only Difference in Aspirin Brands
Washington AP report says price is the only difference among aspirin brands and liquid bleach. Rep. Fred Rooney urges FTC to require labeling and ads to state chemical sameness, endorsing a SAME petition from George Washington University law students demanding clear disclosures.
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FTC
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Fred B. Rooney
D-Penn
Miles Kirkpatrick
Madison Avenue
Rooney
George Washington University
Compromise On Auto Air Bags Nears Agreement
Nixon administration moves toward a compromise with automakers on air bag safety devices. The Transportation Department aims to begin front seat air bag installations by July 1, 1973 and extend deadlines for lighter models and rear seats, with manufacturers seeking further postponements.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
General Motors
Ford
Thundershowers Expected In Area
Weather forecast notes showers and thundershowers for the Twin Cities today and tonight with clearing later. Temperatures will fall tonight, highs 66 to 72 today, lows 28 to 34. Winds southeast 10 to 20 mph shifting to north, partly cloudy through Monday with a chance of showers Sunday and Monday.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Constitutional Revision Group Opens Meet
Baton Rouge Louisiana executives opened the constitutional revision conference to define needs for revising the lengthy state charter. Speakers urged a general overhaul and better distribution of power, with emphasis on reducing entrenched legal complexity and codifying key reforms.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Consttitutional Revision Commission
Louisiana
House
John S. Garrett
Haynesville
Commission
DeVan Daggett
Louisiana Legislative Council
Daggett
Walter W. Toxey
LSUNO
Toxey
Louisiana Law Institute
Oliver Stockwell
B52 Bombers Back Cambodia Push As Fighting Rages
U S B52 bombers joined the effort to reopen Highway 4 to Kompong Som amid heavy fighting near Pich Nil and Stone Chhay passes. South Vietnamese Cambodian troops pressed north and south with armor, claiming casualties were borne by enemy forces. Casualties for Americans last week totaled 27 killed and 27 nonhostile deaths, with 83 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Pich ‘Nil
Phnom Penh
Stone Chhay
Kompong Som
Strung Chhay
Pich Nil Pass
Stung Chhay
Indochina
Chuckle About Women's Lib Reframes Role Shift
Lighthearted note questions evolving gender norms as a hand once rocking the cradle now cradles a rock, reflecting joked reversal of traditional female roles.
Ouachita Families Are Highly Mobile
Ouachita Parish shows high mobility with 53 percent of residents over age five living in different houses than five years earlier. Of movers, 30 559 relocated within the county and 16 522 came from outside. Louisiana’s rate was 46 percent, national 47. Reasons include housing needs work changes job transfers and marital status shifts.
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New York
News Star
Ouachita Parish
United States
Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Solon Strain refuses immunity at Louisiana bribery inquiry
Louisiana Rep. James Strain refused to waive immunity to prosecution during district attorney Sargent Pitcher’s hearing on bribery allegations involving a governor’s ally. The committee voted to allow questioning without immunity, and Strain later agreed to testify before the Mafia probe panel. McKeithen denied the bribery charge as Strain also staged a mock funeral for bad government at the Capitol.
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Baton Rouge
James Strain
Dist
Sargent Pitcher
Strain
Robert Pugh
Shreveport
Pitcher
Capitol
Legislative
Rep
Pugh
John McKeithen
McKeithen
Huey Long
Nassersby
Louisiana
Dr. Strain
Mafia Committee
Richard Guidry
Galliano
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Robert G. Baker
Black
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Helen Turner
Skoun
Phaao
Solon Balks
Camden
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