Judge dismisses $11 million NBC damage suit
A San Francisco judge dismissed an $11 million damage suit by a 13 year old girl who alleged NBC's Born Innocent inspired a sexual assault by youths. The judge ruled the program protected by the First Amendment and that the plaintiff failed to prove deliberate incitement.
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San Francisco
UPI
NBC
Marvin Lewis
Lewis
California Court of Appeal
Robert L. Dossee
Floyd Abrams
Dossee
Supervisors Liable Over 25 DOT Patronage Firings
Springfield Illinois UPI reports a ruling by U S District Judge J Waldo Ackerman holds state personnel supervisors personally liable for firing 25 Transportation Department patronage workers in 1973. The decision awards compensatory damages including back pay and may set broader limits on patronage in civil service.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
William S. Hanley
Daniel Walker
U.S
J. Waldo Ackerman
White House
Ackerman
Hanley
Bond
Transportation
Walker
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Stu Gresham
Tracking bad check suspect to Michigan's Upper Peninsula
A man sought by Eau Claire police for passing more than 21,000 in bad checks may head to Michigan. S. Claude Bates, 34, was last seen in Rockford Illinois after selling a 5700 organ bought with a worthless check. FBI says he was spotted in a Vilas County tavern seeking the quickest route to the Upper Peninsula.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Eau Claire
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
FBI
S. Claude Bates
Rockford
Ill
Bates
Vilas County
Federal agents probe Las Vegas police link to mob
Federal strike force investigations tie Las Vegas Metropolitan Police to underworld leaks through a Las Vegas connection. FBI searches targeted Officer Joe Blasko and Allen Glick of Argent Corp, with probes into loansharking and gambling and reports of confidential police materials at Argent. The CNIN and LEIU suspended Metro, while Sheriff Ralph Lamb’s political rival McCarthy faced shifts in narcotics leadership amid the turmoil.
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Las Vegas, Ney
UPI
Underworld
FBI
Joe Blasko
Chicago
Tony Spilotro
Nevada
Federal
Allen Glick
Argent Corp
Metropolitan Police Department
Glick
Federal Strike Force
Spilotro Controls
Stardust
Fremont
James Powers
Las Vegas Metropolitan
Blasko
McCarthy
Lamb
Bill Conger
Chuck Martin
Don Denison
Ash Hanief
Clark County
California Narcotics Intelligence Network
Ralph Lamb
Thompson family welcomes Samantha to executive mansion
Governor James R. Thompson and his wife Jayne bring newborn Samantha Jayne Thompson from Memorial Medical Center to the Illinois governor’s mansion. Samantha, born by cesarean on Thursday, becomes the first child of a sitting Illinois governor in 72 years.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Samantha Jayne Thompson
Executive Mansion
Jayne
James R. Thompson
Memorial Medical Center
Illinois
Samantha
Thompson
Musician Buddy Harper Encourages Inmates to Keep Time
Buddy Harper, 75, a famed pianist and composer from the big-band era, travels California prisons to train inmate musicians. At Soledad Correctional Training Facility he plans a big show and hopes Gov Brown and others attend. He teaches, writes music, and acts as an instructor to keep inmates engaged through music.
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Harper
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Fats Waller
Nat ‘King’ Cole
Lena Horne
Correction
Soledad
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Bilandic Defends No Written Contracts With City Unions
Chicago Mayor Bilandic defends the no written contract policy for public employee unions, defending Daley era practice as unions in Chicago are favored. AFL-CIO leader Meany criticizes city and backs firefighters union demands while Muscare threatens a winter strike if bargaining fails.
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UPI
Michael A. Bilandic
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Bilandic
Frank Muscare
Richard J. Daley
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