Atlantic City legalizes casino gambling inNew Jersey
Gov Brendan Byrne signed a bill to legalize casino gambling in Atlantic City amid warnings from police that crime groups eye profits. The law restricts hours 18 on weekdays 20 on weekends holidays and allows liquor at tables and Las Vegas style revues while safeguards aim to keep organized crime out.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Brendan T. Byrne
Byrne
Las Vegas
London
Nevada
Carlo Gambino
New York
Angelo Bruno
Philadelphia
Joseph Lazarow
Playboy International
Loew’s
Caesar’s Palace
Resorts International
Bahamas
Second probe in boating death in two state inquiry
Ballard County attorney says he is ready to proceed in the death of Ernest Jones, 24, who died after being dropped into the Ohio River near Cairo during boat horseplay. An Alexander County coroner's jury ruled Jones died of shock, not drowning, prompting cross state investigation and civil rights criticism. The Paducah Coast Guard said the Marine Safety Office checks for negligence and violations.
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Cairo, Ill
UPI
Ballard County
Kentucky
Cairo
Ohio River
Ernest Jones
Alexander County
Jones
William Shadoan
Wickliffe
Shadoan
Charles Keen
Cairo United Front, Inc
United Front
Illinois
William Scott
U.S. Justice Department
U. Civil Rights Commission
Keen
Clinton Thurston
Thurston
Ohio
Cairo Point
Paducah
Coast Guard
John Bailey
Marine Safety Office
Grant cooperatives win approval for crop loan authority
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland approved grain marketing cooperatives to obtain federal crop support loans for their members. The plan, debated since the Johnson and Nixon administrations, aims to help co-ops market grain by enabling them to hold and manage large stocks, following review of over 5,000 comments.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Bergland
Johnson and Nixon
Bergland
Folger’s Cuts Coffee Price To $3.98 A Pound
Folger Coffee Co lowers wholesale list price from $4.18 to $3.98 citing declines in imported green coffee. The cut follows a year high of $4.46 a pound and precedes potential retail reductions. Generals Foods and Safeway note mixed responses as coffee prices stabilize after Brazil’s 1975 frost impact.
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Roz Liston
United Press International
Folger Coffee Co
Folger
Brazil
White Plains
N.Y
General Foods Corp
General Foods
Maxwell House
U.S
Safeway Stores Inc
Oakland
Calif
Thompson Calls Justice System Cruel for Law Abiding Citizens
Gov. James R. Thompson told a Chicago Crime Commission luncheon that Illinois must reform crime laws to deter youth crime. He urged classifying dangerous-weapon crimes as Class X felonies with six years to life, and proposed life without parole after three Class X offenses.
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Thompson
Chicago
UPI
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Chicago Crime Commission
U.S
American soybean growers see no threat from Malaysian palm oil
Bergland, departing on a three week Asian tour to Malaysia and Indonesia, says palm oil is not disruptive to American soybeans and will not be pressed to curb palm oil expansion. He opposes international loans financing palm oil for shipment to the United States but does not view palm oil as a threat.
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Washington
UPI
Malaysia
Indonesia
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Ford Administration
State Department
United States
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Rent Rinsenvac
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Main and
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Procter & Gamble Co
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Perge
John D. Marx
Coal City
Pittsburgh
S. Broadway
Dr. Scholl
Maybelline Cosmetics
Liberty
Rob't. Chitwood
Well Ana
Tri-County
John Hancock
Philip O. Munson
Conley & Coleman Agency, Inc
Morris
Moniek
Life Insurance
Tom Dunn
First National Bank of Morris
W. Main St
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