India Royalty Restored By Court Ruling
The Supreme Court of India revived princely status for impoverished maharajas, ruling Indira Gandhi's abolition of titles unconstitutional. The decision restored 278 maharajas and their privy purses of 6.4 million dollars annually, plus tax exemptions, utilities, medical allowances, and duty-free imports. The court voided the presidential decree and barred government action against the princes.
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New Delhi
Indian Supreme Court
India
Indira Gandhi
Beauticians Battle Law Over Barber Duties in Maryland
A three judge federal court will hear whether Maryland law allowing separate barber duties is legal. Four beauty shop owners allege restrictions on cutting men’s hair. the state argues the law protects the public. The Board of Cosmetologists licenses shops. barbers focus on cutting hair. Judge Roszel C. Thomson has halted action against the beauty shop owners until the case is resolved.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Francis B. Bureh
Thomas N. Biddison Sr
Beauticians
Roszel C. Thomson
State Board of Barber Examiners
Safer Cars Slash U S Road Toll in 1970 Drop
Government auto safety chief Douglas W. Toms says safer cars will reduce the 1970 highway death toll by about 1,100, with a potential 3,700 fewer deaths next year. First significant drop since 1957, due to better roads, licensing, drunk-driving programs, and improved driving habits, among other factors. The 1970 toll is estimated at 55,300. A federal court panel sits Friday with judges Sobeloff and Miller.
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Washington
Douglas W. Toms
Transportation Department
National Highway Safety Bureau
Toms
U S To Open Bids For Offshore Oil Rights
The Interior Department opens bids today in an offshore oil lease sale delayed by pollution concerns from sea bottom wells. Bids come from 127 tracts off Louisiana's western coast in 500 foot deep water, with potential federal receipts from 200 million to 1 billion dollars. Decisions on accepted bids will be announced Wednesday.
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New Orleans
Interior Department
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Santa Barbara
California
Gulf
Washington
United States
Cameron, la
Texas
Garage Five Kills Baltimore Couple
A city man James Jackson, 48, and an unidentified woman died when a car burned in a southwest Baltimore garage around 5 a.m. Firefighters found the pair in the vehicle and Jackson’s car appeared to have caught fire as he tried to start it. They were pronounced dead at Lutheran Hospital.
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Baltimore
James Jackson
Jackson
Lutheran Hospital
Calley Witnesses Blame Medina In My Lai Case
In a Fort Benning court martial scene, five witnesses testified that Captain Ernest Medina directed the “search and destroy” mission toward My Lai and Pinkville. They described orders to kill civilians and destroy the village, framing Calley as following higher orders in the murder case involving 102 civilian deaths.
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Medina
My Lai
Benning
William Calley Jr
Ernest Medina
Charlie Company
Pinkville
Martin Fagan
Ft. Hood
Tex
Ft. Campbell
Viet Cong
NVA
Elmer Haywood
Baytown
Gene R. Oliver Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
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John B. Connally
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Bes
Tatap
Barton Distilling Co
Bardstown
Nelson County
Kentucky
Omachive
Hiltner Way
General Electric
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