High court urged to disregard old charters on offshore fuel
A U S instructions argue the high court should reject pre Revolutionary charters claimed by 12 Atlantic Coast states as entitlements to offshore fuel resources. Lawyers cite English law and a three me rule in contest over seabed leases and federal control.
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Lugaerie
Atlantic
Mundies
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Ateasy
Equines Tratin Palais
Middle Atlantic
Chaggett
Supreme Court rebuffs bar second time
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider rulings allowing or disallowing antitrust claims against lawyers fees. The case centered on a Fairfax County Virginia bar fee schedule and whether lawyers’ fixed fees violate Sherman Antitrust Act exemptions for learned professions. The court will hear arguments in March or April and decide by June.
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District of Columbia
Fairfax County, Va
John W Dean
Supreme Court
Paul Kem Imbler
California
Reston
Lewis Goldfarb
Goldfarbs
Richmond
Ford urged to extend clemency program extension
President Ford is urged to extend the draft evaders and military deserters clemency program past its February 2 expiry. The Presidential Clemency Board, led by Charles E. Goodell, recommends extending to April 1 due to rising applications and staff additions to speed processing.
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Washington
Ford
Charles E. Goodell
Presidential Clemency Board
Goodell
Pranal
Clemency Board
Menho
ABA proposes new legal definition of death by brain function
The American Bar Association approved a resolution to redefine death as irreversible, total cessation of brain function. Demere and the Law and Medicine Committee say current state definitions rely on heartbeat and breathing, which can persist after brain activity stops, wasting resources. The delegates also backed broader changes to rape laws across states.
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Chicago
American Bar Assocation
McCarthy Demere
ABA’ Law and Medicine Committee
ABA
House of Delegates
Demere
Ford II Arrested for DUI in California
Henry Ford II, 57, chairman of Ford Motor Co., was arrested in Goleta on the wrong side of the road while driving drunk. Kathleen DuBoss, a Detroit model, rode with him but was not held. He spent over three hours in Santa Barbara jail, posted 375 bail, and was ordered to appear March 7 in Municipal Court.
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Calif
Henry Ford II
Kathleen DuBoss
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Sheriff's Department
HG. Hunt
California Highway Patrol
Goleta
Hunt
Detroit
Detroit Economic Club
William Goodell
California
Flu deaths dip nationwide during Feb week
Influenza related deaths fell sharply in the week ending February 15 across the country according to the CDC. The rate stayed above the epidemic threshold for a sixth straight week with 690 deaths in 121 cities, 151 percent above the center’s expected level but 126 below the February peak.
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National
Center For Disease Control
Charles Hoke
Center
U.S
Senate Studying 25th Amendment Revisions in Presidential Succession
Washington AP reports a Senate inquiry into revising the 25th Amendment to clarify presidential succession and removal. key figures include Birch Bayh Hathaway and Bush, with dates and process toward two thirds approval and three fourths ratification.
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Senate
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Nelson
House
Snowstorm roars across Midwest closing schools and sparking closures
A late-winter blizzard dumped 7 to 13 inches in parts of five states from Missouri to Minnesota. Strong winds up to 50 mph shredded travel, prompted highway and road closures, and trigger holiday school cancellations with gradual reopenings expected in Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin as clinics and businesses planned to resume today.
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Tennessee
Missisuppi
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Western
Illinoi
Student emulates St. Francis by living simply at Wenatchee church
Chester Robson a 19 year old Wenatchee Valley College freshman shaved comforts to study Franciscan life. He begged for food washed with melting snow slept on a church pallet walked everywhere and wore a brown robe. He faced stares and a police stop but pursued his aim to understand happiness in a life of minimal possessions.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Chester Robson
St. Francis
Wenatchee Valley College
East Wenatchee
Robson
Fire retardants raise fatal smoke risk in plastics
University of Utah researchers report that fire retardant treated polyurethane foams release bicyclic phosphate gases when burned. These fumes cause seizures and rapid death in rats, unlike gases from untreated plastics which mainly involve carbon monoxide.
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Science Magazine
Utah Flammability Research Center
EPA frees 5 billion for municipal waste plants
The EPA under a Supreme Court ruling released the final 5 billion of an 18 billion Congress authorization for municipal waste treatment plants. The money will be allocated to states and jurisdictions with a 25 percent local match, with projects proceeding as contracts are formed and construction begun. Allocation totals include Delaware 112.7 million, District of Columbia 145.0 million, Maryland 595.1 million, New Jersey 1.322 billion, Pennsylvania 998.0 million, and Virginia 503.6 million.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Supreme Court
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
U.S. Supreme Court
EPA
Russell E. Train
Train
U.S
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District of Columbia
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