Optional plan replaces mandatory universal voter registration
The administration agrees to make universal voter registration optional to avoid conflict. Frank Thompson and Vice President Mondale negotiated the concession, with a House floor vote expected next week.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
House Administration Committee
Walter Mondale
Thompson
House
Mondale
Carter
Congress
White House
Weather and local notices from July 16 1977
Partly cloudy warm humid with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Highs Sunday in upper 80s to lower 90s. Winds variable five to 10 mph, higher near storms. Also includes marriage license applications, a birth, and two deaths with names and locations.
All-Woman Jury Acquits Accused Rapist at Old Bailey
London report notes the first all-female jury in a British rape case acquits a 32-year-old married man aged 32 after he faced rape charges regarding a 19-year-old woman. The defendant argued the act was consensual, while the prosecution alleged force.
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London
API
Britain
Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
CIA Bares More Drug Testing Surges in Hidden Archives
Washington CIA disclosures reveal deeper drug testing on U.S. citizens including addicts and cancer patients. Turner reports 1953–64 activities in archived financial records, with names of agents and hospitals cited. Officials say no known deaths. secret programs halted over a decade ago.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
Inouye
Gas from hotel generator kills one at Landmark Hotel
Investigators say carbon monoxide from an auxiliary power generator caused a deadly gas spread at the Landmark Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. One man died and 138 were hospitalized or treated, with 91 still in hospital and 47 released. The dead man's name was not released in the report.
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Las Vegas, Nev
UPI
NL Woman To Undergo Rabies Shots
A 51 year old Irene Gessner was bitten by a bat while unloading wheat in New London. Tests prompted officials to require 14 rabies shots as a precaution though the bat showed no rabies signs. The bat was sent to the State Health Board for testing.
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New London
Irene Gessner
C. Ward Green
Green
State Health Board
Bowling Green
Gessner
Salary Dispute Halts Norwalk Teacher Talks
Norwalk City Schools administrators and teachers reached an impasse in contract talks after the June 7 approval of the four mill operating levy. The 2.54 percent raise, costing the district nearly seven percent more than last year, is contested with teachers seeking four percent more. An impasse board process is set to begin with appointed advisors, chairman, and a 30 day window for recommendations, which are non binding.
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Norwalk
Board of Educations
James Rulbright
Robert Dean
Norwalk Teachers’ Association
Impasse
Where's Charley? presentation at Towne and Country Theatre
Nowak The Towne and Country Theatre presents Where's Charley? for Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8. Performances take place at the theater on Main Street in Norwalk.
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Towne and Country Theatre
Charley
Main Street
Norwalk
Police protest pink patrol cars in Pasadena
The Pasadena Police Department rejects a fleet of 15 pink patrol cars, saying the paint is a thin glaze over red undercoats and should be repainted. A spokesman dismissed reports that pink was a serious community relations aim, calling it a joke.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Anita
Anita Bryant
Lawsuit Seeks 4.9 Million For Injured Teen
Randy Bonham, 15, of rural Plymouth, sues Michael Bonham, 16, of Plymouth, the estate of Raymond Enzor of Greenwich, and Holthouse Brothers Produce claiming severe head injuries and coma from a May 16 collision at Boughtonville and Walnut Roads. The suit seeks $4.9 million with a jury trial, alleging extensive medical care and lifelong impairment. Vlasta Janovich, Randy’s grandmother, filed the suit with attorney Robert McKowan of Shelby.
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Randy Bonham
Plymouth
Boughtonville
Walnut Roads
Michael Bonham
Randy
Raymond L. Enzor
Greenwich
Stanton and
Jordon Holthouse
Holthouse Brothers Produce
Enzor
Holthouse Company
Michael
Skinner Road
Vlasta Janovich
Robert McKowan
Shelby
Police Chief Arrested In Dial A Date Prostitution Ring
Leoni Township Police Chief Robert J. Baker along with two associates faced $10,000 bond and charges of conspiring to violate pandering laws as authorities disclosed a Dial A Date Escort Service operating in Jackson and Ingham Counties for at least five months. The service offered escorts for bachelor parties with a standard fee of 955 dollars and ads in three newspapers.
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Jackson, Mich
UPI
Jackson
Ingham
Leoni
Robert J. Baker
Darlene Brooks
James Jenson
Lansing
Baker
Donald Garrison
Jackson County
Ed Grant
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Lansing State Journal
The
State News
Michigan State University
Grant
Jackson County Clerk's Office
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Senate Transportation Committee
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Bellevue
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Lawrence and
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Los Angeles
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