Promoter accuses federal officials of harassment and wiretaps
Washington AP Florida promoter Glenn W Turner filed a U S district court suit naming IRS FTC SEC postmaster general attorney general and U S attorney for the middle district of Florida as defendants He alleges abusive investigative tactics including illegal wiretaps and seeks access to his Orlando files and unspecified damages Turner's companies face tax liens and prior indictments on mail fraud tied to distributorships for Koscot and Dare To Be Great The suit claims widespread private suits against him and 1000 plus actions in 42 states
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Washington
Florida
Glenn W. Turner
U.S. District Court
Turner
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Atty
Elliot Richardson
John Briggs
U.S
Middle District of Florida
Koscot Interplentary, Inc
Dare To Be Great, Inc
Orlando
Operator In Dispute Over Tornado Alerts
In Fort Smith Arkansas Luella Almond a telephone operator disputes Southwestern Bell Tele phone Co over leaving switch boards during tornado warnings. She and two others were suspended for one day for leaving their stations when a siren sounded. The firm says safety and weather alerts justify management decisions. Almond argues she would seek medical or weather guidance and not rely on company policy.
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Fort Smith. Ark
Luella Almond
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Almond
Reynold
Lack of Fuel Hampers Wheat Harvest in North Texas
In Wichita Falls Texas AP report farmers face reduced harvest due to fuel shortages and apathy toward the federal allocation program. Custom combine crews struggle to obtain fuel for field travel and are restricted after arrival, threatening the bumper wheat crop. Harvest starts in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma and moves northward and westward.
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North
Texas
Oklahoma
Red Grain Discussions Unfruitful
Washington AP The Agriculture Department maintains the Moscow trip by Assistant Secretary Carroll G Brunthauer yielded no new insight into U S grain purchases by the Soviet Union The mission focused on cooperative activities and information exchange Rep John Melcher pressed for details on whether Russians disclosed their needs including diesel fuel for combines amid a likely bumper Texas Oklahoma and Kansas wheat harvest and a rushed move of grain by trucks to Fort Worth Corpus Christi and Houston due to diesel shortages and rail car scarcity
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Agriculture Department
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
Carroll G. Brunthauer
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Kansas
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
Houston
Soldier Arrested In Slaying Of Teen Girl
An Army specialist 4 George H. Newberry, 27, was arrested on first degree murder charges in the early Tuesday death of Barbara Childs, 18, of Pine Bluff Arkansas. Walton County deputies say Newberry was spotted with torn clothes and sand on him after a Tuesday stop near the beach where the body was found. The victim was abducted while walking near a Destin motel, beaten, strangled, raped, shot three times and drowned. Newberry, assigned to Ft. Benning, Ga, was jailed in Crestview Okaloosa County without bond after officers say he was identified in connection with the case.
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George H. Newberry
Barbara Childs
Pine Bluff
Ark
Walton County
Sam Campbell
Newberry
Campbell
Henry
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Destin
Miss Childs
Destiny
Okaloosa County
Crestview
Fort Walton Beach
U.S. Army Recreation Center
Ft. Benning
Gulf Coast Beach
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