Two Americans Escape From Mexican Prison Tunneling Under
In Ciudad Juarez two American inmates John Marshall of Detroit and Robert Fisher of Los Angeles escaped from a northern Mexican penitentiary by tunneling underneath the facility between 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday. The jail director Fernando Hinojosa confirmed their identities and escape timing.
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Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
John Marshall
Detroit
Robert Fisher
Los Angeles
Fernando Hinojosa
Boa constrictor found in car at Maryland wash
In Dundalk Maryland Brian Berkeridge noticed a hiss from his car. A five foot boa constrictor crawled from the grill prompting troopers to guide it into a trash can. Owner John Hauserman of Towson later claimed the pet escaped during exercise.
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Dundalk
Brian Berkeridge
Berkeridge
James Emerick
Francis France
John Hauserman
Towson
Former Texas justice sued for unpaid promissory note
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Donald B. Yarbrough faces a state district court suit over an allegedly unpaid 6777 dollar promissory note used to cover unpaid rent on an office he formerly occupied. George M. Ragsdale filed the action Thursday.
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Houston
Texas Supreme Court
Donald B. Yarbrough
George M. Ragsdale
State District Court
Nuclear material ripped off by inquiry finds agency belief
A congressional staff investigator reports that one intelligence agency believes nuclear material was stolen or mishandled. The disclosure highlights concerns over security and oversight in the handling of sensitive radioactive substances.
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Jeffrey Mills
Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
House Commerce Subcommittee
Robert W. Fri
Energy Research and Development Administration
Fri
Lee V. Gossick
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Subcommittee
Michael Ward
John Dingell
Dmich
Mitchell approved break in and bugging of Huey Newton
Los Angeles AP reports a document cited by the Los Angeles Times states former Attorney General John N. Mitchell approved a 1970 request by J Edgar Hoover to break in and bug Huey Newton's apartment. The memo dated Nov 20 1970 seeks telephone taps and hidden microphone surveillance.
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Atty
John N. Mitchell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Huey Newton
Los Angeles Times Today
Leonard Weinglass
Oakland Municipal Court
Newton
Weinglass
Jane Fonda
Ite
Hoover
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United States
Cuba
Boise fire center fights western forest blazes
In Boise Idaho the interagency fire center coordinates the battle against vast wildfires across seven western states. More than 1 000 seasoned firefighters remain on duty and about 2 000 have been dispatched since Thursday. Crews rest, train, and are airlifted to hotspots as East and Southeast teams join locals in a tense, around the clock operation.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Park Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
California
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Wesern United States
Rol Bjornsen
Arnold Hartigan
Knoxville
Tenn
Woman advocate questions lasting equal rights for women
Dr. Nikki Van Hightower, Houston’s prominent woman advocate, doubts full equality within her lifetime as she predicts she will be ousted when a new mayor is elected. The UH associate professor and former city official cites ongoing backlash, recalls district shifts, and notes gains like jail improvements and nontraditional job training, while addressing stereotypes and the lesbian label attached to feminism.
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Associated Press
Houston (Ap
Nikki van Hightower
City of
Houston
van Hightower
University of Houston
Confucius
Fred Hotheinz
Woman Advocate
Hofheinz
Dr. van Hightower
Irvin C. Hightower
United States
Shearing sheriff arrest sparks high court appeal
A Texas sheriff who ordered hair shaving of long haired male arrestees faced a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The case stemmed from an appeal by 15 youths, including two minors, after a Beaumont jury sided with then Sheriff John Hoyt and four deputies following a two week trial. Nine youths testified they were shaved and six said they were sprayed with mace while in jail for assorted misdemeanor arrests between February 1973 and.
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Texas
San Augustine
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Hoyt
Beaumont
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