Multiple AP items span Texas and beyond in brief form
A string of terse AP briefs covers varied topics from Texas board actions on medical liability insurance to air service battles in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Other items report Southwestern Bell settling a multimillion-dollar suit in San Antonio, a grand jury probe in El Paso over cocaine sales, an AFL-CIO lobbyist on Louisiana payroll, a White House denial about Watergate figures, Rev Lea Joyner's long ministry, and Kilgore College drill team and band planning a Hong Kong trip.
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Austin
Texas International
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Charles Murphy
Harlingen
Southwest Airlines
Rio Grande Valley
Free spirit escapes run wild across U S animals roam
A loose wallaroo in California a capybara herd on hills and elephants marching in Meadville along with a prize bull chasing sheriff's deputies in Lima show animals breaking free as summer frenzies grip cops and zookeepers. Zoo official Frank Coghlan cites poor security and notes some animals wander off due to loneliness while others return on their own.
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TATRO
Associated Press
Capybaras
California
Meadville
Lima
Ohio
Frank Coghlan
Los Angeles Zoo
Fresno
Calif
Reeding Park
Ink Spots bass recounts glory in nostalgic sounds
Altoona Iowa AP. Jimmy Gilmore recalls the Ink Spots era as he listens to scratchy 78s and sings If I Didn't Care. He reflects on 1940s through 60s music telling stories through song while detailing his 18 years with the group. Nearby wild animal chases and odd zoo notes pepper the page.
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Altoona
Iowa
Ink Spots
Mills Brothers
Jimmy Gilmore
Gilmore
The
Boola
Vicksburg
Miss
St. Louis
Ollie Crawford
Deck Watson
Ollie
Crawford
Emmetsburg
Thang Steel
Attorneys bypassing amendment at ABA meeting in Montreal
American Bar Association delegates postponed action on a prostitution legalization amendment after a two hour debate during the Montreal meeting. The session ended with a dinner where Leon Jaworski received the top award for innovative contribution to American jurisprudence. The blocked issue involved whether ABA should back the Senate S-1 bill recodifying federal criminal law.
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Montreal
American Bar Association
House of Delegates
ABA
Leon Jaworski
Miami Beach faces total tourism collapse without aid
Miami Beach leaders warn the resort town could become a ghost town unless emergency funding is approved for beach restoration and a national publicity push. Officials seek $2 million, counting on federal grants and Treasury help while pledging relief for hotel renovations. A GOP convention in 1976 offers a slim bright spot amid a bleak tourism outlook.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Herbert Schiffman
Art Weider
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Texas
Joe Christie
Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association
Airlines
Bell Santel
San Antonio
Tex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
San Antonio Telephone Co
Santel
U.S. District Court
John H. Woods Jr
Bell System
Bell Network
EL Paso
U.S
George Hirsch
Moonlighter
Baton Rouge
Afl-Cio
Louisiana Labor Department
John L. Avant
Avant
Monroe
Lea Joyner
Women’s Liberation Movement
Rangerettes
Hong Kong
Kilgore, Tex
Kilgore College
Lilly
Bass Recounts
Glory
Isa
Oklahoma
Mommy
New York City
Chicago
Kinky the Kangaroo
Illinois
Kinky
Irvine
Orange County
Capy
Clyde Beatty
Cole Brothers Circus
Commie Hunters
Braga
Portugal
Portugese Communist Party
Great American Bank
Johnny Malcolm
Boston
Johnny
Liberty
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