Michigan $5 marijuana fine vs Texas nine-year sentence
Michigan state efforts to decriminalize marijuana clash with Texas harsher penalties. Rep Ron Waters argues Ann Arbor’s $5 private use fine contrasts with Texas’ nine-year average prison term. Supporters urge legalization and distribution, while critics call Texas laws extreme.
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Robert Heard
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Ann Arbor
Mich
Texas
Ron Waters
Houston
Waters
House
Michigan
Richard Alexander
Austin
Ducky Pond at Castalia a Busy Rest Stop for Migrants
Castalia Ohio hosts a pond fed by Cold Creek that rarely freezes attracting migrating waterfowl. Resident ducks serve as live decoys for visiting birds and local families like Mrs Thomas Handy and Buffy Joey and Tommy provide bread handouts when food runs short. Buffy even wades into the water to provoke a splashy duck response.
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Castalia
Ohio
Cold Creek
Thomas Handy
Buffy
Joey
Tommy Buffy
POW recalls last mission and POW flight home
Air Force Capt. James Ray spoke at a Willford Hall news conference about his May 8 1966 F105 mission over North Vietnam. His plane disintegrated after he ejected and he spent six and a half years in captivity. He described escape risks and his postwar reflections on discipline and captivity.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
James Ray
Ray
Willford Hall Air Force Medical Center
Conroe
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Texas A&m
United States
Pentagon Papers ruling called real victory by Russo and Ellsberg
In Los Angeles Anthony Russo hails a federal judge ruling that acquits on one espionage count each for Russo and Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon papers indictment. The case stemmed from the 15 counts brought by U S District Court.
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Pentagon Papers
Los Angeles
Anthony Russo
Russo
Daniel
Ellsbert
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Manpower cutback threatens Spanish speaking programs
SER national director Ricardo Zazueta says Nixon administration cutbacks jeopardize the nationwide Spanish speaking manpower system. Labor Dept ends federal grants within four months, forcing programs to seek city funding as SER seeks transition time.
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Washington
Ricardo Zazueta
Service Employment Redevelopment
SER
Zazueta
Labor Department
Labor
Peter J. Brennan
Brennan
Pisa Leaning Tower Could Topple Anytime Says Commission
A government science panel warns Pisa’s Leaning Tower may collapse at any moment and launches an international cure competition due in November. Geology Prof Livio Trevisan suggests injecting a soil hardening chemical at the base to stabilize the subsoil. The tower draws 300,000 yearly visitors paying about 500 lire for climbs.
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Pisa
Italy
Giuseppe Meucci
Venice
Livio Trevisan
University of Pisa
Court awards higher value for Oswald items than government offer
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Lee Harvey Oswald’s personal effects, including a diary and letters, have historical value and must be compensated to Marina Oswald Porter at 17,729 dollars, far above the 3,000-dollar offer. The court upheld that public interest enhances value beyond intrinsic worth and rejected copyright claims tied to the Warren Commission report.
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Waters
Fort
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Commission
Texas
Tim von Dohlen
D-Goliad
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Medical Association
Dist
Atty
Bob Smith
Austin
Texas District and County Attorneys Association
von Dohlen
Smith
University of Texas
Ernest S. Barratt
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
New Orleans
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oswald
Appeals Court
John F. Kennedy
Texas Federal Court
Warren Commission
Marina Oswald Porter
Kennedy
Porter
Stanford sex-change program trains patients to blend socially
At Stanford University Medical Center a rehabilitation focused sex-change program trains patients to walk, sit, and present as the opposite sex. About 10 percent of candidates have surgery after extensive testing, with a yearlong wait and counseling plus hormone treatment.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Pat Gandy
Gandy
West Coast
Statue of Napoleon Dominates Place Vendome Column
The French capital preserves Napoleon Bonaparte with a lone statue atop a tall bronze column in Place Vendome. The monument honors his role in ordering Paris parades and grand boulevards.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Paris
Place Vendome
U S Citizens May Buy Land in Baja California Development
The Baja California government and Mexican central authorities sign a landmark pact allowing U S citizens to acquire land for homesites 14 miles south of Tijuana in the San Antonio Shores area. Buyers sign 30 year contracts with a Mexican City bank. sales to new occupants after 30 years require repurchase of initial sums.
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Tijuana
Mexico
U.S
Baja California
Mexico City
San Antonio Shores
Juan Santana
Santana
Mario Casco
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