U S News in Brief Highlights Nixon Interview and Tragic Crime
Beverly Hills David Frost plans a fifth program on Nixon Watergate tapes question. Midwest City police arrest son Gregory W Canatis in connection with a severed head incident. San Diego Dana Andrews warns teens on alcohol and drug risks. Dodge Center teen Bruce Peterson hits a hole in one on first try. Pine Bluff Martha Mitchell birthplace home saved and becoming a shrine.
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Calif
David Frost
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Midwest City
Okla
Gregory W. Canatis
Jeanne Morgan
KEBC
Dana Andrews
San Diego
Boys’ Clubs of America
Dodge Center
Minn
Byron
Bruce Peterson
Dodge Country Club
Byron High School
Peterson
Mitchell
Prominent Amarillo farmer killed in lounge shooting
An apparent bumping incident at a cocktail lounge in Amarillo left James Lougene Lamb, 48, founder of Hollywood Road Fertilizer Co., dead. Felix G. Collard, 34, land manager for Bush Estate Properties, was critically wounded. Police reported the victims after a dispute in the Texas Panhandle city.
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Texas Panhandle
James Lougene Lamb
Hollywood Road Fertilizer Co
Felix G
Carter Visits Washington Birthplace Amid British Welcome
President Carter, on his first overseas trip, toured George Washington’s birthplace in northeast England. Crowds cheered as he visited Old Hall with Prime Minister Callaghan, planted a ceremonial tree, and received a blown glass sculpture.
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Old Hall
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London
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Atlanta
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West Germany
France
Italy
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Jobless Rate Drops to 7 Percent in April
The United States unemployment rate fell from 7.3 to 7.0 percent in April, the lowest in 29 months, as 548000 more people joined the workforce. Total employment rose to about 90 million, with sixth consecutive month of improvement and 330000 fewer unemployed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Instant voter registration seen as political maneuver
Republicans label the Carter administration plan to allow election day registration and voting as a cynical move that could erode faith in the system. A Justice Department memo warns the bill risks fraud and loosens safeguards, drafted to aid Attorney General Griffin Bell's testimony on the measure.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
House
Justice Department
Craig Dansanto
Griffin B. Bell
Congress
Citizen dope dealer faceoff slows traffic in Falfurrias
In Falfurrias Brooks County Texas a town drug problem sparked violent confrontations between residents and dealers starting with meetings led by Bill Hellen. Firebombings and death threats followed, including a gasoline arson of a classic Thunderbird. Federal and state investigations joined local police and sheriff efforts as arrests remained pending.
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Miller Bonner
Associated Press
Falfurrias
Tex
Texas
Bill Hellen
Bill
Lois Wilkinson
U.S. 281
Rio Grande Valley
Brooks County
Hellen
Buddy
Anti nuclear demonstrators sue for freedom and damages
About 1 300 anti nuclear demonstrators in New Hampshire seek freedom or 30 million dollars in damages over confinement at state armories They claim inadequate food quarters health care and sanitation and say they lack proper space to meet with lawyers The related court actions include bail hearings and a separate contempt of court disposition for eight demonstrators fined and jailed on criminal trespass charges
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Margaret Nelson
Associated Press
Concord
N.H
State Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Armories
Seabrook
Clamshell Alliance
Anthony McManus
State High Court
Executive Branch
Atty
David Souter
Mce Manus
Hampton District Court
H. Alfred Casassa
Casassa
Rockingham County
Souter
Hampton
Cassasa
Murray Rosenblith
Rosenblith
Brooklyn
N.Y
Marlin High Students Do Gas Fast To Save Energy
Marlin Texas pupils at Marlin High School walked rode horses and rode little red wagons to school in a gas fast to support energy conservation. Steve Goodman led a student body effort pulling Melissa Ben in a wagon and won a creativity prize. distance winners rode bicycles four miles. About half the students and faculty left cars at home prompting new parking arrangements and a discussion on energy shortage awareness.
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Marlin, Tex
Marlin High School
Carter
Steve Goodman
Melissa Ben
Teri Richardson
Michele Husbey
Goodman
Lloyd Lowe
Lowe
Marlin
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