Defense Pushes Claim Another Killer in Cullen Davis Case
Multiple dateline items describe defense attorney Racehorse Haynes signaling a potential dramatic development in the Cullen Davis stepdaughter murder case. The report also covers AFL CIO political postures, U S remains from Vietnam, a Texas deposition in a disbarment suit, a Mexico prisoner transfer bill, privacy concerns for crime coverage, Texas facility decertifications, free trade warnings in Houston, new Fairfax fire helmets, McDonald’s suit against a El Paso health official, and a railroad commission study on Texas rail freight.
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Amarillo
Texas
Cullen Davis
Richard
Haynes
Afl-Cio Punish Demos
Klan Border Watch begins amid ban across border
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan announce private patrols along the 2000 mile Mexico border with about 230 in California 150 in Texas and others in New Mexico asserting they will not contact illegal entrants but report sightings by CB radio. Border Patrol and civic groups condemn the move while protests organize at San Ysidro and in San Diego.
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Bob East
Associated Press
Culzura
Calif
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
David Duke
The
Klan
Duke
California
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
U.S
Border Patrol
Metairie
San Ysidro
San Diego
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Herman Baca
IRA in Northern Ireland Loses Catholic Support
British security authorities say the IRA is losing Catholic support after years of guerrilla fighting in Northern Ireland where about 1,800 people have died. They note a surge in kneecapping violence against Catholics and say arrests rise from Catholic tips, indicating internal divisions. The Provos are reported short of explosives due to tighter border security.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
John E. Leard
APME
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional $Wing
Irish Republic
School board restores Christ in Baytown classes
In Baytown Texas the school board voted to reverse a prior ban on Christmas programs in public schools after a protest by about 3000 residents. Superintendent Johnny Clark had prohibited religious themes but relented following legal advice and pressure from the community amid an ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of Ruth Johnson challenging Christian activities in district schools.
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Santa Claus
Goose Creek
Johnny Clark
Clark
Texas
Richard Peebles
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ruth Johnson
Baytown
Peebles
Illegal semen smuggling probe targets hoof and mouth disease
A federal grand jury will resume its probe on November 1 into the smuggling of bull semen from South America and Mexico into the United States. Officials say Red Brahma semen is highly valuable and import bans exist to guard against hoof and mouth disease. A twin engine plane tied to the case was seized at an unspecified Tyler airport and moved to Kelly Air Force Base. no semen was on board.
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Tyler
Texas
South America
Mexico
United States
U.S
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Wells
Skateboard injuries to surpass football in latest study
AP reports that skateboard injuries are forecast to reach 375000 in 1977, topping non professional football injuries. The CPSC notes rapid growth, with 25 percent of injuries on first use and most linked to inexperience or potholes, while only 2 percent due to defects.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Commission
William Kitzel
Sports and Recreation
Kitzes
Sleeping defendant wakes to death penalty in Texas
In Houston AP report Billy Wayne White, 20, slept at the defense table as Leroy Peavy argued for life. The jury quickly convicted him of capital murder and sentenced him to death, making him the youngest death-row inmate since 1974. The snoring drew smiles from the judge and commentary from the prosecutor.
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Houston
Leroy Peavy
State District Court
Peavy
Billy Wayne White
White
Martha Spinks
William Hatten
Lawyer author hired in King murder case
A lawyer who co authored a book on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. will defend James Earl Ray at his June 10 escape trial in Brushy Mountain Penitentiary. Mark Lane seeks wrongful imprisonment grounds hoping to win a new murder trial in open court. Ray, 49, is serving a 99 year term for the 1968 Memphis killing.
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Wartburg, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
King
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Ray
Mark Lane
Lane
Central
Brushy Mountain
Wartburg
Memphis
Grain surplus higher than first estimates
The United States corn stockpile at Oct 1 was 878.8 million bushels, above the 876 million bushels USDA had estimated, signaling a larger potential surplus next year if demand does not rise. Wheat stocks also hit record highs, with near 2.4 billion bushels on hand and expected to reach about 1.2 billion by June 1, 1978.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
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Center For International Business
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Railroad Commission
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Mexico City
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