Howell Fights Disbarment Nominee Denies Ethics Violation
Dallas lawyer Charles Ben Howell a Republican nominee for state judge fights a 1974 State Bar disbarment suit over a 1971 divorce case He testified he did not violate the ethics code and said he did not act fraudulently Judge Dee Brown Walker had previously threatened to revoke his license and he was convicted of contempt in 1972 for refusing to disclose attorneys in the case
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Dallas
Charles Ben Howell
Howell
State Bar of Texas
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Dee Brown Walker
Walker
State Bar
Union Hails Decision Mail Speed-Up Blocked
An arbitrator blocked a Postal Service plan aimed at boosting productivity and saving hundreds of millions by extending carrier hours. The Kokomo Portland plan required overtime beyond eight hours per carrier daily, prompting union opposition and a court challenge. The ruling limits overtime to 90 minutes weekly in Portland while upholding concerns about nationwide implementation.
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Washington
Mozart Ratner
Letter Carriers’ Union
Postal Service
Kokomo
Ind
Sylvester Garrett
Portland
Ore
Garrett
Eugene B. Granof
James Rademacher
Postal
Ratner
Inmate Eric Quenichet Beaten in McLennan County Jail
AP report from Waco states 33 year old Eric Quenichet was beaten in his jail cell by fellow inmates. He remains in fair condition with a broken nose and swollen eye at Providence Hospital. Quenichet, charged in the April 19 stabbing death of Annual Hammock at the Scandanavian Spa, had been moved from Rusk State Hospital after psychiatric exams and was awaiting arraignment in 54th District Court. An investigation is ongoing and charges are expected.
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Waco (Ap
Eric Quenichet
Waco Spa
McLennan County
Quenichet
Dallas
Providence Hospital
Faye Hammock
Scandinavian Spa
South Waco
Dan Weyenberg
Dallas-Fort Worth
54Th District Court
Rusk State Hospital
Bald Eagle May Be Listed Endangered Across 43 States
Interior Department proposes listing the bald eagle as endangered in 43 states and as threatened in five, citing shooting, poisoning and habitat loss from expansion. Officials note thin eggshells from pesticide contamination endangering hatching, with New York down to a single nesting pair and Maine producing few offspring. Alaska hosts about 10,000 nesting pairs.
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Washington
Benjamin Franklin
United States of America
Contiguous States
Interior Department
America
Keith M. Schreiner
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Interior
United States
New Country
Franklin
Hawaii
Alaska
New York State
Maine
Schreiner
Contempt Order Overturned in Harris County Case
Visiting judge in Wichita Falls nullified a contempt order and $100 fines against Harris County District Attorney Carol Vance and aide Allen Suilley. Jurisdiction over the contempt matter was deemed to have been lost by Justice of the Peace Survey Davis, who had ordered the DA to hold a case for an examining trial before a grand jury. Kirk ruled the JP had no authority to compel the DA to honor examining trial notices.
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Kirk
Charles Ritz dies at 84 former Ritz president
Paris AP reports Charles Ritz president of the Ritz Hotel in Paris and director of Ritz hotels in London Lisbon and Boston died Sunday aged 84. Private funeral services were scheduled Friday.
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Paris
Charles Ritz
Ritz
London
Lisbon
Boston
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