Driftwood freeway art provokes traffic and praise
On the Eastshore Freeway in Emeryville California driftwood and other objects have been turned into sculptures seen by 180,000 daily drivers. Harold Paris a UC Berkeley art professor notes the works began around 1965 and call them a form of self expression. Highway officials acknowledge the risk but some praise the creative happening despite vandalism episodes.
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Emeryville
Calif
Eastshore
San Francisco Bay
Berkeley
Vote Split On Appeal In Austin
Austin school board members split 4 3 deciding to appeal their desegregation plans to the U S Supreme Court. Supporters say the 5th Circuit order oversteps prior decisions and should be reviewed. Opponents warn appeal would hinder orderly implementation of the court order. The New Orleans court remanded to federal district court the desegregation plan for 74 schools and ordered a plan to eliminate segregation for blacks and Mexican Americans.
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Austin
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Federal
Federal Eviction Ignored By Sect Grannis Ark Vigil Heads To May 29
In Grannis Arkansas 24 residents of a repossessed three bedroom home refuse to leave claiming obedience to God and the second coming. FHA possession occurred April 29 and U S attorney warns eviction if they do not vacate by May 29. Families quit jobs pulled kids from school stopped bills.
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Grannis
Ark
Elizabeth Nance Bard
Gene Nance
Nance
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Fort Smith
U.S
Convention Plans For Port Lavaca Jehovah Witness Meeting
D C Good spokesman for Port Lavaca Jehovah Witnesses announces a four day district convention in Irving from June 10 to 13 with 50 delegates. The theme is Sacred Service and the program includes bible lectures symposiums discussions and four costumed biblical dramas addressing marriage and youth issues.
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D. C. Good
Port Lavaca
Congregation of Jehovah Witness
Irving
Recycling Industries Face Government Bias Says Trade Group
The National Association of Recycling Industries claims federal policy favors virgin materials over recycled ones. Executive VP N J Mighdell cites tax and freight advantages for virgin use, noting low recycling rates across metals and textiles and long-term underinvestment in recycling facilities. Employment exceeds 100,000 with annual sales about 15 to 20 billion dollars.
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National Association of Recycling Industries
N. J Mighdell
The
Association
VETTES Artist Burns Paintings in Arizona Protest
Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia plans to burn 1,000 more of his works as protest against federal tax laws he says would burden his heirs. The 67 year old, famous for depictions of Indian and Mexican children, already burned 100 pieces valued at about 1.5 million dollars last week. He offered them to the University of Arizona, which declined for lack of display space.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ted DeGrazia
DeGrazia
University of Arizona
Arizona
President to visit stable boy on 20th birthday
In Mission Viejo California AP Steve Ford the Presidents son turned 20 and attends Cal Poly Pomona studying animal sciences He trains horses at the local stable and hopes for a presidential visit this weekend his father weighing his campaign schedule asked what he would like for his birthday and he requested a visit to the stables
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Mission Viejo
Calif
United States
Steve Ford
Cal Poly
Pomona
Steve
California
Meir Visits Ford. Receives Two U.S. Honors
Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir paid a courtesy call on President Ford who congratulated her on two awards she will receive in the United States. She will get the AFL-CIO community services award and an honorary degree from Wellesley College during her private visit.
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Washington
Golda Meir
Ford
Sakharov backs Moscow Amnesty group on civil rights report
Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov and Valentin Turchin supported Yuri Orlov, leader of a new Moscow rights group, by telephone on Wednesday. Orlov has been warned by security police that his activities are illegal as the group reports alleged civil rights violations in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Amnesty International
Soviet Union
Sakharov
Valentin Turchin
Yuri Orlov
Judge Shortage Triggers Move of Federal Proceedings
U S District Court Judge Adrian Spears says congressional action and a judge shortage spur proposals to shift criminal grand jury and arraignment actions from Midland to San Antonio or El Paso. The plan, not yet approved, would not affect civil cases or defendants' speedy trial rights.
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San Antonio, Tex
U.S. District Court
Adrian Spears
Midland
Texas
Spears
Special Planning Commission
San Antonio
el Paso
del Rio
Price Fix Suit Filed By Grocer
Brownsville dealer Miguel A. Lopez operates three stores and leads a class action in federal court alleging five sugar refiners Great Western Sugar Holly Sugar California and Hawaiian Sugar American Crystal Sugar and Amalgamated Sugar conspired to fix prices and curb competition since 1955. The suit seeks damages to be determined during the hearing for all others similarly situated.
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Brownsville, Tex
Brownsville
Miguel A. Lopez
Great Western Sugar Co
Denver
Colo
Holly Sugar Corp
Colorado Springs
California
Hawaiian Sugar Co
San Francisco
American Crystal Sugar Co
Fargo
N.C
Amalgamated Sugar Co
Ogden
Utah
Lopez
Three Escape In East Texas
In Nacogdoches County three jail prisoners escaped either Wednesday night or early today, authorities said. One escapee, Jimmy Lee Page, 22, was convicted of capital murder and given a life sentence this week. The other two, William Robert Stotts, 19, and Michael Molandes, 20, were held on capital murder charges.
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Nacogdoches, Tex
Nacogdoches County
Jimmy Lee Page
William Robert Stotts
Michael Molandes
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Southland LiFe Isurance Company
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