Lawsuit accuses Santa Anita track of Filly Day discrimination
Attorney Donald J. Boss sues Santa Anita and the Oak Tree Racing Association in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking 6 million dollars in a class action alleging sexual discrimination for letting women enter free on Filly Day while men paid 2.25. Boss claims 54 000 dollars actual damages for 1970 and 1971 entrants and 6 million dollars in statutory damages.
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Encire
Santa Anita
Donald J. Boss
Oak Tree Racing’ Association
Los Angeles Superior Court
Warren Wolfe
Boss
Wolfe
Crime figure Battaglia dies after heart attack
John Battaglia known as The Gat, a 47 year old alleged California rackets muscleman and bookie, died after a heart attack. He faced fraud and swindle charges tied to racewire schemes and a Tucson jeweler case, with many charges later dismissed. He collapsed en route to Thousand Oaks Hospital.
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John “the Gat” Battaglia
California
Battaglia
Newton 8
Pfeffer
Tucson
Thousand Oaks Hospital
Klansman firing ruled in violation in Charlotte decision
Federal Judge James B. McMillan ruled Harold Murray's firing violated his free speech and association rights due to Klan affiliation. The judge did not order reinstatement but asked officials to confer with ACLU lawyer Daly on reinstatement or compensation. Murray, a Korean War veteran, had been hired as a city clerk in Charlotte.
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James B. McMillan
Harold Murray
Sity
Ku Klux Klan
McMillan
Murray
American Civil Liberties Union
Charles §. Daly
Daly
North Carolina Knights
Charlotte
Terror-kill spree ends as pair surrender in Avoyelles woods
Two fugitives accused of killing one person and wounding two surrendered peacefully after an all night chase by 125 officers in a rural Avoyelles Parish area near the Atchafalaya River. They abandoned a stolen car two miles from the scene, after a wild pursuit across multiple towns ending near Evergreen.
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Simmesprt
Lai
Avoyelles Parish
Atchafalaya
R. Laborde
Bordelonville
Laborde
Mansura
Addis Fruge
Douce Jacobs
Tom Bunkie
Fruge
Jacobs
Evergreen
Thomas Matthews
Nixon Meir discuss aid and arms shipments to Israel
President Nixon told Prime Minister Meir that early resumption of U S F-4 Phantom jet deliveries would be unwise while Israel would receive ample military aid over the long term. Nixon and Rogers warned that quick shipments could derail peace talks with Egypt.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Golda Meir
Israel
Egypt
Rogers
Soviet Union
Wixon
Middle East
United States
Meir
Goldameir
Wheatfield blast from train derailment evacuates town
A Penn Central freight derailment sparked a boxcar explosion of nitrocellulose compounds in Wheatfield Indiana. About 460 residents fled as ammonia tanks and other cars threatened fire spread. Fire crews from six communities contained the blaze after four hours with no injuries. The town of 800 lay 18 miles south of Valparaiso.
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Wheatfield
Ind
Penn Central
Wikhart
Streator
Weatfield
Indiana
Valparaiso
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NAACP
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Imond
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