Singer Connie Francis Settles Motel Rape Case
Connie Francis will receive $1,475,000 from Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges in an out-of-court settlement of her rape suit filed after an assault at a Westbury New York motel on November 8 1974. The tax free settlement is the largest ever awarded in an assault case and comes as the company appeals a separate $2.5 million jury award. Francis 87 said to be temporarily unable to work following the attack.
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Sweetheart Vera Lynn tours Canada for Friendship drive
Vera Lynn arrives in Vancouver for a three day Canadian leg of Operation Friendship promoting Allied ex-servicemen returning to Britain for the Queen's Silver Jubilee year. The 84 year old star plans a Nashville recording soon and credits the Beatles for reviving music. Meanwhile Rev Bruce Edwards, former Plains Baptist Church pastor, resigns amid a row over racial integration.
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Plains Baptist Church
Washington lawmakers study power plants at Hanford site
Two Washington state legislators Rep Claude Oliver and Sen Max Benitz explore growing liquid producing plants at Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland to create a crude oil substitute. UC Berkeley professor Melvin Calvin cites almond tree and gopher plant as potential feedstocks with large cultivated plantations. A separate note reports National Park Service historians uncovering a very large bathtub at Lindenwald, former President Martin Van Buren’s home, found beneath a collapsed barn near the room manshion.
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Hair jealousy sparks acid attack on cheerleader in Linwood
Linwood Kaw. eighth grader Stacey Tinberg 14 wore a Farrah Fawcett styled hair when a classmate dashed nitric acid on her back and shoulders on Valentine’s Day. Burns treated at a hospital. Principal Bill Chambers seeks expulsion for the attacker and says others involved talked beforehand. County Attorney Patrick Reardon weighs juvenile court action. Stacey’s mother recalls relief that she did not turn her head.
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Queen Elizabeth II Visits New Zealand on Jubilee Tour
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh toured Wellington and attended a horse race in Hamilton on day two of a South Pacific visit marking the 25th coronation anniversary. In Hamilton a local push emerges to abolish the monarchy as Labor plans a regional conference advocating a New Zealand republic.
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Warnke attacked by GOP over arms stance in Senate hearing
Supreme House of the Senate Armed Services Committee grilling Paul C. Warnke, Carter’s pick for Arms Control chief and SALT lead negotiator. Goldwater and Scott announce opposition citing perceived weakness and lack of concern about Soviet buildup, while Thurmond questions whether Warnke supports key weapons systems.
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America
Trudeau and Taylor greet guests at Canadian Embassy reception
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Elizabeth Taylor exchanged handshakes at a Washington embassy reception hosted by the Canadian ambassador to the United States on Tuesday night.
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Elizabeth Taylore
Washington
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Carter cites U S role in Middle East settlement
President Carter said the United States must play a crucial role in the Middle East but stressed that decisions shaping any settlement must be made by the people there. He spoke in Washington about U S responsibilities and regional peace efforts aimed at a lasting solution.
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Carter says Middle East push could lead to Geneva talks
President Carter, in a Cabinet room meeting with Cyrus Vance Harold Brown and Zbigniew Brzezinski, welcomed a favorable mood for renewed peace negotiations in Geneva later this year. Attendees included George Brown Stansfield Turner and W Michael Blumenthal. The president stressed that regional decisions rest with Middle East leaders and that 177.
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Zbigniew Brzedinski
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W. Michael Blumenthal
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Rhodesia outlines plan to dismantle racial laws
Salisbury Rhodesia formally announced a detailed plan to dismantle some racial laws and absorb more blacks into government as a prelude to black majority rule in two years. Major reforms will allow blacks to buy arms in previously white areas and to set up or buy factories and businesses in commercial zones. They will also be eligible to use hotels bars and restaurants in segregated areas for the first time. The steps aim to bring more blacks into civil administration and are expected to win endorsement in parliament.
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