Yakima County Jury Duty Exemption Noted For Elderly Justice
Yakima County residents offered excuses for absence from a July Superior Court jury duty. Notably, 74 year old Justice William O Douglas filled a juror questionnaire and returned it without content to the county clerk. Court officials say no one will insist Douglas report. Jury duty is not compulsory for state residents over 60. Caroline Kennedy helps film a coal mining history documentary in east Tennessee. residents describe her as blending in wearing faded blue jeans. The project, funded by federal funds through the Federation of Communities in Service, aims to keep the young celebrity among mountain folks.
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Yakima County
Wash
Supreme Court
William 0. Douglas
Googe Prairie
Yakima Valley
Douglas
Caroline Kennedy
East
Tennessee
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Campbell County
John S.kennedy
Carouse
Hill Country
Federation of Communities In Service
Nancy Mitford dies at 68 in France a literary figure
British writer Nancy Mitford died Saturday at her home in Vergaies France after a long illness. She published nine novels five biographies and several essays and letters. Her life spanned an aristocratic circle including Lord Redesdale and peers in Paris and London. Her sisters included Unity Diana Jessica and Deborah with notable marriages and controversial affiliations.
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Nancy Mitford
Vergaies
France
Miss Mitford
Lord Redesdale
Redesdale
Matthew
Paris
Peter Rodd
Art
Madame de Poumpadour
Voltaire
Unity
Adole Hitler
Diana
Oswald Mosley
Jessica
Esmond Romilly
Winston Churchill
Deborah
Duchess of Devonshire
Haig Honored At Pepperdine Dinner In Beverly Hills
General Alexander Haig Jr bound for Nixon White House role honored at a Pepperdine University dinner in Beverly Hills. About 1,100 guests attended including OMAT N. Bradley and former POWs. also noted Joseph Pulitzer Jr wed Emily Rauh in Cincinnati with mayor Theodore Berry officiating.
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Alexander M. Haig JR
Nixon
Pepperdine University
Beverly Hills
Omat N. Bradley
Joseph Pulitzer JR
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Emily
Rauh
St. Louis Ark Museum
Cincinnati
Theodore Berry
Cinelali
Flooding Devastates Vermont and Neighbors Causing Losses
Heavy rainfall across the Connecticut River Valley left four Vermonters dead and three missing, with extensive damage to farmland and state roads. Flood waters receded except along the Connecticut River and Oller Creek, while Vermont seeks official disaster designation and mentions potential crop year impact.
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Connecticut River
Thomas F. Salmon
Vemmont
Vermont
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Oller Creek
Green Mountains
White Mountains
One Dead In Two Hour Piney Woods Gun Battle
In San Augustine Texas a two hour gun battle at a remote piney woods farmhouse left one woman dead and five others wounded including three law officers. Victor Van Lacy, 6, surrendered after Mattie Mae Clark, 48, died. Officers reported multiple injuries among responders and bystanders.
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San Augustine
Tex
Piney Woods
Texas
Victor van Lacy
Mattie Mae Clark
Lacey
Lonnell Garner
Richard Davis
Roger Williams
Sherif John Hoyt
Department,of Public Safety
Doyle Pittman
Midwest Storms Leave Trail of Destruction Across Plains
Severe weather in the upper Midwest generated at least two deaths, with nineteen tornadoes reported across Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota. A lightning strike near Rushmore Minn killed one and injured two at a volleyball game. A man died after being struck by wind near Webster. Calumbus Neb saw 110 mph gusts and one-inch hail in Grand Island area. Kimbal SD lost all camp buildings while Sioux Center Iowa saw 70 to 80 mph winds overturn mobile homes. An Aberdeen SD hangar was destroyed and several aircraft damaged. Des Moines area continued experiencing severe weather.
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Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rushmore
Minn
Web
Sioux Center
Iowa
Aberdeen
S.D
Des Moines
Hammond of organ pioneer dies at 78 in Cornwall
Hammond, famed organ inventor and holder of 110 U S patents, died at home Sunday at age 78 after a short illness. A Cornell graduate and WW I and II era engineer, he founded Hammond Electric Organ Co and helped develop the first electric dock in the United States. He lived in Cornwall the last 14 years and worked on guided missiles and other innovations with Flo Ziegfeld. In Madrid, Angel Garalza al Bastos, 83, was killed by guerrillas in Mozambique, his son said.
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Cornwall
Laurens
Harmond
Hammand
U.S
Evanston
Hammond
Cornell University
American Expeditionary Force
France
Army Air Corps
xmond*Electric Organ Co
Chicago
United States
Hamsmond Electric Co
Flo Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Madrid
Payrioth
Angel Garalza al Bastos
Mozambique
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Lloyd N. Morrisett
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Richard Nixon
Dean
Riselt
Cal
Yosef Alen
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Pepperdine
Rachel Alon
Slain
Israel
Yosef Alon
Yael
Washington
Air Force
Tel Aviv
Sm Tigantant
Midwest
Upper Midwest
Pullock
Lakewood
Organ Fame
Koratron
Dacron
S.M.L
Sherwyn
Clark Avenue
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