Namath sues Topps over use of image on gum wrap
New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath filed a 750000 suit in Brooklyn federal court accusing Topps Chewing Gum Co. of unauthorized use of his picture on bubble gum wrappers and player cards since 1985. The case, assigned to Judge Edward R. Necher, seeks to protect Namath's endorsement income.
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New York
New York Jets
Joe Namath
Brooklyn
Namath
Topps Chewing Gum Co
Edward R. Necher
Hypnotist Dante cleared of fraud charges in Arizona case
Los Angeles hypnotist Ronald Dante, former husband of Lana Turner, had a $3,565 electronics fraud charge dismissed by a Pima County justice of the peace due to lack of evidence. He still faces trial July 16 on an accusation of attempting to hire a killer to murder a rival.
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Fucson
Los Angeles
Ronald Dante
Lana Turner
California
Pima County
Dante
van Nuys
Budget talks slow as committee struggles in Charleston
West Virginia Rep. Marty Pauley, chair of the House Finance Committee, said a conference committee was making slow progress on the state budget. He likened the process to being in the harness section of a Sears and Roebuck catalog.
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Charleston
Marty Pauley
West Virginia House Finance Committee
Sears and Roebuck
Quick-thinking resident foils theft getaway in Miami
Adan, 21, returned home to a white Volkswagen with a woman inside parked out front. He seized the ignition keys after seeing his stolen TV and valuables near the door. The woman and a man followed him inside, wrested the keys, beat him, stole his wallet, and fled in the car.
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Miami
Adan
Foreman Faces 5 Million Suit Over Pregnant Woman
Pamela Clay, 19, alleges heavyweight champion George Foreman beat and kicked her. Attorneys from Melvin Belli and Associates say they will file a $5 million civil suit in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland. Clay told sheriff's deputies and doctors at Valley Memorial Hospital in Livermore that Foreman kicked, beat, and attempted to strangle her while she was six months pregnant. Dr. Charles Lahr expressed concern she could miscarry.
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Miss Clay
Chrysler to Raise Auto Prices Amid Steel Cost Jump
Chrysler Corp plans an average 1.4 percent price increase on cars and trucks, about $60 per vehicle, effective next Monday, citing higher steel costs. GM and Ford have implemented recent rises, with industry-wide shifts tied to 1974 models and new emissions rules.
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Penny Shortage Puzzle Sparks Coffee Consumption
In Austin Texas shoppers at a penny shortage relief effort drink coffee at a self serve bar. A sign reads 1 pennies for a 48 cent cup of coffee highlighting the humorous workaround.
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Austin
Tex
Help
ACLU Moves to Halt News Rack Ordinance in Long Beach
The local ACLU chapter seeks a temporary restraining order from Long Beach Superior Court to block a city ordinance banning nude material on sidewalk news racks. The measure, adopted June 4 by a 1-1 vote, would bar sale of publications showing genitals or female breasts unless an adult is present.
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News City
American Civil Liberties Union
Ben Silverman
ACLU
Henry Giler
Long Beach Superior Court
Bernice Hogan
Tos Angelés
Los Angeles
Nurses end 21 day strike and accept pact
SAN FRANCISCO API Nurses vote to end a 21 day strike affecting 28 hospitals and 14 clinics in San Francisco San Jose and Sacramento. Agreement details were not released but the 1,870 to 434 approval followed a 43 hour mediation led by W J Users.
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San Francisco
California
San Jose
Sacramento
California Nurses Association
W.J. Users
Feder Mediation Service
General Spaatz Seriously Ill After Stroke at Walter Reed
Gen Carl Spaatz, 83, famed for planning Allied bombing campaigns in World War II and first Air Force chief, is very seriously ill after a suspected stroke at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He was admitted days ago following a fainting episode. family asked for privacy.
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Washington
Spaatz
Boyertown
Ice pack saves pair from drug intoxication in cemetery
Pittsburgh police report two men, James Moore and Thomas Slobodnyak, 27 and 24, were found unconscious in Calvary Cemetery. They were buried under 85 pounds of ice to slow drug absorption, with investigators unsure of the substance or cause. A hospital spokesman said the ice could have saved their lives.
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UPD
Charles Lenz
Lenz
James J. Moore
Thomas Slobodnyak
Calvary Cemetery
Homestead Hospital
Moore
Ronald Freeman
Young Kennedy in Dublin Hospitalized
Edward M Kennedy Sr announced his 12 year old son Edward Jr is hospitalized in Dublin Ireland for a mild reaction to cancer treatments aimed at preventing recurrence after bone cancer led to the amputation last November His father plans to visit next week while Mrs Kennedy undergoes fatigue related treatment The family spokesman stressed there is no cancer recurrence and the Dublin stay is precautionary for the change in environment
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Edward M. Kennedy Sr
Ireland
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward Jr
Dublin
Sen. Kennedy
Nixon Thwarts Theft Of Pact In Moscow Signing
In Moscow, Soviet leader Brezhnev allegedly swiped the red bound housing accord and tried to steal the blue covered U.S. copy as President Nixon signed. Nixon resisted and the two men laughed and toasted the new energy housing and heart research accords signed with the United States.
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Brezhnev
Moscow
Leonid J. Sredimev
United States
Soviet Communist Party
Nikolai V
Podgorny
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