Supreme Court backs broadcasters in right of publicity case
The high court ruled 5 to 4 that a station can be sued for damages if it broadcasts an entertainer’s entire act without permission. It upheld the First Amendment defense for news reporting but warned of potential media self censorship while noting states may protect media from such suits.
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Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell
Byron White
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Ohio
Zacchini
Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co
Wews TV
Ohio Supreme Court
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Firemen contain Palmdale blaze near Angeles National Forest
About 200 Los Angeles County firefighters battled a Palmdale brush fire that grew from two separate fires and merged. Fire lines were set by 9 a.m. and containment was declared with expected control by midmorning. Investigators sought campers responsible for a 2.00 acre fire in the Angeles National Forest.
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Los Angeles County
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Escapee Hunt Ends Search for Girl Scout Murders Suspect
Locust Grove Oklahoma authorities halted the ground search for 33 year old Gene Hart the convicted rapist linked to the Camp Scott Girl Scouts killings. The FBI OSBI and Mayes County Sheriff cited lack of productive leads and unclear geographic area. The area remains tense as SWAT FBI state police and locals scoured the limestone hills amid dormancy in the case with investigators noting Hart may have ties in the area and that other suspects exist.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
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Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Mayes County
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Pryor
Doris Milner
Lori Lee Farmer
Michelle Guse
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Camp Scott
Space shuttle Enterprise flies higher and faster in test
At Edwards Air Force Base NASA reports the Space Shuttle Enterprise completed a captive flight atop a modified Boeing 747. Astronauts Engle and Truly tested power systems and maneuvers as the duo set altitude and speed records for the pair. The test aimed to refine aerodynamics and crew procedures ahead of an independent flight.
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Edwards Air Force Base
America
NASA
Bob Gordon
Dryden Flight Research Center
California
Tada m. Pdt
Joe Engle
Dick Truly
Gordon
Enterprise
Liz Taylor shocked by theft of Mike Todd remains
Forest Park police probe the graveyard theft of Mike Todd’s remains as Elizabeth Taylor, now married to John Warner, expresses she is very upset and in contact with authorities. The missing rubber bag containing ashes was found after a plane crash in 1958, with investigators assessing potential extortion and checking the Albuquerque undertaker involved in preparing the remains.
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Liz Taylor
Mike Todd
Forest Park, Ill
Elizabeth Taylor
Navy
John Warner
Forest Park
John Springer
Miss Taylor
New York
Springer
Richard Archibald
Edmond §. Power
Silverman and Weiss
Chicago
Todd
New Mexico
Zuni Mountains
Archibald
Albuquerque
N.M
Funeral Home
Friars Club
Weather Brief for Lakeside and Surrounding Areas
Morning low clouds give way to fair skies across TNIGRT and Wednesday. In the mountains, expect fair conditions with a low around 52 and a high near 5. Deserts stay fair with winds 15 to 25 mph, temperatures from 72 up to a high LH placeholder.
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Grand Canyon crash survivor recalls escape amid burning wreckage
Santa Ana man, one of four survivors of the Grand Canyon plane crash that killed five Southlanders, recounts fleeing the flaming wreckage. The clipping also notes mentions of a Charles Manson jury tape, county budget items, FBI files, Judith Exner’s Kennedy affair book, and Long Beach City College faculty pay raise.
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Santa Ana
Grand Canyon
Excape
Long Beach City College
Los Angeles Enacts 10 Percent Water Cutback Law
The Los Angeles City Council approved mandatory water rationing by a -1 vote. The statute bans watering sidewalks and nonrecycling decorative fountains and restricts lawn watering to outside hours. Usage must drop 10 percent from last year with penalties from warnings to service discontinuation. those using less than half the average are exempt.
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Los Angeles
Nixon Loss Over White House Tapes Access
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that former President Nixon cannot control his White House tapes and documents. The decision upholds Congress authority to require public access to nearly 5,000 hours of tapes and 42 million pages of Nixon era materials, with potential future regulations to govern access and possible court challenges ahead.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
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Nixon
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High Court
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
United States
Daworski
San Clemente
William J. Brennan
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Byron R. White
Lewis
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