Exterminator faces manslaughter charge in deaths
Durant Oklahoma AP reports J D Jones an exterminator charged with second degree manslaughter in the poisoning deaths of one of three young children Joseph Whaley age 2. Six other children were treated for poisoning after eating wafers soaked in rat poison found in his unlocked truck. Jones claimed no knowledge of the poison and noted the poison was kept in a can under the seat.
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Special District Court
Philip Duglas
Supreme Court Rules Blacks Doomed to Fair Seniority Relief
The Supreme Court ruled that Blacks denied jobs due to discriminatory hiring can receive retroactive seniority when hired after reapplying. The 1 to 3 decision reverses a New Orleans circuit ruling in Bowman Transportation Co. cases, allowing seniority credit to compensate for lost promotion and pay.
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Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Bowman Transportation Co
William J. Brennan Jr
Bowman
Supreme Court ruling hits hospital drug pricing
The Supreme Court's 62 decision may force hospital pharmacies to charge walk in customers higher prices or refuse service. Doctors may not dispense cut rate drugs to private patients, while manufacturers can sell cut rate drugs to non profit hospitals for the hospital's own use. The suit was brought by the Portland Retail Druggist Association against 12 major manufacturers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Portland Retail Druggist Association, Inc
Carter Routs Wallace in North Carolina Primary
Jimmy Carter wins North Carolina primary, surpassing 50 percent for first time, while Ronald Reagan Ford campaign remarks hint at Wisconsin and Kansas City contests. Carter heads to New York April 6 primary amid Jackson challenge and delegate battles.
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Kansas City
White House
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Carter
Alabama
George C. Wallace
New York
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Jackson
Wallace
Death toll climbs after Redding lumber mill blast
Six people killed and ten others hospitalized after an explosion and fire at a particle board plant near Redding caused about 9 million dollars in damage. Victims include Allen Carmichael and Chuck Woodcock. investigators consider a failed antipollution dust system and vacuum-pipe reversal as possible causes. Several other workers identified by records remain hospitalized.
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Richard Lee Berry
Bob Praser
Alex Frank Darashavick
Redding
Paid killer of pregnant woman to hang in Idaho
A man paid 450 dollars to kill a woman five months pregnant has been sentenced to death by hanging. The judge set May 5 for the execution after declaring no other option. The victim, Mrs Weite, was found dead in January 1975. her husband received 10 years for voluntary manslaughter. The case involves complex appeals and asegura Idaho’s mandatory death sentence for first degree murder.
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Weite
James C Weitz
Spokane
Wash
Lindquist
Charles Bo Vetschyts
Bs Weite
Washington
Dabo
Isolation of Peron era ends with Argentine coup
The armed forces oust President Isabel Peron in Buenos Aires and arrest her, moving her to a mountain residence in El Messidor as a three member junta takes control. The crackdown halts all political activity and freezes Peron funds amid arrests of deposed officials.
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Argentina
Isabel Peron
South America
Communist Party
National Congress
Julio Gonzales
Peron
el Messidor
Here
Adm
Emilio Massera
Air Force
Orlando R. Agosti
Army
Navy
Antonio Vanek
Washington
Junta
Golden West crews end five day strike
Golden West Airlines flight crews ratified a contract granting a 20 percent wage increase and a 20 percent rise in productivity. They will return to work Thursday after the five day strike that disrupted schedules at Southern California airports including Santa Ana Ontario Santa Barbara Oxnard Inyokern Palm dale Mojave and Fullerton.
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Dick Biggs
Southern California Air Force
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Ontario
Santa Barbara
Oxnard
Inyokern
Palmdale
Mojave
Troha
Fullerton
Mini-racers showcase at Long Beach Grand Prix prelude
Tuesday night miniature radio controlled cars raced in the Lions Club sponsored mini GP at the Long Beach Arena. Howard Allen said attendance ranged from three thousand to three thousand four hundred, with no accidents. The event, sanctioned by the Long Beach Grand Prix Association, aimed to raise funds for local charity through seven Lions groups.
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Long Beach
Howard Allen
Lions' Breakfast Club
Lions Groups
Monty Named Top WWI Commander and Local Notes
Report notes Monty as Britain's WWI top commander with one death in a local context. Los Angeles County faces changes to social security policy. PCC approves gas rate increases and a refundable motion. Long Beach trial coverage and state university notes appear amid broad city and regional items.
Landfill Run Floods Church Lot and City Faces Suit
In Seattle the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ filled a sloping lot with landfill to build a worship space but dump trucks continued arriving. About 17 000 yards were deposited leaving 18 feet of rubble and floods in nearby homes. City inspectors and contractors face criminal and civil action as trucks stop. The church continues meetings in a nearby old house while authorities pursue enforcement.
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Holy Temple Church of God In Christ
Gary Merlino
Building Department
Menino Construction Co
Laster Gillis Sai
The
Weather summary for tonight and regions
AEEWEE EATEN weather note shows evening clouds and fair conditions. In the L B area expect morning clouds with a low near 4 and high around 65. Mountains stay fair and windy with a high near 35. Deserts remain fair and windy with a low about 45.
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