Spokane tests new porn ordinance in downtown shop
Spokane police bought $85 worth of hard core reels and sleazy magazines from Norris Barnhill as part of a challenge to the city’s new pornography ordinance. Barnhill says he faces a court trial and vows to fight the law, with lawyers predicting a lengthy, costly case potentially reaching the Supreme Court. The ordinance labels explicit material a moral nuisance and allows civil action without a jury, with $40,000 allotted for court fees.
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Joy Sterling
Spokane
UPI
Norris Barnhill
Barnhill
Shorty
U.S. Supreme Court
Sears Bait and Switch Settlement Ends Deceptive Appliance Tricks
FTC says Sears agreed to stop bait and switch tactics after findings of misleading low price ads and efforts to push higher priced models. Sears cites policy violations and pledges tighter control, with ads to show items in stock and available as advertised.
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Sears
FTC
Government Engineer Warns Half of Reactors May Develop Problems
Ronald M Fluegge, NRC engineer, warned about internal pressures in about half of US nuclear reactors that could cause catastrophic housing rupture and radiation release. Daniel Ford of the Union of Concerned Scientists saidFluegge planned a resignation news conference over NRC inaction. Ford noted other engineers from GE and NRC had resigned last summer over related concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald M
Fluegge
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Daniel Ford
Union of Concerned Scientists
Ford
NRC
General Electric
Frizzell denounces oil report as biased and inaccurate
Interior official Kent Frizzell criticized a congressional staff report on the Trans-Alaska pipeline, citing 17 inaccuracies and alleging bias aimed at discrediting the project. He defended progress, denied delays, and promised investigation of violent claims while noting improved quality control since 1975.
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Cynthia Mills Washington
UPI
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
Rep
John Dingell
House Commerce
Energy and Power
Subcommittee
Deshon Seeks 11 Foot City Variance at Third and Larch
Dan Deshon Jr asked the city council for an 11 foot variance to move a house on a corner lot at Third and Larch, citing peculiar property setback needs. Residents feared increased winter traffic hazards and loss of view from Sand Creek, but traffic concerns outweighed view objections, council voting 5 to 1 in favor. Benoit abstained then voted no. Additional actions included appointments to planning and zoning and traffic safety committees and questions about appointing nonresidents. The mayor and city clerk noted committees outside planning and zoning can be disbanded, with legalities depending on city rules.
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Dan Deshon Jr
Third
Larch
Deshon
Holt
Sand Creek
Benoit
Dave Easton
Debating Schedule Clash Shapes November Election
Herndon urges live air of the county debate to reach all voters. Marks favors public access and live airing. Harper wants Monday at Community Hall but Guthrie campaign has Monday limits. The meeting will likely decide if a debate occurs before November.
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Marks
Harper
Guthrie
Pilots Survive Sinking Amphibious Plane Demonstration
A Lake Buccaneer amphibious craft flipped during a Lucky Peak Reservoir demonstration. Pilot Ralph McBean and passengers Ken Burrows and Steven Reichhart escaped as the plane sank. Burrows, trapped underwater, was rescued after 90 seconds. all were hospitalized in Boise with injuries.
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Boise
UPI
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Ralph McBean
Lake Buccaneer
Ken Burrows
The
Idaho Statesman
Steven Reichhart
Burrows
St. Alphonsus Hospital
McBean
Reidhart
Burrrows
Wayne E. Peterson
Eastern Seaboard Buffeted by Winds and Rain Storm
Violent winds and record rainfall battered the East as the World Series fourth game was postponed. The system moved from the Carolinas northward flooding New York streets and delaying play while causing wrecks, warehouse damage, and multiple injuries in South Carolina and other states.
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Carolinas
New York City
Yankee Stadium
Baseball
Bowie Kuhn
New England
New York
Central Park
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
North Carolina
Maine
South Carolina
Calhoun
Orangeburg
Demo Official Warns Votes For McCarthy May Hurt Carter
ADA National Director Leon Shull warns liberals that voting for Eugene McCarthy could cost Jimmy Carter the November election. He says a close race lets McCarthy draw Democrats from Carter and that McCarthy opposes using government to solve social problems. The ADA endorsed Carter on August 28.
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New York
UPI
Americans For Democratic Action
Eugene McCarthy
Jimmy Carter
ADA National
Leon Shull
McCarthy
Shull
ADA
Sen. McCarthy
ADA Board of Directors
Carter
Truck Mishap Kills One Near Wendell Idaho
A pickup truck carrying about 25 Mexican nationals in its bed overturned on the Wendell Hagerman highway six and a half miles west of Wendell, killing Fidel Vega aged 48 and injuring 14 others. Eight were released and six remained in fair to good condition. Eusebio Goyoagana, 34, of Gooding, was driving home from potato fields at Anderson-Natzinger Farms.
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Gooding
Idaho
UPI
Wendell- Hagerman
Wendell
Fidel Vega
Eusebio Goyoagana
Anderson-Natzinger Farms
Lawsuit Dismissed Against Rexburg Banker in Idaho Fraud Case
U.S. Circuit Judge J Blaine Anderson dismissed a 4 million lawsuit filed two years ago by Grand Targhee Resort stockholders against Rexburg banker Steve M Meikle Jr president of Valley Bank and other defendants. Judge Anderson ruled plaintiffs failed to show fraud facts. Sioux Corp remains as sole defendant seeking summary judgment.
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Anderson
Sioux Corp
Proxmire's Fleece Award Goes To HUD Study
Sen William Proxmire awards HUD a Fleece of the Month for a $245000 study of New Towns and New Communities. He labels the analysis wasteful while noting 67 such studies funded since Library of Congress data. Proxmire says the new towns never became profitable and cites high costs.
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HUD
Washington
UPD
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Boston
Jimmy Carter
Senate Appropriations
Library of Congress
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