Prosecution boxscore Gainesville acquittals chronicled
United Press International notes the Gainesville Fla case where all eight defendants from the Vietnam Veterans Against the War were acquitted. The report links this to a broader pattern of prosecutions against peace activists, detailing the Harrisburg Eight Chicago Seven Seattle Eight Camden 28 and related trials and outcomes.
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Gainesville
Fla
Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Henry A. Kissinger
Berrigan
Miss McAlister
Chicago Seven
The
Chicago
Bishops urge farm workers to vote by secret ballot
The Most Rev Edward A McCarthy and Most Rev Francis J Green urge farm workers to choose their union via secret ballot. They contrast United Farm Workers and Teamsters, noting workers lack voice in terms and negotiations and call for self determination in the election.
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Edward A. McCarthy
Phoenix
Francis J. Green
Tucson
United Farm Workers Union
Teamsters Union
California
McCarthy
Green
UFW
Bridge Challenge: Aces vs Local Stars Spins on Slam Prospects
In a competitive match Henry Baer and players face pressure bidding as South. Souths with 84 AK J2 4Q98 K 108 double or bid slam under pre emptive East West shifts. Baer aims Blackwood then six diamonds, while defense against five spades yields down three.
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Henry Baer
Dallas
Blackwood
North
West
Declarer
Bob Hamman
Bob Wolff
East
South
Fourheart
Convict builds mobility device for paralyzed woman
San Quentin inmate Jim Tanner 28 works on a powered gocart with elevating mechanism for Shirley Kopecky 38, a polio victim, after years of letters and fundraising. He says the project revived his life and inspired persistence despite prison limits.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
St. Louis
Jim Tanner
Shirley Kopecky
Tanner
Shirley
Los Angeles
New York Enacts Tough Anti-Drug Law With Life Sentences
New York state becomes the nation's harshest anti-drug regime. It imposes life imprisonment for selling or possessing more than one ounce of hard drugs and minimum jail terms for users and dealers. A $1,000 bounty for tips and 15 new courts are planned as plea bargaining ends.
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New York
UPI
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John R. Bartels Jr
Federal Drug Enforcement Agency
New York City
Scientists say Monitor remains found near Cape Hatteras
Duke University researchers report locating two sunken ships about 20 miles east of Cape Hatteras North Carolina including what may be the U S S Monitor. The team, using underwater detectors, will analyze mosaic photos for up to three months to confirm the ironclad’s identity amid swift currents.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
UPI
Duke University
Here
Hampton Roads
Duke
John H. Newton
Duke Marine Laboratory
Newton
U.S.S. Rhode Island
Charleston
S.C
Federal and local probes target crime in music industry
U S Attorney William D Keller said federal and local authorities are examining illegal activity and organized crime links in the music business while a 60 count indictment has been returned in a record piracy case. Arpad Joseph Loecsey of Pasadena faces charges over counterfeit recordings. Local police confirm a joint probe across city agencies into organized crime activity in Los Angeles records.
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Los Angeles
UPI
U. S
William D. Keller
Keller
U.S
Robert Brosio
Arpad Joseph Loecsey
Pasadena
Calif
Elton John
Bread
Neil Diamond
Joni Summers
Dean Martin
Edward M. Davis
Newark
N.J
Organized Crime and Intelligence
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Davis
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Lee Weiner
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Leonard Weingalls
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Seattle
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Draft Board
Boston
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Yale University
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Pentagon
Ira G. Corn JR
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Sunrise Corporation
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Monitor
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Judith Crist
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