Arizona Legislature Overhauls Dog Racing and Emission Rules
The 1977 Arizona session ends with laws ending dog racing monopoly and tightening concessions. It tightens track ownership limits, requires divestiture by 1978, and grants limited extensions. Emission tests narrow to idle mode. auto emissions reform faces voter referendum. Also broadened child abuse reporting and new penalties for fraud, with penalties for animal killings and stricter welfare checks.
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Les Schlangen
Associated Press
Don Bolles
Funk Family
Phoenix
Ramcorp Metals
Emprise Corp
Buffalo
N.Y
Las Vegas
Maricopa
Pima
State Racing Commission
Legislative
Senate
House
Raul Castro
Library and Archives Division
State Board of Regents
State Community College Board
Castro
William Payne
Tempe
Ate
Cadets at West Point Involved in Major Honor Code Scandal
Affidavits reveal 60 cadets accusing about 700 peers of cheating lying and stealing at the U S Military Academy. Reports describe bribery abuse of committee influence and widespread copying of exams with 226 cadets implicated and 149 admitting guilt. Four cases remain pending.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Associated Press
Counting and cunning in a bridge hand
A bridge column explores how counting beats relying on luck. It describes a hand where West deceives by leading a non declarer’s suit, East shows spades, and declarer uses counting to deduce West’s distribution. The piece argues only counting reliably reveals the full suit layout and secures the contract.
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West
East
Declarer
Bridge Play Reveals Key Trick In No Trump Win
In Springfield Missouri the Open Pairs winners are Henry Davis of Bethany and Terry Gibson of Oklahoma City. A bridge hand features the deuce opening and a diamond finesse leading to a three no trump contract made with careful defense and planning. The bidding suggests a balanced 13 to 15 points with no heart raise.
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East
Springfield
Migs
Henry Davis
Bethany
Terry Gibson
Okla City
Wallace defends bedroom taping as domestic matter
Gov. George C. Wallace calls a taping system found in his Alabama mansion a domestic issue between him and his wife. He says politics are not involved and declines to discuss details of the device or tapes. He acknowledged a device and tapes were recovered but did not confirm his wife’s knowledge.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Ford weighs veto of Vietnam UN bid
President Ford faces a key decision on vetoing Hanoi’s bid for United Nations membership. Officials warn an American veto could boost his standing with voters wary of Vietnam policy while some argue abstention remains possible. The Vietnamese offer of 12 presumed MIAs accountability is cited as a goodwill signal.
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Washington
Ford
United Nations
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Paris
U.N
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Cape Town Riots Prompt Armed Police Escorts In South Africa
Riots across Cape Town and inland leave at least five dead and 12 injured with 30 arrests. Armed police escort white motorists in convoys through warned colored townships as unrest spreads to Stellenbosch Kimberley and Transkei.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Paari
Stellenbosch
Banhoek Mountain Pass
Kimberley
Galashewe
Transkei
Umtata
Pretoria
Attridgeville
Cillie
Soweto
Johannesburg
Salt River
Ravensmead
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Board of Supervisors
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Deuce of Les
West North
East Pass
Scottsdale Christian Home
W. Civic Center Plaza
John Vorster
National Party
Blomfontein
Vorster
Rex Prisbrey
CLU
E. McDowell
Coaver
Scottsdale
Jo Bender
Scottsdale Community College
Margie
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