Watergate probe head named for Casey inquiry
Senate Intelligence Committee tapped Fred Thompson to lead the Casey investigation as the panel prepares a likely September report. Thompson, a former Watergate counsel, will oversee staff briefings on Casey past dealings and Hugel appointment while Reagan backs a quick resolution. House panels moved to extend broadcast license terms and CPB funding while defense chiefs faced 9mm handgun replacement scrutiny.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
William J. Casey
Casey
White House
Reagan
Intelligence Committee
Fred Thompson
Thompson
Republican Committee
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York
Max Hugel
CIA Clandestine Services
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FBI
Senate
Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Baker
Congress
House
Thunderstorms belt nation across midwest and southwest
Rain drenched New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Illinois and Indiana as storms moved eastward. Oklahoma City saw nearly 3 inches of rain in an hour causing a cafe roof collapse with about 25 people inside. Floodwaters rose on Lightning Creek and Salt River, with the Corps breaching Clarence Cannon Dam to ease flooding and estimate 5 million dollars in crop losses.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Mississippi Valley
Central
Appalachians
Middle Atlantic Coast
Oklahoma City
Cattlemen's Cafe
Red Cross
Arizona
Salt River
Clarence Cannon
Army Corps of Engineers
Coffer
Robert J. Dacey
Corps
St. Louis
Dacey
Showmen and lawyers share tips at trial lawyers convention
At the San Francisco St Francis Hotel 1500 members of the Association of American Trial Lawyers gathered to learn how to sway juries and maximize contingency fees. Figures like F Lee Bailey and Melvin Belli headlined sessions emphasizing persuasion over pure facts. Nader praised trial lawyers as watchdogs while acknowledging high fees and ABA tensions.
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Stuart Taylor Jr
New York Times
San Francisco
St. Francis Hotel
Association of American Trial Lawyers
Association
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Henry B. Rothblatt
New York
Miami
Richard
Racehorse) Haynes
Houston
Haynes
Rothblatt
Melvin M. Belli
Belli
Pro
Michael F. Colley
Columbus
Ohio
Watt vows appeal after offshore lease ruling
Secretary of the Interior James Watt said the case will go to the Supreme Court after U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer blocked the sale of 29 oil drilling leases off California. The injunction halted bids on over 150000 acres, worth about 220.6 million, with California asserting veto power over projects affecting its shoreline.
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Los Angeles
James Watt
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Supreme Court
U.S
Watt
Washington
Mariana
Ozark Air Lines Pulls From Three Iowa Cities
Ozark Air Lines will end service in Fort Dodge Mason City and Dubuque after 25 years. The carrier filed 90 day notices with the Civil Aeronautics Board to terminate by Oct 24, citing declining traffic and weaker demand in smaller markets. The cities currently receive four daily flights with connections to Chicago Sioux City and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ozark Air Lines
Don Morrison
St. Louis
Ozark
Morrison
Chicago
Sioux City
Man beaten to death with car jack in St Louis street
A 34 year old St Louis man died after being struck repeatedly on the head with a bumper jack by another man on a city street at 11:30 a.m. Monday in view of witnesses. Police arrested 24 year old Nemi Harris on suspicion of murder later the same day.
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Jesse Taylor
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Nemi Harris
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