Toughest gun law in effect shocks Massachusetts
Massachusetts law imposes a mandatory one year prison term for illegal firearm possession with no parole or probation. The law has led to few convictions and drew opposition from civil liberties groups while prosecutors plan to challenge its constitutionality at the state Supreme Court.
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Henry Lovett
Framingham State
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The
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
UFO couple used Texas man’s auto in Houston case
James Morgan doubts the claimed space travel by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles. He says they used his car and credit cards in 1974 to travel coast to coast, contradicting UFO travel claims. Morgan’s stolen car was found later in Dallas. charges were dismissed for lack of personal filing.
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UPI
Marshall Herff Applewhite
Bonnie la Trusdale Nettles
UFO
James Morgan
Morgan
Dallas
Harris County
Justice of the Peace
End of Daylight Saving Time Due October 26
UPI reports daylight saving time ends next Sunday with clocks set back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. under the 1966 Uniform Time Act. Standard time resumes until the last Sunday in April 1976, with the year 1974’s emergency daylight time now expired and the permanent schedule in effect.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Humphrey Favored by Democrats for 1976 Nomination
Ford adviser Robert Hartmann says Hubert H. Humphrey is the Democrats’ first choice for 1976 and could become the nominee if rivals falter. Hartmann hedges on Kennedy, notes Humphrey’s appeal and non-candidacy stance, and discusses a possible Reagan challenge to Ford with an emphasis on party unity.
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UPI
Ford
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Canada
Robert T. Hartmann
Hartmann
Minnesota
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert
Humphrey
Ted
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Wendell Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
GOP
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Pot may become socially acceptable in U S drug policy
Federal advisers urged President Ford to de-emphasize marijuana prosecutions arguing pot has joined alcohol and tobacco as widely used drugs and should receive less federal attention. The panel noted alcohol and nicotine are legally obtainable and socially accepted, unlike other drugs, and Ford ordered plans within 60 days and release of the report to steer public dialogue.
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UPI
Ford
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