Woman testifies Franklin spoke of killing blacks before slayings
In Salt Lake City jurors heard a woman recount how Joseph Paul Franklin discussed killing blacks just days before two joggers were shot. She described Franklin offering to shoot black men and saying white women with black partners "didn't deserve to live" as he rode by Liberty Park. Franklin, self-represented, argued he was a victim of circumstance and bad press as trial proceedings continued.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Paul Franklin
Franklin
Ted Fields
David Martin
Mobile
Ala
Liberty Park
Micky Farman-Ara
Salt Lake Area
San Francisco
David Yocom
Utah Supreme Court
D. Frank Wilkins
Rancher acquitted in marijuana charges in Arizona
Thomas Hanigan, 24, was found innocent on counts of possessing with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute 573 pounds of marijuana near his family’s ranch in Tucson. He testified he was set up and said he found 19 bales on the ranch while disposing of them. His brother Patrick was convicted in a separate federal case, which drew national attention from Hispanic groups.
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Tucson
Ariz
Thomas Hanigan
U.S. Customs Service
Hanigan
Patrick
CEQ, battered budget, presses for environmental stance
The President's Council on Environmental Quality, facing deep cuts to about 1 million dollars and 16 staff, asserts it can still influence policy. Chairman A Alan Hill says he has sent environmental concerns over the MX missile to the White House, indicating opposition to the plan. He notes the comments went to Reagan during his California vacation, while CEQ’s broader role has fluctuated since 1970.
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Stan Benjamin Newhouse
Washington
Council On Environmental Quality
A. Alan Hill
Hill
White House
The
Conservation Round Table of Washington
Reagan
Santa Barbara
California
CEQ
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George Tibbits
Richmark
Mes
Am. Or
E. Genesee ST
RAL Estate
NEW York Telephone Company
State of
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Lox State St
Allany
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Edward V. Regain
NEW York Telephone CO
Ecology Council
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lafayette Square
Soook’'S Coox, United, Inc
Special Labor
Taft RD
Syracuse
N.Y
Onondaga
Fayetteville
Jorefa
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