Connie Francis Sues Over Motel Safety in 1974Rape Case
Singer Connie Francis and husband Joseph Garzilli attend a Brooklyn federal courthouse break during a civil trial seeking 5 million dollars from Howard Johnson Motor Lodges. The reopening was ordered by the U.S. Court of Appeals amid questions over safety at a 1974 motel incident.
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Connie Francis
Joseph Garzilli
Brooklyn
Miss Francis
Howard Johnson Motor Lodges
Howard Johnson
U.S. Court of Appeals
Amherst Hospital Wins Council Zoning OK for New Facility
Amherst council approved final plans for the Amherst Hospital project and issued the zoning permit. Bids will be opened June 22, with 60 days to select the lowest bidder, and construction could start in late August or September. The panel also approved street widening, easements, and sewer rate adjustments while discussing electric rate changes and a related court ruling.
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Amherst — Council
Amherst Hospital
William Hilliard
Council
Hilliard
Prospect Street
Park Avenue
City Council to Take Vacation in July
The council plans a July recess, scheduling a break from regular meetings. Officials say the timing accommodates staff duties and public service coverage during the summer period.
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D Council
Tap-in fees redirected to water works fund
South Amhert council heard solicitor George Ferguson state tap-in fees should be placed in the water works fund since the mortgage retirement fund no longer exists. The meeting also approved investments of excess funds, tabled removing the village gas tank, and heard a part time patrolman request six months unpaid leave for Joe Nestor until December 16, 1976. Mayor Jones announced two summer CETA hires for catch basins cleaning and other tasks including street striping and cemetery board help. A cemetery board lawnmower purchase was approved and a budget hearing was set for July 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall.
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South Amherst
George Ferguson
Council
Joe Nestor
Kenneth Jones
Amherst Council Keeps Mandamus Suit Over Room Claim
Amherst council votes 4 to 3 to pursue a mandamus suit against Mayor Anthony DePaolo seeking a court declaratory judgment on authority over a storage room off the council chambers. The filing requests 35000 in damages for harassment, while officials aim to share space with other city groups and establish a workable schedule.
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Amherst
Anthony DePaolo
Alan Anderson
Council
Ron Gambish
Eugene Stipe
David Taylor
Taylor
Weather forecast for Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes region
Shower activity is forecast tonight over parts of the Pacific Northwest and Lakes region from eastern Texas northeastward into the lower Lakes region. Mostly fair elsewhere with variable clouds tonight and tomorrow and a chance of showers or thundershowers. Lows in mid to upper 60s, highs tomorrow in lower 80s. Small craft advisory in effect with southwest winds 16 to 25 knots tonight. Waves three to five feet and higher in thunderstorms.
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Pacific Northwest
Lakes
Texas
Lower Lakes Region
June snow blocks Colorado highways
June snows with 50 mph winds closed Colorado high country highways while a heat driven drought battered the Midwest. Tornadoes and violent storms killed four and injured at least 45 as rains mostly bypassed drought areas. Wisconsin seeks emergency feed grain. Minnesota saw two drownings amid weekend rains.
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United Press International
Midwest
Colorado
Midlands
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Washington
Chicago
Ford
Minnesota
Nebraska
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Kojak
Savalas
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London Daily Mail
Berlin
Richard Hartley
Wilson
Knight of Garter
Harold Wilson
Elizabeth I
Cooper-Foster Park
Dewey Road
Heard Taylor
Gambish
Ohio Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission
The
Utilities Commission
Ohio Edison Co
Finance Committee
Amherst Council
McGraw-Edison
Midway
Southland
North Oiissiet
Willoughby
Bedard
Cove Point
Casein Point
Maryland
Columbia Gas
Algeria
Columbia
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