Tornadoes kill one in Texas town and hit four states
A spring storm unleashed tornadoes across Texas Iowa Nebraska and Kansas last night killing James Carroll 47 in Whitney Texas and injuring about 30 to 35 others. The Whitney mobile home district bore the heaviest damage with 50 buildings leveled as the twister tore from northwest to southeast through the city near Waco.
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James Carroll
Whitney
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Waco
Labor groups finance 24 Senate races report ACA says
Americans for Constitutional Action claims labor funded 11 million dollars for 20 Democrats and 4 Republicans who won Senate seats last year. The largest grant of 105,966 went to Len Harrison A Williams Jr. of New Jersey. ACA notes 1,767,044 supported 41 candidates in 1970, with 17 losses. Howard Metzenbaum led losers with 172,092. Other top recipients included Tunney, Symington, Hartke, Hart, and Stevenson Jr.
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UPN
Americans For Constitutional Action
ACA
Senate
Len Harrison A Williams Jr
Senate Labor Committee
Politcal
House
Howard Metzenbaum
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Willams
Thomas J Dodd
Connecticut
Metzenbaum
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Man Fined on Driving Charges in Elyria Court
An Elyria motorist, Ronald R Norris, 421 Boston Ave, was fined 250 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated. He also received a three day city jail term and a six month driving suspension. Norris pled guilty to the DUI and no contest on a separate charge of driving left of center, with a 25 dollar fine and costs.
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New York City
Department of Air Resources
Elyria
Elyria Municipal
Frank M Wilcox
Ronald R Norris
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Norris
Three Indicted Over Kent State Rioting Face Delay
In Ravenna Ohio three defendants Ronald Weissenberger Ruth Gibson and Thomas Foglesong were given two weeks to prepare further information for dismissal motions in the Kent State University rioting case. They appeared in Portage County Common Pleas Court with 22 others indicted last year as prosecutors push to resolve all 25 cases through Saturday sessions ordered by the state attorney general. The indictments tied to disturbances before the May 4 1970 killing of four students by National Guardsmen. Separately London reported 1970 abortions reached 83 852 up 300 000 from 1969.
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UPI
Kent State University
Thomas Foglesong
Akron
Portage County Common Pleas Court
Edwin Jones
State Attorney General
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