Reaction favorable to high court choices
Nixon's Supreme Court nominees Powell and Rehnquist drew general approval from lawmakers and supporters, while women’s groups criticized the pick of two men. Powell, a Richmond trial lawyer, and Rehnquist, an assistant attorney general, were praised as qualified and conservative.
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Ania
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
National Policy Council of the
National Womens’ Political Caucus
Congress
Senate
Powell
Richmond, Va
Rehnquist
Edward M. Kenney
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Elyria High names 1979 Homecoming Queen Bev Cebula
Surrounded by cheers Elyria High School selected Bev Cebula 18 as the 1979 Homecoming Queen. The pep assembly named the queen and court who will be presented before Ely Stadium tonight when Elyria faces Sandusky. Bev is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Cebula of 326 N Olive St.
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Bev Cebula
Elyria High School
Ely Stadium
Elyria
Sandusky
Stanley Cebula
N. Olive St
Story
Janice Arthrell
Methadone debate and prison reform on Sunday program
The article previews a Sunday AP package on methadone as a synthetic drug used to curb opiate hunger and the search for new substitutes. It also profiles prison guards and their view of enforcing order during riots, plus a TV adaptation of The Snow Goose and Puerto Rico statehood controversy with Puerto Rican indecision noted by UPI.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
The
Aaron Carey
Joliet
Puerto Rico
United Press International
Food price drop marks slow September CPI rise
The biggest drop in grocery prices in four years slowed September's overall inflation as Nixon's price and wage freeze began. The CPI rose two tenths of a percent, with food and auto prices falling, while weekly earnings for about 45 million workers slipped 27 cents to 128.76 dollars.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Elyria Begins Work on 55 Million Village Green Condos
Construction starts on a 55 million 279 unit condominium complex at West River Road near Midway Mall in Elyria. Multi-Con Property Inc plans four two bedroom units per building across 69 buildings on a 20 acre site with garages and preconstruction sales from a trailer. Prices listed at 19500 with down payments as low as 1000 and financing arranged by Multi-Con. First units expected by mid December.
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Elyria
West River Road
Midway Mall
Midway
Ford Road
Lawrence A. Bell
James Jenkins
Multi-Con Property Inc
Columbus
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem, Pa
Bell
Multi-Con
West River Rd
Chagrin Falls
Nixon Nominates Rehnquist for Supreme Court Seat
President Nixon names William H Rehnquist 47 as a nominee to the Supreme Court after his service as chief of the Office of Legal Counsel and as a former clerk to Justice Robert Jackson. Powell Jr 64 of Richmond is named for the second vacancy.
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Senate
Rehnquist
Nixon
Lewis Powell Jr
Richmond
Robert Jackson
Richard D Kleindienst
Powell Ex ABA chief Powell Ex ABA chief
Richmond lawyer Lewis Franklin Powell Jr 64 says he would have to give up active law practice if Senate confirms him to the Supreme Court. He describes himself as a lawyer first and notes his firm employs about 60 lawyers focused on corporate and antitrust work. He aided the state attorney general in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school desegregation brief and expects Senate scrutiny will be fair. Powell speaks from his James River home amid family banter and routine calls.
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Richmond
Lewis Franklin Powell Jr
Supreme Court
Senate
Nixon
High Court
Powell
American Bar Association
James River
Charlotte- Mecklenburg, N.C
Piper
Josephine
Unidentified man killed in Rt 58 crash near Sullivan
An unidentified man died when his car left Rt 58 south of Sullivan and rolled multiple times, trapping him beneath the vehicle. A passing motorist found the wreck and alerted Wellington police, with Ashland patrols continuing the investigation. No identification beyond a Ramada Inn key was found.
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Sullivan
Here
Rt 58
Wellington
Ashland Highway Patrol
Ashland County Sheriff's
Nixon names pay board and price commission heads
President Nixon named George H. Boldt of western Washington to head the Pay Board and C Jackson Grayson Jr. of Southern Methodist University to lead the Price Commission. The Pay Board includes Arnold Weber and Kermit Gordon, with labor seats filled by Meany and four union presidents. Weather notes follow with cloudy skies, possible showers, and temperatures in the 60s and 70s.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Pay Board and Price Commission
George H. Boldt
U.S. District Court For
Western Washington
Seattle
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Southern Methodist University Business School
Arnold R. Weber
Kermit Gordon
Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
Johnson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
I.W. Abel
United Steel
Man Says He Sees Through Women Then Misses Plenty
A humorous line notes that any man claiming perfect vision into women is blind to much. The quip suggests humility in judgment and pokes fun at overconfident insight.
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