Public figures face legal battles and medical updates
Robert Randall won a federal case after his marijuana supply for glaucoma was cut off. Ernest Borgnine sued former managers for 10 million dollars in Los Angeles over alleged cheating. Former First Lady Pat Nixon, age 66, left hospital after therapy for a respiratory ailment. Gwinnett County police plan to interview Larry Flynt in Ohio about the Seaats shooting that left him partially paralyzed.
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Robert Randall
Ernest Borgnine
Los Angeles
Pat Nixon
Gwinnett County
Ohio
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Seaats
UPI
Break in Taiwan defense treaty urged by most China delegation
A UPI obtained draft report by 6 of 10 lawmakers who visited China urges breaking the Taiwan mutual defense treaty and recognizing Peking while warning against endangering Nationalist China. Sen Gary Hart notes China as a future market and a counterweight to the Soviet Union. The majority says ending the treaty would not force U.S. action and that Washington would act in its own interest anyway.
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Washington
UPI
China
U.S
Taiwan
Peking
Gary Hart
D-Colo
Hart
Soviet Union
United States
PRC
People’s Republic of China
Congress
Willow Island scaffold disaster probe nears crucial phase
A federal safety expert says the Willow Island scaffold collapse, which killed 51 workers, is entering the most crucial investigation stage. OSHA regional administrator David Rhone declines to comment on charges about prior warnings and possible delays in corrective action.
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Willow Island
W. Va
UPI
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
David Rhone
OSHA
Briggs to Join Arizona State University as Visiting Professor
Retiring Cleveland Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul W. Briggs has been offered a visiting professor or lecturer post in Arizona State University's College of Education in Tempe. Briggs, 65, has not signed yet, and his resignation as Cleveland superintendent becomes effective July 1 after a desegregation order. Arizona State has not released salary or duties.
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Cleveland
UPI
Paul W. Briggs
Arizona State University
Tempe
College of Education
Briggs
Bill J. Fullerton
Arizona State
Prosecution Cites Five Mafia Members in Greene Killing
In closing arguments prosecutors say five organized crime figures planned and executed the 1975 Greene murder in Cleveland. They assert Greene was watched, then killed by a remote car bomb in Lyndhurst after leaving a dentist. Key witness Ferritto testified he was hired and drove the getaway car.
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Cleveland
UPI
Danny Greene
Greene
Cuyahoga County
Edward Walsh
Lyndhurst
Walsh
Raymond Ferritto
Ferritto
Senate approves bill to aid small coal operators
The Senate passed a bill to boost federal aid for small coal mine operators to 25 million dollars over two years and 15 million dollars annually for the next 13 years. The measure also provides extra funds to states to enforce new strip mining regulations as part of the law. Senators Wendell H. Ford Jr and Walter Dee Huddleston of Kentucky sponsored the legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Wendell H. Ford Jr
Walter
Dee’’ Huddleston
Kentucky
Congress
Alaskan wilderness bill gains support amid Senate filibuster
House debates a plan to designate over 100 million acres as national parks refuges and wilderness. A key vote crushed an effort to shrink wilderness to 33 million acres 240 to 119. Senate filibuster continues on a labor reform bill amid ERA extension debate.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Teachers in Aurora receive no contract letters amid strike
Aurora public schools remain open as 101 of 115 Aurora Education Association members continue striking after the board pledged layoffs for 17 teachers. Two protesters were arrested for blocking substitutes, raising total arrests to 17 since last Friday.
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Aurora
API
Board of Education
Aurora Education Association
Roy Cogar
AEA
Cogar
Frogs at Calaveras Jump Jubilee Stir Local Fury
Angered Calaveras County residents defend the annual Jumping Frog Jubilee amid criticism by the Fund for Animals. Officials say the event draws about 40,000 visitors, while others allege frogs are mistreated during contests and heat risks. Gary Blake dismisses the charge as malicious.
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Angels Camp
Calif
UPI
Calaveras County
Fund For Animals
Mark Twain
Sierra Foothills
Calaveras
Gary Blake
Rescued grandma weary of publicity
Great-grandma Milda Wilburn, 70, freed from a two day jail threat, says she is tired of national attention and fighting City Hall. She plans to move to the back woods and avoid public disclosure of her destination, lamenting the strain of the mayoral fine dispute over a granddaughter’s curfew violation.
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Ceorgetown
Ohio
UPI
Milda Wilburn
City Hall
Parts Unknown
Thuray
West Virginia
New York
Teen shoots teacher in Austin classroom confrontation
John Daniel Christian, 13, son of former presidential press secretary George Christian, is held by juvenile authorities after allegedly shooting English teacher Wilbur Rodney Grayson in front of about 30 students. Christian fled, dropped the .22 rifle, and was captured. Grayson died from multiple gunshot wounds.
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Austin
Texas
UPI
George Christian
John Daniel Christian
Wilbur Rodney Grayson
Grayson
Christian
Larry Schirpik
Schirpik
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