Dummar acquitted in 1969 forgery case tied to Hughes matter
Melvin Dummar, once named in Howard Hughes will, was acquitted after a three day trial on a $251 payroll forgery charge in 1969 at El Capitan Club in Hawthorne Nevada. Jurors dismissed the case 10-2 after prosecution and defense agreed to a dismissal.
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Hawthorne
Nev
Melvin Dummar
Howard Hughes
Mineral County Dist. Atty
Larry Bettis
Dummar
Bettis
Willard
Utah
el Capitan Club
Nevada
Basic, Inc
Gables
Methodists push to end prison terms for small pot possession
United Methodists urged removing felony penalties for personal use of small amounts of marijuana. They oppose legalization but favor fines or citations and called for strong enforcement against traffickers. The resolution also urged equal health warnings for alcohol and tobacco and touched on debates over church stance on homosexuality.
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Portland
Ore
United Methodists
John E. Stumbo
Topeka
Kan
Ford challenges Reagan to release income tax records before primaries
Ford funds a swing through Indiana and Alabama attacking Reagan budget plans and demanding disclosure of 1975 tax data as Reagan releases his figures. The GOP contest pivots on Southern primaries with delegates at stake. Carter gains from Birch Bayh endorsement as the Democratic race tightens with 139 Republican delegates up for grabs across Indiana Georgia and Alabama. Uncommitted delegates totaling 254 could tip the balance for Ford if not for Reagan's southern gains.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Indiana
Alabama
Panama Canal
Texas
Midwest
Jimmy Carter
District of Columbia
Carter
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Morris K. Udall
Georgia
South
Trump
New York
Pennsylvania
Food prices seen rising 3 to 4 percent in 1976
Agriculture Secretary Butz on a world tour forecast a 3 to 4 percent rise in retail food prices for 1976, the smallest in five years, with 1975 up 8.5 percent and dairy items possibly higher. He noted overseas grain sales to Russia should not heavily affect American shoppers and an May 19 USDA analysis will firm up the estimate.
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Washington
Ar i
Agricular
L. Butz
Butz
Agriculture Department
U.S
Russia
Department
USDA
Reagan gets laugh at Notre Dame helmet tribute
Ronald Reagan received a vintage football helmet from Notre Dame admirers in South Bend Indiana in a tribute to his film role as George Gipp. He quipped that when he played football he wore one, referencing the famous line about President Ford not wearing a helmet as a Michigan center.
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South Bend
Ind
Ronald Reagan
President Ford
Notre Dame University
George Gipp
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Reagan
Michigan
Governor cites anonymous 1972 campaign donors in Missoula
In Missoula Gov. Thomas L. Judge acknowledged 1972 contributions to the Judge For Governor Club totaled 93,624.39 with 81,407.11 in expenditures unreported. He said names of donors cannot be provided under state law at the time and defended the anonymity amid public anger over campaign financing.
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Missoula
Thomas L. Judge
Governor Club
Judge
Great Falls
Inter
University of Montana
Page
Colbo
Flathead
Roosevelt
Montana Supreme Court
Lewis and Clark County
Judge to Meet Tax Dissenters in Helena Saturday
Gov Thomas L Judge will meet in Helena with frustrated property tax payers to discuss halting the segmented statewide reclassification rollout. Organizer Mahoney notes protests across at least six counties including Jefferson Madison Broadwater Chouteau and Silver Bow as lawsuits over reappraisal arise in multiple counties.
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Helena
Thomas L. Judge
Montana Legislative Council
Mahoney
Garfield County
Clancy
Capitol
Rongpoiant T
Keith L. Colbo
Jefferson
Madison
Broadwater
Chouteau
Silver Bow
Senate OKs range bill to fund western rangeland
The Senate approved an $89.5 million, 30 year program to improve federal rangeland across 262 million acres in 11 Western states. Sen. Lee Metcalf urged action as the Bureau of Land Management warned of declines in range productivity if current management continues.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Floyd K.haskell
D-Colo
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau
Police search for head arms and legs of torso in Spokane
In Peaceful Valley police hunt for body parts to match a decomposed torso found by a 14 year old boy. Officials say the torso is that of a female possibly shot in the chest and unlinked to the Nanette Martin case. The body was located near downtown Spokane and four miles from where Nanette Marie Martin's dismembered body was found.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane
Peaceful Valley
Robert Colliton
Colliton
Nanette Marie Martin
Martin
Lois Shanks
Bomb blast rocks downtown Jerusalem injuring many
A booby trapped motor scooter exploded on Jerusalem's main commercial street injuring at least 29 people per hospital reports. Police blamed Arab terrorists and rounded up dozens across the city as witnesses described blood pools and shattered storefronts near the Wailing Wall.
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Jerusalem
Greece
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Superior Court
Neil Lake
Rhoden
THE
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Montana Heavy Highway and Building Contractors Joint Council
Montana
Eee Engineers Local
Butte
Kalispell
Miles City
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Billings
New York City
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Jake
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London
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Express
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Egypt
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Jordan West Bank
Tulkarm
Nablus
West Bank
Ahmed Dahdoul
Salfit
Israel
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