Police detail reports record rape arrests in first quarter
Tucson police state the sex crimes detail jailed 20 for rape since Jan 1, the highest 90 day total since the unit formed 18 months ago. Chief Gilkinson created the unit in 1971 with 24 hour on call coverage and added a dog unit and helicopter for on scene work.
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Ohio House backs equal rights amendment passage
The Ohio House approves the Equal Rights Amendment to the U S Constitution. One of four women representatives voted against it. In Florida the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the measure on a 3 3 tie vote. State Sen Dan Scarborough called revival chances slim to nil. Thirty states have approved the measure. 33 are needed to reach ratification.
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United Press International
Ohio House of Representatives
Tallahassee
Fla
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dan Scarborough
Teen admits murder in re enacted TV crime in Atlanta
Police charged 17 year old Robert Earl Thompson with the murder of 24 year old Cathy Louise Freer after a re enactment of a television murder mystery he had watched two weeks earlier. Detec tive W F Perkins said Thompson recalled the crime scene and even called police, claiming he remembered the movie exactly. Freer, a psychiatric aide, was found bludgeoned and slashed in her bed, a case linked to a recent local homicide in her former street.
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Atlanta
UPI
Robert Earl Thompson
Cathy Louise Freer
W.F. Perkins
Thompson
Télly Savalas
Perkins
Marcus Nelson
Miss Freer
Dean seeks to ease University of Arizona language requirement
The dean of the Liberal Arts College at the University of Arizona pushes to water down and then cut back the foreign language requirement for liberal arts and education majors. He proposes alternatives like one semester crash courses or literature in translation to ease student dissatisfaction and financial pressures while a university-wide study and final Board of Regents approval loom.
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Liberal Arts
University of Arizona
Hermann K. Bleibtreu
Renato I. Rosaldo
Bleibtren
Arizona Board of Regents
Onate
Salt Lake City Offered Surplus Helicopter Trade
The U S government offers Salt Lake City a swap deal exchanging a surplus helicopter for fill dirt and top soil intended for police work. City officials question the motive while Region 12 Law Enforcement Planning Council approved 79 922 dollars to buy and operate the chopper for one year.
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Salt Lake City
UPS
U.S
James L. Barker Jr
Region 12
Law Enforcement Planning Council
Campground Renamed for Ray in Tucson Mountain Park
The Palo Verde Campground at Tucson Mountain Park is renamed Gil bert Ray Campground to honor Ray, the Pima County Parks and Recreation executive director who retired in December. The luncheon at the Desert Inn celebrated Ray’s 25 years of service, with 135 guests including Arthur Pack Winston Reynolds Ted Walker Tom Monahan Joseph Castillo and fellow supervisors Jim Murphy and Ron Asta.
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Tucson Mountain Park
Gilbert Ray
Pima County Parks and Recreation Department
Desert Inn
Ray
Pima County Parks and Recreation
Arthur Pack
Winston Reynolds
Ted Walker
Tom Monahan
Joseph Castillo
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Jim Murphy
Ron Asta
Protest perch signals ecology protest in California
In Saratoga California ecology activist Bill Cruse climbs a 1000-year-old oak to protest worldwide water pollution. A telephone crew installed a red phone on a 40 foot limb for Cruse to communicate with the world below as he vows a 15 day vigil and drinks only distilled water.
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Saratoga
Calif
UPI
Larry Winebrenner
Bill Cruse
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