Former convict taps talent found in prison
Carmen Scoleri and his wife Mollie run a nonprofit prison art gallery in Montrose Houston. They showcase inmates works from Huntsville Texas Penitentiary and aim to hire artists after release. Scoleri argues rehabilitation requires self driven effort and public recognition of inmates talents.
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Houston
UPI
Carmen Scoleri
Seoleri
Mollie
Inner City
Montrose
Scoleri
Philadelphia
Texas
Huntsville
Carmen
County candidates urged to file by April 10
County Auditor Walter Schroeder reminded would be candidates that April 10 is the filing deadline for nomination papers for county offices. The primary is June 4. Voters in Washington County will use voting machines in all precincts for the first time this year. A machine is on display in the courthouse lobby and voters are urged to familiarize themselves with its operation before election day. Schroeder and courhouse staff will answer questions about machine use. Several have filed but none yet returned.
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Walter Schroeder
Schroeder
Washington County
Hearst giveaway ends as food fund runs dry in Bay Area
In San Francisco, Patricia Hearst family completed a 32,000-carton food giveaway under rain, using up the $2 million fund set by Randolph Hearst. The event at 17 Bay Area sites marked the final distribution to the needy amid no word from kidnapers. In Chicago, a court was asked to bar a Satanic Church leader from taking his 16 year old daughter in a hearse with an empty coffin during visits.
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Hearst Giveaway
San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
San Francisco Bay Area
Patricia
Randolph Hearst
Chicago
Margaret Taylor
Terry
Susan
FTC orders refunds in land sale case against GAC Corporation
The FTC conditionally accepted a consent order prohibiting GAC from deceptive land sales in Florida and Arizona and requiring refunds up to 17 million dollars to several thousand customers. The agency names Barefoot Bay Cape Coral Golden Gate Estates North Golden Gate Poinciana Remuda Ranch Grants River Ranch Acres River Ranch Shores in Florida and Rio Rico in Arizona. About 50 000 to 60 000 buyers existed though only several thousand may receive refunds under a defined schedule and past defaults since July 1 1968 qualify for full repayment of excess amounts. The order also imposes mandatory disclosures and a cooling off period while an industry wide probe into about 30 land sale companies continues.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
GAC Corporation
Florida
Arizona
GAC
J. Thomas Rosch
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Rosch
Barefoot Bay
Cape Coral
Golden Gate
Golden Gate Estates
North Golden Gate
Poinciana
Remuda Ranch
River Ranch Acres
River Ranch Shores
Rio Rico
Bright Mercury Spot Seen From 2 Million Miles
Mariner photographs from Pasadena reveal a giant bright spot on Mercury’s face. Scientists estimate the feature spans 200 to 300 miles across and remains visible from over two million miles away, sparking intrigue at JPL.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Iowa Zone 13 Cloudy Tonight and Chance Rain Wednesday
The zone remains mostly cloudy tonight with lows near 30. East to southeast winds 8 to 18 mph. Clouds persist Wednesday with a chance of rain and highs in the mid to upper 40s. Rain chances are W percent Wednesday.
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Iowa
Albert blasts Nixon over Watergate documents remark
Speaker Carl Albert called Nixon's suggestion that the House Judiciary Committee would haul out White House Watergate papers a wild defensive maneuver and said Nixon had lost ground with House members in recent months. He refused to predict impeachment and defended the House's constitutional authority over impeachment grounds and tapes.
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Washington
UPI
Carl Albert
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Albert
House
Straight Talk
Judiciary
Iowa lawmakers weigh bill limits to ease overload
Nearly 2,200 bills have been introduced across the 65th General Assembly with fewer than 340 enacted. Leaders urge reform to cut duplication and lighten committee burdens, proposing limits or pre screening ideas, while some oppose restricting legislators' ability to draft legislation.
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Des Moines
UPI
65Th
General Assembly
Robert D. Ray
Arthur Neu
Senate
Nebraska
Iowa
Nell
Clifton Lamborn
Maquoketa
Lamborn
Bart Schwieger
R-Waterloo
Schwieger
Senate Human Resources Committee
Legislative Service Bureau
Neu
Ames
Senate State Government Committee
Murray
Nixon data turns over grand jury evidence to House
The House Judiciary Committee received key grand jury materials from Judge John Sirica in a transfer authorized by Chairman Peter Rodino. Doar and Jenner carried a two page summary and a leather briefcase containing items from Sirica’s private office safe as officials inventory the evidence.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
Linn County District Court
Anthony Scolaro
Linn County Grand Jury
George Junior Nowlin
Atwell Junior Conner
Michael Servey
House Committee
Nixon
Watergate Grand Jury
House Judiciary Committee
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
U.S. Court of Appeals
John Doar
Judiciary
Peter J. Rodino
Doar
Judiciary Committee
Grand Jury
District Court of the United States of America
Rodino
Albert Jenner
John W Dean III
French Denies Oil Charge in Syria Embargo Dispute
French Ambassador Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet rejected reports that Paris urged Syria to keep the oil embargo on the United States. He called the charge pure fabrication and slander in a letter to the Washington Post, while urging officials to dismiss the allegation as unwarranted.
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Washington
Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet
France
United States
Washington Post
Kosciusko-Morizet
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Kenneth Rush
Rush
Michel Jobert
WHS to stage An Italian Straw Hat comedy nights
Washington High School presents the fast moving three act comedy An Italian Straw Hat on Friday and Saturday March 29 and 30 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The plot follows a hat eaten by a horse causing a cascade of wedding mishaps involving a wedding party, an irate lover and a jealous husband with a mother-in-law who calls the whole thing off. Tickets are $1 for adults and 75 cents for students with reserved seats at Schoonover Drug Store and some tickets at the door.
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Washington High School
Brian Keedy
Missure Fadinard
Schoonover Drug Store
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