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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1976
England in midst of drought
Associated Press
LONDON — The British gov-
iment directed Sports Minister
is Howell on Tuesday to coordi-
efforts to deal with the nation’s
|st drought in 2V2 centuries.
He called on Britons to let their
ers wilt, recycle bath water and
o the laundry less often. The
Ought has withered crops, dried
reservoirs and threatened to put
lustry in the hardest-hit areas,
ich as outh Wales, on a three-day
kweek.
[owed told a news conference
r his appointment at a special
;ting of key Labor government
imet ministers that priority will
be given to agriculture and industry
and householders’ needs would be
secondary. Some industries may be
forced to go on three-day work
weeks, a development that could
add to unemployment woes and
hamper Britain’s economic recov
ery.
“The flowers are going to have to
wilt,” he said. “The cars are going to
have to remain dirty.
“Water used for bathing is also
going to have to be used for flushing
toilets. Washing machines must be
used only once or twice a week and
with full loads rather than little and
often. That dripping tap that you
have been meaning to fix for so long
must be mended within
couple of days. ”
But he added that there was no
immediate plan to declare an
emergency.
“The domestic consumer will con
tinue to receive an adequate supply
but this is going to mean a lot of
inconvenience and possibly some
discomfort,” Howell said. “We shall
never let supplies reach a situation
the next where there is a threat to health.
Howell’s appointment was an
nounced after the meeting with
Prime Minister James Callaghan at
10 Downing Street.
As sports minister, Howell oper
ates within the Department of the
Environment. Besides sports, he
normally deals with such matters as
water resources, pollution and the
countryside.
A hot sun continued to beat down
on London and much of Britain
Tuesday and the London Weather
Center said there is still no rain in
sight.
The drought is the result of three
straight dry winters and an excep
tionally arid summer in a nation that
usually is cool and rainy.
The last measurable rain in the
London area— 0.18 of an inch — fell
July 20.
Drought given 10-1
odds over rainfall
Associated Press
A London bookmaker, the
William Hill Organization,
opened betting Tuesday on the
day the drought will end.
It quoted odds of 10-1 on nam
ing the day that at least 0.1 mil
limeter — 0.00394 inches — of
rain falls on the roof of the Lon
don Weather Center. This is the
smallest amount that the rain
gauge will record.
So far the favorite day for the
bettors is Monday, Sept. 6, said a
William Hill spokesman.
The London Weather Center
said it would be of little help to
bettors. Its prediction: Dry until
at least midnight this coming Fri
day.
“After that,” a spokesman said,
“your guess is as good as ours.”
Crime rate climbing throughout nation
Y’all just call him “Tex
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Associated Press
NEW YORK — Just call him
Tex.'
At 5-foot-4, Mayor Abraham D.
|inie may not ride too tall in the
die, but he is an honorary citizen
Texas, thanks to Texas Gov. Dolph
fiscoe.
Briscoe made Beame a Texan to
thank the New York mayor for what
Briscoe called the “overwhelmingly
friendliness” Texas delegates found
when they were here for the Demo
cratic National Convention.
Beame said in announcing receipt
of the letter Tuesday that he hopes to
get the chance to visit Texas “when I
can clear my desk long enough.”
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Serious crime
rose 10 per cent in the United States
last year even though there was a
slight decrease in the number of
murders, the FBI reported Tuesday.
The annual Uniform Crime Re
ports reflected increases in the
number of offenses reported to
police in seven crime categories last
year. The highest increase was 14
per cent for larceny-theft, especially
from motor vehicles, with a total loss
to victims in this category of some
$992 million.
Increases were reported for all
sections of the country and for cities,
suburbs and rural areas alike, al
though the Northeast recorded the
highest rise, 11 per cent. The sub
urbs at 10 per cent, and rural areas at
8 per cent, increased more than
large cities with populations of more
than 250,000, which went up 7 per
cent.
The FBI figures, comparing the
volume and rate of crime in 1975
with the figures for the previous
year, are based on voluntary reports
from nearly all state and local police
agencies.
One chart in the report uses clocks
to indicate that, when dividing the
number of offenses into a year, 21
serious crimes were committed each
minute during 1975 while there was
a violent crime every 31 seconds.
There was one murder every 26
minutes, one forcible rape every 9
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Springsteen files suit saying
manager took excess profits
Bruce Springsteen filed a massive
breach-of-contract suit in U.S. Dis
trict Court July 27th against his man
ager of four years, Mike Appel.
Appel countered with legal action in
New York and sought in New Jersey
to block any concert payments to the
singer.
Springsteen asks for one million in
damages, permanent dissolution of
any agreement with Appel, the re
turn of all property and income that
derived from any agreement with
Appel, plus payment of court costs.
The suit alleges that Appel “wholly
failed and neglected to administer
the financial affairs” of Springsteen.
It also says Appel’s management
contract provided for an “uncons
cionable” commission of 20% if
Springsteen earns less than $5000 a
week, 25% between $5,000 and
$15,000, and 50% if he earns more
than $15,000 per week.
Willie subpoenaed
Associated Press
DALLAS — Defense attorneys
have refused to say why they sub
poenaed progressive country music
singer Willie Nelson in the trial of
accused narcotics ring leader Joe D.
Hicks.
Nelson is to appear Sept. 20 in
U.S. district court, according to the
subpoena.
The subpoena was served as Nel
son appeared last Friday at the open
ing of a new record store in Dallas,
records show.
Nelson spent five minutes July 1
before the grand jury that indicted
Hicks. Authorities refused to say
why Nelson was subpoenaed before
the grand jury.
Hicks is being held in the Tarrant
County jail. He is charged with
operating a multi-million dollar
international heroin and cocaine op
eration based in Dallas.
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Men $2.00
LADIES $1.00
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Additionally, the suit claims that
of a total of $641,210.64 that CBS
paid in Springsteen earnings from
1972 to 1975, Appel’s Laurel Canyon
Productions received 72%, or
$460,574.68. Of the remainder,
Springsteen was charged with rec
ording costs of $124,162.73, leaving
him $180,635.96.
In his New Jersey counteraction,
Appel claimed that Springsteen il
legally broke his contract with
Laurel Canyon Management.
Additionally, Appel sought in New
York State Supreme Court to keep
Springsteen from recording, to re
strain CBS from recording
Springsteen and to restrain Jon
Landau from producing
Springsteen.
San Antonio
to talk gas
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO - A move is
reportedly under way here to bring
all major LoVaca Gathering Co. gas
customers together for talks aimed at
reopening negotiations for an out-
of-court settlement of damage suits,
the San Antonio Express-News re
ported Tuesday.
The newspaper said a source close
to the city council claimed Mayor
Lila Cockrell is leading the move and
the meeting of major customers
would probably be held in Austin
this Friday.
San Antonio is suing LoVaca and
its parent. Coastal States Gas Corp.,
for $436 million in damages in a dis
pute over contracted, long-range gas
supply.
It was reported that the city coun
cil also wants Coastal States Chair
man Oscar Wyatt Jr. “isolated” from
any future role in San Antonio’s gas
supply situation.
minutes, one aggravated assault
every 65 seconds, one robbery every
68 seconds, one burglary every 10
seconds, one larceny-theft every 5
seconds and one motor vehicle theft
every 32 seconds.
Murder decreased 1 per cent
while forcible rape increased 1 per
cent over the year, aggravated as
sault rose 6 per cent and robbery
went up 5 per cent. Larceny-theft
increased 14 per cent, burglary was
up 7 per cent and motor vehicle theft
rose 2 per cent.
Since 1970, the Crime Index of
fenses as a group have increased 39
per cent. The property crimes and
violent crimes, each as groups, rose
39 per cent in volume during this
five-year period ranging from 8 per
cent for motor vehicle theft to 48 per
cent for forcible rape.
According to the report, Ameri
cans reported 20,510 murders in
1975, one per cent less than the
number reportedly committed in
1974. Sixty-six per cent of all mur
ders were committed with a firearm
and 51 per cent of these were com
mitted with a handgun.
Twenty-five per cent of all persons
arrested for murder were between
20 and 24 years of age.
Larceny-theft represented 53 per
cent of all Crime Index offenses and
reached a volume of 5.9 million dur
ing 1975, an increase of 14 per cent
over the previous year.
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