Word: paso
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Appointed to the bench by President Nixon in 1971, Wood had earned the title "Maximum John" because he handed out stiff sentences in the many drug cases in his district, which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso. In 90 cases involving heroin traffic, he gave out maximum sentences in 65 and never granted probation. He was often reversed and occasionally criticized for his rulings by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 23 he was scheduled to preside over one of his most important trials, that of Las Vegas Gambler Jimmy Chagra, who has been charged with conspiracy...
...famous as Trapper John in the TV series M*A*S*H, he was boning up on finance and managing the money of his friends, Actors Peter Falk, James Caan and Jack Webb. In 1969, with those and other pals, he bought 2,500 acres of farm land in Paso Robles, Calif., for $750,000 and turned 500 acres into a vineyard that has become famous for its Merlot grapes. Future plans call for building a 40,000-case winery on the property. The land is now worth $7 million and that, Rogers says, "can make you a very interesting...
...delays dragged on, new complications arose. By the time that the environmental hurdles were overcome, inflation had pushed up the cost of the project so much that it no longer seemed attractive. Meanwhile, El Paso Natural Gas, the pipeline's owner, began hinting that Sohio might have to pay much more than it had expected for the line...
...race continued smoothly until the University of Texas-El Paso runner caught the right leg of Notre Dame's runner, who fell down on his hip in front of McNulty and forced next year's cross country captain to hurdle over the body...
Murphy overcame Byrne and held him off with a 1:51.2 split to finish fourth in the event, while Texas-El Paso was later disqualifed for tripping and Harvard wound up with a bronze medal...