Alcoa Funded Jamaica Political Parties and Officials
The Aluminum Company of America paid at least $50,000 in 1971–72 to Jamaica’s ruling party and officials after an ambassador suggested a contribution to an education fund. Alcoa disclosed four checks totaling $50,000 to Jamaica linked to the People’s National Party and other officials, while denying coercion or intended use beyond education.
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Washington
Aluminum Company of America
U.S
Vincent DeRoulet
DeRoulet
Jamaica
Alcoa
Caribbean
Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard Nixon
Pittsburgh
People's National Party
Michael Norman Manley
Army clears out lethal scrap at Dugway proving ground
After seven years the Army begins disposing of nerve agent loaded warheads from partially destroyed M55 rockets at Dugway Proving Ground Utah. About 569 warheads remain intact in sealed pits needing cleanup under the open air disposal program halted in 1969 after a sheep death.
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Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Army
Chemical Warfare
Dugway
United States
Mrs. Nixon Shows Improvement After Stroke Sign
In Long Beach California Pat Nixon walked unaided for the first time since her stroke last week Doctors call this a significant sign of improvement and say her recovery may occur in three to four months. In Rome Pope Paul VI briefly visited Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio to deliver birthday greetings though the cardinal’s actual birthday is July 18. In Amsterdam Soviet dissident Andrei Amalrik described his exile as mixed feelings and criticized detente as a sedative. In Kansas City a hospital reports Bess Truman 91, widow of Harry S. Truman, is in good condition undergoing arthritis treatment.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pat Nixon
Alberto Cardinal di Jorio
Vatican
Kansas City
Bess Truman
Harry S. Truman
Honorary Trooper Bla ke Moore Gifted TN Boy
A 10 year old LaVergne boy with a kidney malfunction was named an honorary state trooper for a day by Tennessee Safety Commissioner Joel Plummer. Blake Alan Moore, who uses a CB radio and loves police shows, said he may pursue law enforcement in the future. His mother spoke of his fragile health and years of care at Vanderbilt Hospital.
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Nashville
LaVergne, Tenn
Blake Alan Moore
Joel Plummer
Plummer
Citizens Band
Alan
Blake
Jack Moore
Klan Rally at Rivergate Cancelled Over Bond Issue
United Klans of America canceled its July 24 rally at New Orleans Rivergate center after failing to meet a 100000 dollar security bond. Center officials said the bond reflected the high risk element while noting Rivergate remains a public facility. Local protests accompanied the announcement.
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New Orleans
United Klans of America Inc
Rivergate Convention Center
Klan
Andrew Harrison
Center
Robert Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
White Warriors of Dixie Inc
United Klans
One
Herman J. Penn
Penn
Rivergate
Four Killed in Lancaster Family Crash Near Chester
In South Carolina a Lancaster family of five traveling to Chester to help repair a house was killed when their car collided head on with a tractor trailer on S C 9. Sara Lee Hunter 48 survived with other son in Greenville. victims include Edward L Hunter 49 and children Andrew J 17 Ann 15 and Steve 8. Driver Billy Ray Hopkins 45 of Hanahan faces possible charges as the cause is investigated.
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Chester
Lancaster, S.C
Sara Lee Hunter
Edward L. Hunter
Chester County
Watson Wright
Andrew J
Ann
Steve
Wright
Greenville
S.C
Billy Ray Hopkins
Hanahan
Ant poison Mirex found in human tissue prompts ban consideration
EPA reports Mirex detected in fat tissue from Florida Georgia South Carolina Mississippi and Louisiana amid a nationwide survey. About 37 of 120 analyzed samples tested positive with mass spectroscopy confirming five cases. EPA plans to finish testing 880 more samples over two months while weighing a full ban due to environmental and health concerns.
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Washington
Southeast
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Edwin L. Johnson
Florida
Johnson
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U.S. Aluminum Company
Mars
Argyre Planitia
Viking I
Mrs. Nixon
Pope Paul VI
Rome
Paul VI
Indrei Amalrik
Amsterdam
the Netherlands
Andrei Amalrik
West
Soviet Union
Pope Paul
Vanderbilt Hospital
AIKEN
Sys
Gary Sowell
Hopkins
General Revenue Sharing
Office OF Revenue Sharing
Washington, D.C
Public Safety
the Government OF
Perry Town
Financial Administration
Perry S.C
Osee
Aly Y
Ole
Clyde Li
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
North Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Dan Bacot
John Thomas
Harold Steele
Carl Cauley
Augusta Road
Heart of Aiken
Desert Sands
HONDA
Honda of
Richland Ave
Waiken, S.C
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