Ex Marine helps end eight hour bank robbery hostage siege
Kenneth Meller, accused of bank robbery and killing a highway patrolman, surrendered after Larry Clendinen a federal agent and former Marine persuaded him. Meller held four hostages at the Innisfree Club on Lake Tahoe for eight hours before giving up his weapon. authorities planned further state and federal scrutiny.
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Kings Beach
Calif
Marine Corps
Placer County
Mel McDougal
Kenneth James Meller
Larry A. Clendinen
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
Meller
Viet
Ler
McDougal
Larry
Lake Tahoe
Scott
Nevada
Round Hill
Nev
Gary Gifford
Zephyr Cove
U.S. 50
Gifford
Innisfree Club
Ken Gordon
Escapee Gargano Sends Thanks in Bible from Greene County Jail
Henry M. Gargano, a 199 year sentence for killing two officers, was held briefly in Greene County Jail after Illinois prison escape. He thanked Marge Byers, wife of Sheriff Orval Byers, in a Bible she gave him and expressed desire to accept Jesus someday through her.
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Thorities
Marion
Ill
Greene County
Marge Byers
Jesus
Marge
Gargano
Byers
Orval
Bub” Byers
Ann Landers Files for Divorce from Jules Lederer
Chicago AP reports columnist Ann Landers 57 filed for divorce from husband Jules Lederer after 36 years. She cites extreme and repeated mental cruelty and uses her married name Esther P. Lederer. The couple has one child. Furth had announced similar plans earlier in July.
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Chicago
Ann Landers
Jules Lederer
Miss Landers
Esther P. Lederer
Chicago Daily News
Margo Paulette Furth
Toledo resident pays fines for illegal parkers at band festival
May or Harry Kessler wrote a personal check for 119 dollars to cover fines of 17 motorists cited for illegal parking near Bowsher High School during a band festival. Patrolmen ticketed cars that pulled onto a grassy area by the high school stadium despite mayoral objections. Residents call it a common practice at football games.
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Toledo, Ohio
Harry Kessler
Bowsher High School
Ford to Give Away Pups and Sell Others as Auction Planned
President and Mrs Ford will give away five of their nine puppies and sell three more for 300 dollars each. The First Lady keeps the ninth pup Misty s Amber a blonde female named after sire Misty s Sungood Ladd a golden retriever champion owned by Jay and Valerie Walker of Medford Oregon. All pups will be kept for another three to four weeks until weaned.
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Washington
Ford
Misty
Amber
Sungood Ladd
Jay
Valerie Walker
Medford
Ore
IKEN
City of
Aiken
South Carolina
Old Youth Center
Morgan St
Aiken County Hospital
Municial Auditorium
Park Aven
Smith
Hazel Recreation Center
Kershaw St. N.E
Municipal Auditorium
Park Ave. S
H.odell Weeks Activities Center
Virginia Acres
Whiskey Rd
Aiken County
City Election Commission
Election Commission
Wilson reports eight burglaries of his official home
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson said he has been the target of eight burglaries in recent years. He noted seven earlier incidents and recalled a 1974 break in at his private Lord North Street residence that sparked concern over missing papers.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Lord North Street
Private Contractors May Run Sinai Warning Stations
U.S. plans could employ private American contractors to operate civilian technicians in Sinai early warning stations under presidential and NSC guidance. Ford weighs mechanics of oversight, with options including a small interagency task force or direct State Department control. Authorization covers up to 200 civilians with stations slated to begin by February 22.
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Washington
U.S
Sinai Desert
Ford
Sinai
White House
National Security Council
NSC
State Department
The
Office of Management and Budget
Agency For International Development
AID
Henry A. Kissinger
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