Ghost Employes in Motor Vehicles Bureau Probed
Five employees hired under Mrs Etherton faced irregularities in attendance reports that must be signed and approved, pay warrants, and work records. Notable cases include Eleanor Provost South Bend field investigator with warrants totaling 10037.28 and unsigned reports, Robert Montgomery South Bend clerk with 1425.75 in warrants, Mary Hendricks Sellersburg with uncashed warrants, Iva Dock Indianapolis clerk with 735 in warrants, Patricia Fuller Indianapolis driver license examiner with 260 in warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Montgomery
South Bend
Patricia A. Fuller
Rt. 7
Indianapolis
Judge Softens Medina Verdict In My Lai Case
In a Friday ruling, a military judge limited potential convictions against Capt. Ernest L. Medina to involuntary manslaughter for the 1968 My Lai civilian deaths. The judge left standing a charge of premeditated murder of a woman and a separate assault charge, with deliberations to begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Mcpherson
Medina
My Lai
Howard
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Charlie Company
Weather outlook: cloudy and cool with light showers
Considerable cloudiness and cool through tonight with a 10 percent rain chance. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cool with highs upper 60s. Temperatures: high today upper 60s, low tonight in the 40s to 50s, high tomorrow upper 60s. Yesterday's high 72 and low 56. Sunrise 6:29 a.m. Sunset 6:50 p.m.
Mounds Mall Arrest Tells of Chase and Theft
A 32 year old Marion resident was chased into a department store at Mounds Mall and arrested by plainclothes officer Marvin E. McCorkle after citizens yelled stop that man. He faces charges including assault on an officer resisting arrest and theft related counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Mounds Mall
Lawrence E. Pittsford
S. Washington St
Marvin E. McCorkle
McCorkle
Janis Craig
Rt. 1
Middletown
Black Quits Supreme Court in Nixon Era Shuffle
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black retires citing failing health after three decades on the Supreme Court. The White House says Nixon will seek a qualified replacement, with potential candidate Rep. Richard Poft named as a leading prospect. Justice John M. Harlan, a conservative wing member, is also reported ill and possibly sidelined.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
U.S. Supreme Court
Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Black
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Ronald L. Ziegler
Burger
Harry L. Blackmun
Court
Senate
Richard H. Poft
R-Va
House Judiciary Committee
House Republican
John M. Harlan
Harlan
White
Senate Defeats Move to Bar Draft Bill in Vietnam War Clash
Senate votes 47 to 36 to table Mansfield’s motion as House approved two year draft extension and 2.4 billion pay raise. Nixon calls it a victory while White House presses for quick cloture to end debate. Crucial action looms as antiwar lawmakers threaten filibuster and conferees weigh end the war amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
U.S
Indochina
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Mansfield
Senate House
Cloure
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Attica Inquiry Heads North as Rockefeller Lets Panel In
A congressional group flew to Attica with Gov. Rockefeller's full cooperation to interview rioting ringleaders and prisoners. Rep. Pepper said the governor allowed unimpeded access as the panel sought lessons to prevent a recurrence of the deadly four day uprising that left 40 dead and many wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attica
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Claude Pepper
Dfla
Rockefeller
New York City
Pepper
LaGuardia Field
Austin McCormack
Cochairman
House Committee On
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Harlem
Rangel
Corrections Department
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Israel claims transport plane shot down by Egypt
The Herald Today reports Israel accusing Egypt of shooting down a transport plane in a bluntly belligerent act. Dayan is quoted as praising actions and the piece situates the event amid rotating page placements across sections from obituaries to sports highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Place
Israel
Egypt
Chesterfield Holds Unique Local Politics in 1970 Campaign
In Chesterfield, locals prepare for a fall election under a curious system with no traditional primary. Independents dominate town governance, Democrats fight for control with a new New Democratic slate, while Republicans are effectively absent. Candidates include Richard Watson, Marion Campbell, Claude Smith, Jack Pierce, and Meridith Fry as nonincumbent Phil Brewer steps down as Clerk-Treasurer. The piece notes the 1970 census may reshape this village style democracy after November.
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Chesterfield
Herald
GOP
Citizens and Peoples
Town Hall
Independent
Pat Summers
Sofar
Richard Watson
Marion “Jiggs” Campbell
Claude Smith
Jack Pierce
Meridith Fry
Phil Brewer
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Ghost
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Etherton
Mary Hendricks
Sellersburg
Hendricks
Republican
Charles 0. Hendricks
Iva Dock
Softens Medina
Anderson
38Th Street
Raible Avenue
Steven J. Collins
Alexandria
David N. Layman
6Th St
Supreme Court
Warren KE
The
Rocky
Fyes
the Herald Today
Madison County
Amos Cooley
Andereson
Germany
U.S. Army
Cooley
Anderson Fire Department
John F. Kennedy Investigation School
Chicago
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