Brutal new bank robbers raise alarm in Harlem and San Jose
The article argues criminals are growing bolder as harmless-looking robbers storm banks with guns. In Harlem four armed bandits shoot at staff and wound four, while in San Jose a lone bandit terrorizes workers for an hour, warning that a bomb will explode if police are alerted. The piece laments the bank staff’s passive response and urges crews to act against hijack and robbery threats.
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San Jose
Nixon, Stock Market, and SEC Reform Vision in Bias
Holmes Alexander discusses President Nixon and Connally noting market declines tied to inflation strategy. The piece surveys the SEC, its budget and growth, investor protection laws, and hints at future reforms including a certificateless, computerized stock market to cut paper work and speed transactions.
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Nixon
Treasury
Connally
Plan A
Hurd Ba- Tuch
Security and Exchange Commission
Wall Street
Acropolis Books, Ltd
SHC
SEC
Elephantisis
Commission
Author Baruch
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Baruch
Stock Exchange
Federal Regulatory Agency
Sacraganet
Hurd Baruch
Richard Nixon
The Hill of St Louis Faces Interstate Rift Over Race
In The Hill neighborhood of St Louis Missouri long time residents of Italian descent resist disruption by Interstate 44. They raise 50000 to fund an overpass at Edwards Street while federal officials visit. Politicians praise the area as a true family community and call segregation a natural human tendency.
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St. Ladis
Missouri
Edwards Street
Tom Eagleton
Laonor Sullivan
Stu Symington
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Volpe
Picture checks could cut personal fraud finds in banks
A Baton Rouge innovation by Louisiana National Bank prints depositor photos on checks, turning them into passport like IDs. The idea raises hopes for reduced check fraud and crime, with cameras in branches producing cheaper picture checks than stylized forms. The policy, praised by police and bankers, prompts emulation and discussion of broader protection measures.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana National Bank
Ietskand
Prestori V. Kors
Caner
America
Kors Welcommes
New England
Vienna
Bogota
Morocco
J.J.M. Daguerre
Nixon era campaign reform looms after Pastore checkoff plan
Analysis argues federal financing of presidential campaigns is flawed. It notes money alone does not win elections, cites Nixon campaigns and 1970 races, warns Pastore amendment could entrench third parties and splinter groups, and calls for a comprehensive reform plan to curb influence and restore public trust.
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Washington, D.C
Nixon
George Wallace
Pastore Witchoff
Soviet tripod theory shapes uneasy view of Nixon Moscow trip
Henry Tayter notes Dr. Vladimir Petrov of Georgetown argues Nixon’s Moscow visit tests a wobbly Soviet Union. He calls for three legs of power: industrial might, import reach, and Western allies, warning Moscow fears unity and may misread U.S. policy and world balance.
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Vladimir Petrov
Georgetown University
Nixon
Moscow
Union
Peking
Romania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Niseing
Moments in History and Verse
This day in history notes Mississippi statehood in 1817 and Emily Dickinson’s birth on December 10. It mentions the 1884 treaty ending the Spanish–American War and the US receipt of Guam Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Also notes the 1901 Nobel prize distribution anniversary and a quip about success by Dickinson.
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Spain
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
United States
Alfred Nobel
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