Senate subcommittee probes CIA counterfeiting during Vietnam era
Detroit Free Press reports a Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations led by Sen. Henry Jackson is examining unconfirmed claims that the CIA counterfeited U.S. currency in Southeast Asia for secret aims. Sources mention potential $1 billion in circulation with mobsters, but The Free Press cautions figures may be inflated.
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Detroit Free Press
Senate
CIA
United States
Washington
Permanent
Subcommittee
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Free Press
Jackson
CLA
Southeast Asia
California
Secret Service
Dozens arrested at music festival in Maine clash
Police raided an outlawed three day festival at Evergreen Valley Recreational Area in East Stoneham Maine and detained dozens on drug and traffic charges. Authorities reported up to 9 arrests, with 45 inmates in South Paris jail awaiting bail as the event drew a crowd of about 5000 and several nonfatal incidents. A separate Fremont death listed as probable suicide at a home on Fremont Boulevard was reported by the county coroner.
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Maine
UPI
State Commissioner of Health and Welfare
Evergreen Valley
Oxford County Sheriff's Office
Paris
William 8. Brown
Brown
Fremont
Allan E. Young
Fremont Blvd
Washington Hospital
Young
Bicentennial sculpture questioned in Nebraska
Lincoln officials debate a steel sculpture titled Erma's Desire at an Interstate 80 rest stop near Grand Island. Commissioner David Breslow questions its link to Nebraska heritage while urging more traditional images like cowboys or covered wagons. The Highway Commission approved sites at 10 rest stops and access for artists to build the works.
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UPD
Erma
State Highway Commission
Nebraska
Interstate 80
Grand Island
David Breslow
Highway Commission
Tom Doyle
J. James Exon
Exon
John Raimondi
Portland
Maine
John
Raimondi
Breslow
Silent film star Harold Lloyd estate goes to auction
Hollywood silent film legacy Greenacres, a 44 room Italian Renaissance mansion with an Olympic pool, canoe course, 100 foot waterfall, fountains and theater, will be sold Sunday to the highest bidder. Buyers face $250 000 irrevocable bank credit, back mortgage payments and interest. The property, once a museum project, drew cost and neighbor restrictions, and no highway funds are involved.
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UPI
Harold Lloyd
Greenacres
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood Hills
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