Boyle Link Is Sought In Yablonski Murder Case
Prosecution in the William J. Prater murder trial presents letters to United Mine Workers President W A Boyle claiming 20 000 to fund union organizing. Authorities say the funds funded three gunmen in the 1969 Yablonski killings and moved through a Research and Information Fund to pensioned members who returned funds. Edith Roark and Howard H Channel testified they never saw such requests to Boyle.
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Erie
Yablonski
United Mine Workers
W.A
Tony’ Boyle
William J. Prater
UMW
LaFollette
Tenn
Boyle
Albert Pass
Pass
Trail
Joseph A. Yablonski
Prater
Edith Roark
Middlesboro
District 19
Howard H. Channel
John Owens
Union
Beef Demand Drops Briefly as Wholesale Prices Stay High
Government and industry officials say a brief dip in consumer demand for beef may not affect wholesale prices. Chains report 3 to 4 percent lower orders, but wholesalers slaughtered 636000 cattle last week. Wholesale beef prices remain near record levels with choice steers about 47.50 per hundredweight in Omaha.
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Washington
Treasury Department
National Association of Food Chains
Omaha
Labor Department
Dems Reject Dean Offer on Written Answers in Gray Nomination
Four Senate Judiciary Democrats reject White House Counsel John W. Dean III’s offer to answer selected questions in writing about his ties to L. Patrick Gray III. Sen. Birch Bayh says the nomination cannot move forward without full testimony.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
John W. Dean III
L. Patrick Gray III
Birch E. Bayh
Indiana
Senate
Gray
Ohio Supreme Court upholds ruling in Sparr tavern death
The Ohio Supreme Court allows a lower court decision against Ashland tavern operator Dorothy Tester in the wrongful death case over Paul L. Sparr who died after injuries received at the tavern on October 24, 1969. Roger Lee Roberts is named as the assailant.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Supreme Court
Ashland
Paul L. Sparr
Dorothy Tester
Sparr
Roger Lee Roberts
Ohio House Approves Multi Year Auto Plates Plan
The Ohio House endorsed a bill allowing indefinite year license plates with annual validation stickers starting 1975. Debate included a charged claim of political kickbacks tied to deputy registrars, rejected as non germane. Also, the committee backed the women's equal rights amendment and other Senate bills on accessibility and absentee ballots.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles E. Fry
Springfield
Fry
A.G. Lancione
D-99
Bellaire
Lancione
James P. Celebrezze
D-4
Cleveland
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Early Hearings Set On Crime Measure
Senate hearings are planned on Nixon's bid to restore the death penalty for specific crimes and to require mandatory sentences for heroin traffickers. Subcommittee chair John L. McClellan and ranking member Roman L. Hruska back the plan as part of a criminal code overhaul. The hearings, set to begin March 6, were postponed due to FBI director nomination hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Senate Judiciary
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Sched
Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
McClellan
Hruska
Supreme Court
Action Ad Sells Used Items Sparks Ringing Sound
A playful ad note highlights the dinging telephone ring when buyers respond to an offer for sale. The piece emphasizes the familiar sound signaling quick interest in items no longer needed.
Indian Talks Set To Resume At Wounded Knee
Negotiations between the federal government and an occupation force at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, were to resume after a blizzard halted talks. Dennis Banks and Russell Means said supplies were scarce but unlikely to force a withdrawal, while officials allowed observers to deliver aid.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Dennis Banks
Russell Means
Banks
Justice Department
Jack Hushen
National Council of Churches
Banks and Means
American Indian Movement
Two Pilots Among POWs Return From China
Air Force Maj. Philip E. Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn, the last Americans held prisoner in Communist China, arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines joining 108 other POWs awaiting flights home. They were shot down in 1965 and 1967 over Vietnam and near the Chinese border, crossed into Hong Kong, and were greeted by U.S. officials and family members.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S
China
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Roadhouse
Robert J. Flynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hong Kong
Smith
Hainan Island
Flynn
North Vietnam
Hanoi
J.H. Smith
Peking
Clark Field
Chet Hanson
Hanson
Robert Smith
Pacific
William G. Moore
13Th Air Force
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Philip A Hart
D-Mich
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Lebanon
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Jordan
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Germany
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Willy Brandt
Paris
Shultz
House
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Celebrezze
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Gilligan
Board of
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Pine Ridge Reservation
Laos
Vietnam
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Red Cross
Eugene Guy
Guy
Royal Air Force Field
John P. Fives
Navy
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Shalimar, Fla
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Mass
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