Newman and Armel received 25 year murder sentences
Robert Newman 27 of Austin and Frederick Armel 28 of Albert Lea were sentenced to 25 years for third degree murder in the April 24 death of Robert Nemitz of Austin. They pled guilty to the charge after indictment by a Mower County grand jury and began serving at Stillwater State Prison with credit for time served.
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Robert Nemitz
Austin
Warren Plunkett
Robert Newman
Frederick Armel
Albert Lea
Commissioner of Corrections
Mower County
Stillwater State Prison
Justice department weighs FBI burglary legality
The Justice Department weighs the legality of FBI burglaries used to gather information for national security. spokesman Robert Havel says officials will review the break ins while noting charges may be barred by the five year statute of limitations. FBI Director Kelley says burglaries targeted uniden tified foreign embassies in Washington and other sites for nearly 30 years, with changes after 1966.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Department
Robert Havel
Havel
Edward H. Levi
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Senate Select Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
National Security
July car sales dip slightly in early July
Detroit AP reports U.S. car sales for July 1-10 fell about 9 percent from the same period in 1974, with estimates near 160,000 versus 175,786. The early July period shows a 2 percent rise over June 1-10, signaling a possible industry strengthening as automakers release the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.S
VS Market Decline Impacts Local Firms and Readers
Local businesses report slower sales amid a market downturn with reduced advertising and cautious consumer spending. Community groups seek relief programs as shoppers shift to online platforms, and editors warn of longer-term effects on local coverage.
Wanted to rent 2 or 3 bedroom house or duplex in Austin
Classified notice seeks immediate rental accommodation in Austin. Wording requests an unfurnished 2 or 3 bedroom house or duplex, prefer NW area, responsible party, with a contact phone. Ad ran under rental classification for two days and scheduled to run six days. call 433-1 for fast action.
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Herald
Austin
Soviets Lift Off in Space Chase Toward U S Apollo Link
Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov launched from Baikonur on a mission to rendezvous with American Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton. The two crafts aim for a historic linkup 140 miles above West Germany, as Ford and Brezhnev offer well wishes.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Earth
Leonov
Globe
Moscow
Soviet Mission Control Center
Soyuz
Apollo
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Atlantic
Space Agency
Washington
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Stafford
West Germany
Soviet Union
Baikonur
Flight Control Center
Houston
Tass
Postal and rail strikes loom over wage contracts
National unions threaten nationwide action if a two year postal contract for 600000 workers breaks down with a Monday deadline. Federal mediators push for settlement as rail clerks set a Wednesday deadline. Key issues include job security and no layoff rules, with wage talks postponed.
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Rademacher
Letter Carriers Union
Postal Service
W. J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation Service
Congress
Senate bill extends oil price controls to 1976
The Senate approved 62 to 29 a bill extending the Petroleum Allocation Act to March 31, 1976, amid Ford administration pressure for oil decontrol. A veto could end price controls Aug 31, raising gasoline by about 15 cents per gallon. Estimates vary on impact to family energy costs and the cost of living.
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James Gerstenzang
Washington
Senate
House
United States
Ford
Congress
Senate Interior Committee
Ford Administration
Court bars PCA on packaging rule in Minnesota
A Ramsey County District Court judge granted an injunction blocking the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency from enforcing packaging regulations established under a 1973 law. Fifteen container manufacturers and trade associations argued the rules are unconstitutional and arbitrary, and the order halts PCA reviews of packaging and limits on Minnesota use, sale or distribution.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
PCA
Harold Schultz
Ramsey County District Court
Minnesota
Prouty retracts CIA link to Butterfield in White House
SPRINGFIELD MA AP L Fletcher Prouty former Air Force colonel and Nixon era source says Butterfield may not have been CIA contact at the White House. He cites possible misidentification and notes the Mullen Co. acted as CIA front. Prouty, 59, has public relations role with Amtrak and is a Springfield native.
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Springfield
Mass
L. Fletcher Prouty
Alexander Butterfield
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Springfield Daily News
Prouty
Air Force
Butterfield
CIA
Richard M. Nixon
The
Mullen
Amtrak
Washington
Springfield, Mass
University of Massachusetts
Construction Worker from Austin Found Dead Near Osage
Earl W. Brechtel, 59, of Austin, was found slumped in the cab of a Lysne Construction earth mover near the Osage Sanitation project. Authorities say he suffered a coronary attack while on a sewer job and died at the scene. He is survived by two sons, four daughters, a brother, three sisters, and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church with burial at Grandview Memorial Gardens.
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Osage
Iowa
Austin
Earl W. Brechtel
Lysne Construction Co
Blooming Prairie
Mitchell County
Brechtel
L. A. Doyle
David
Scott Brechtel
Dennis
Debra
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Mayer Funeral Home
Aerosol cancer link petition rejected by safety commission
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission rejected a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council to ban aerosol sprays. The 3 to 2 vote found insufficient evidence that fluorocarbon propellants destroy the ozone layer. A NAS report due next spring was cited as awaited further studies.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Consumer Product Safety Commission
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
Lawrence Kushner
Interagency
National Academy of Sciences
Kissinger arrives in Minneapolis for civic luncheon
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger landed at 9 29 a m at International Airport and was greeted by Gov. Wendell Anderson Sen Hubert Humphrey and Twin Cities mayors during a stop in the Minneapolis St Paul metro for a speech at a suburban Bloomington hotel.
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Minneapolis
Railroads May Purchase Truck Lines Plan Considered
The Ford administration weighs legislation to let railroads buy trucking firms and deregulate certain routes for unregulated commodities. Transportation Secretary Coleman testified before a House subcommittee about a limited experiment permitting rail deregulation on some cargo. In Argentina, gunmen killed Ruben Alberto Cartier, mayor of La Plata, and wounded two aides in an ambush, with other guerrilla attacks reported nearby.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
House Transportation Commerce
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ruben Alberto Cartier
la Plata
Laos signs currency pact to bolster shaky economy
Laos and investors from five nations signed a currency support agreement that provides $11.6 million to stabilize the Lao kip. In a separate move the U.S. Information Service warehouse was returned to American control after a two week occupation by Pathet Lao agents, according to U.S. charge d affaires Christian A. Chapman.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
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Stillwater State
Robert Rosavy
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Carmen Halstenson
Newman
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Nemitz
6Th Ave
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Plunkett
Bryan Bandler
William Nierengarten
Wallace Sieh
Margaret Gentry
Mkt
Society
Soyuz Space
Baikonor Cosmodrome
Aleksey A. Leonov
Valery N. Kubasov
Robert A. Dobkin
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Usery
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Interior Committee
Ralph Nader
Cancer Link
Kissinger
Twin Cities
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