Kidnapped heir freed after $250000 ransom paid in Beverly Hills
Kenneth Young, 11, the son of a wealthy financier, was released unharmed after a ransom of 250000 dollars was paid. He described a staged pick up, wearing a shaved head and sedatives, and led investigators through a lengthy tale of the abduction from the Herbert Young mansion. FBI agents aided Beverly Hills police as calls and letters guided the exchange before the boy was dropped at a Santa Monica apartment.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Kenneth Young
Herbert Young
Deanna Durbin
Young
FBI
Westwood Boulevard
Ohio Streets
Westwood
Sunset
Moraga
Sunset Boulevard
Kenny
Santa Monica
Arlene
Fifteen Unions Join Strike Against Major Networks
Fifteen broadcasting unions joined AFTRA in a sympathy strike against ABC NBC and CBS to pressure for settlement. Movement disrupts may reflect reduced live and new programming and could push networks to rely on films and re runs. some technicians and electricians acted early at NBC and ABC. The Oscar ceremony proceeds despite the strike with Bob Hope hosting in Santa Monica.
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New York
UPI
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFTRA
ABC
CBS
NBC
M.C. Bob Hope
Santa Monica Civil Auditorium
Teamster Strike Nears As Negotiations Fail
Washington negotiators scramble as a nationwide Teamsters strike looms amid failed talks. Federal mediation urged a return to bargaining while Taft Hartley Act provisions threaten swift federal intervention and potential industry-wide disruption. Senate push prospects to expand emergency seizure powers in essential industries.
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Washington
UPI
Teamsters
U.S
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation Service
Trucking Employers Inc
TED
TEI
Jacob Javits
R-N
Tax Reform Change Gets Hoff Rebuff
Gov Philip Hoff criticizes an impending House tax bill revision as failing to deliver relief for lower and middle incomes, while Sen James Jeffords proposes amendments to raise exemptions, set a 10 percent rate above 10 000 and carve capital gains, with committee postponing action. Jeffords warns of potential revenue loss and cites high bills for high earners under a federal piggyback system.
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Hoff
Jeffords
Gerald Witherspoon
Jefford
Vermont
Humphrey Escapes Berlin Bomb Plot During Visit
Vice President Hubert Humphrey arrived in West Berlin amid heavy security after police uncovered a planned bomb plot against his life. Eleven alleged conspirators, mostly leftwing students, were arrested as police seized chemicals and devices. officials said the bombs were meant to be smoke bombs, not high explosives. Humphrey toured city sites, spoke at City Hall, met the American community, and attended a reception at Charlottenburg Palace while demonstrations and security remained high across the city.
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Berlin
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Muriel
Tempelhof Airfield
West Berlin
Europe
Vietnam
U.S
Heinrich Albert
Provos
Amsterdam
Holland
Beatrix
East Berlin
John F. Kennedy Platz
Charlottenburg Palace
Inside pages preview editorials and city views
A compact item notes an Inside mini editorial arguing mini skirts changed language. It mentions Town airport for Manchester on page six and Arlingtonians viewing their renovated Community House on page ten.
Court Upholds Powell's Right To Run Again
New York. Adam Clayton Powell wins an appellate decision reinforcing his right to run in the upcoming congressional race. The unanimous state supreme court panel denied an appeal by opponent Ervin Yearling, a Conservative minister, affirming lower court ruling.
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Powell
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Appellate Division of
State Supreme Court
Ervin Yearling
Compromise Housing Law Approved in Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate approved an amended fair housing bill 25 to four after reviving it last week. It imposes penalties for overt housing discrimination and creates a state human rights commission to investigate and mediate complaints, with a $1,500 operating-expenses appropriation. Rep. John Alden had pushed the commission idea in a separate House bill.
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Senate
Chamber
Human Rights Commission
John Alden
Woodstock
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dartmouth Professor Warns U S Invasion May Trigger Wider War
Dartmouth College professor Jonathan Mirsky warned at Bennington Elementary School that drastic civil disobedience may be needed to counter war emotions. He predicted a North Vietnam invasion could spark a broader war with China and upend US politics, urging tax resistance and selective enlistment avoidance as protest options.
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Dartmouth College
Bennington
Jonathan Mirsky
United States
Mirsky
The
Forum
Asia
North
China
South Vietnam
Namese
U.S
North Vietnam
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
White House
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Tenn
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