Accidental arsonist sentenced to fight fires
Phillip J. Kelley, 22, a rock guitarist, serves a four month jail term with a U S Forest Service crew in the San Bernardino Mountains as part of his sentence. He admits starting the Meyers fire last summer, which burned 33 920 acres, ruined a $16 million watershed and cost $1 25 million to extinguish.
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Lytle Creek
Calif
Upi
Phillip J. Kelley
San Bernardino Mountains
U.S. Forest Service
Kelley
Glen Helen
Riverside
Forest Service
Palm Springs
Apple Valley
San Bernardino Valley
Judge blasts Jersey City politicians for extortion terms
UPI reports Judge Robert Shaw sentenced seven Jersey City and Hudson County officials for extortion and conspiracy. Former Mayor Thomas J. Whelan, ex-City Council President Thomas M. Flaherty, and ex-Purchasing Agent Bernard G. Murphy drew 15 year terms. four others received six months to ten years. The court noted a corrupt system feeding a 40 million dollar contract and a 168 thousand dollar extortion tally with contractors. John V. Kenny remains charged but ill, to be tried later pending health clearance.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Robert Shaw
Jersey City
Hudson County
Thomas J. Whelan
Thomas M. Flaherty
Bernard G. Murphy
Shaw
John V. Kenny
U.S
Herbert J. Stern
Hugh J. Addonizio
Kenny
Alioto to seek re election amid federal charges
San Francisco mayor Joseph L. Alioto declared he will run for a second term amid a federal bribery indictment and other legal troubles. He blamed political enemies and stressed his record while noting the election is under three months away. The report links past Look Magazine allegations and a Washington State fee-splitting case to his legal saga.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph L. Alioto
Alioto
California
Look Magazine
Washington State
O’connell
FAA urges stations to avoid Doomsday Flight broadcast
FAA asks 500 TV stations in 150 cities to ban The Doomsday Flight a Rod Serling written film about a bomb hoax on a passenger jet. Shaffer warns each broadcast could spike anonymous bomb threats while 20 stations already back the ban and distributor may drop it from packages.
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FAA
Washington
UPI
Federal Aviation
John H. Shaffer
Rod Serling
Shaffer
United States
Canada
Denver
Montreal
London
Stapleton Airport
Nixon aides question cost of White House spa
Aides to Rep. Scherle of Iowa call the five room White House spa expensive taxpayer funded perk for about 15 senior staffers. White House and Ziegler defend the project as a modest cost gym for the president and top aides, with a private rubdown room at personal expense.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
United States
White House
William J. Scherle
Scherle
Mike Feld
Pat Breheny
Spa
General Services Administration
Breheny
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Congress
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By John Osborne
Manchester
20Th Century Fox
Bennington Drive-In
Erich Segal
Yale
Ryan O’neal
Ali McGraw
Harte Theatre
Harte
RT. 67
Athaway
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
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Fred Carmichael
Dorset Playhouse
Borser
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