Jersey City mayor convicted on 29 counts of extortion
Jersey City Mayor Thomas J. Whelan and seven Hudson County officials were found guilty on all 29 counts, including 27 extortion counts totaling 168,000 dollars from three firms and two counts of a 3.3 million dollar extortion conspiracy. The trial spanned seven weeks with a three hour and 35 minute jury deliberation. The defendants, allied to John V. Kenny’s political machine, faced potential fines up to 10,000 dollars per extortion count and 5,000 per conspiracy count, plus prison terms, while awaiting sentencing.
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U.S
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Whelan
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Philip Kunz
Walter W. Wolfe
Kunz
Wolfe
Port of New York Authority
William A. Steinkopf
Joseph B. Stapleton
Fred J. Kropke
Thomas M. Flaherty
Bernard G. Murphy
House support swings to a quick withdrawal
President Nixon risks losing strong Viet Nam policy allies in the House if he rejects the Viet Cong peace offer. A growing bloc favors a rapid US troop withdrawal and return of all POWs, contingent on ending all forces in Vietnam by year end.
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Church picnic chaos and law concerns spill from Farragut event
At Farragut State Park Idaho a three day church picnic drew 12000 attendees with marijuana smoking nude swimming and loud rock bands. Eight people were arrested on drug charges outside the park while authorities warned against future events of this nature amid ongoing litter cleanup and park strain. Kirby Hensley, founder of the event, promised a bigger festival next year. Nearby political talk referenced POW withdrawal conditions and Vietnam policy, while Paris residents sue a magazine over a photo caption claiming drink evils.
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Idaho
Kirby J. Hensley
Farragut
Agency to wage war on cancer to be created
The Senate began drafting a law to implement President Nixon's war on cancer and establish the Conquest of Cancer Agency with a first year budget of 332 million dollars. The independent agency will have sweeping authority from the White House to combat the disease.
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UPI
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Act of the Heart and Cancer Act on Screen and in News
At the Movies review notes Act of the Heart as a sensitive modern love story starring Donald Sutherland and Genevieve Bujold, with other titles like Ginger and Ryan's Daughter at local venues. Separately a Conquest of Cancer Act proposal would create a national cancer agency under NIH with a separate budget and White House reporting line, merging NCI into the new agency.
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Genevieve Bujold
Ryan
David Lean
Harte Theatre
Sarah Miles
John Mills
Robert Mitchum
Mills
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Colo
Subcommittee On Health
National Institutes of Health
White House
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National Cancer Institute
CCA
Typhoon halts air action near DMZ in Vietnam
A major typhoon named Harriet has halted most air and ground combat near the DMZ in Vietnam, grounding cargo flights and evacuating U S aircraft. Ground operations may slow for days as heavy rains and winds disrupt ongoing fighting from Da Nang to the DMZ and in nearby Cambodia.
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Quang Tri
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Adm Thomas Hart Dies at 94 A World War II Admiral
Adm Thomas C Hart former U S senator and four star admiral who saved the Asiatic Fleet on Pearl Harbor day 1941 died aged 94 at his Sharon Connecticut home. Funeral plans include noon Wednesday services at First Congregational Church and burial at Arlington with memorials in Fort Meyer Virginia. Hart told Manila Bay ships to sail before an air attack aiding the allied effort. Born June 12 1877 he served in the Spanish American War and later joined conservation work and the Sharon Historical Museum. He is survived by wife Caroline son Roswell and three daughters Dana Bergh Isabella Baldwin and Francis Sayre Jr.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Sharon Historical Museum
Caroline
Roswell
Sharon
Dana Bergh
Rochester, N.Y
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Taconic
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Washington, D.C
Agnew heads for Mideast after eight days in Asia
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew completed the Asian leg of his diplomatic mission and headed toward Kuwait for a refueling stop in Bombay. He planned to visit Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Congo, Spain, Morocco and Portugal before returning home July 28. He framed the trip as a broad dialogue to ease fears of a U.S. pullout and to explain American foreign policy aims.
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