Crime rise in 1970 figures debated by Hoover Mitchell stance
The article compares Hoover and Mitchell on US crime data, noting a 25 percent rise in major crimes from 4.4 million in 1968 to 5.5 million in 1970 and a climb in the crime rate from 2,235 to 2,741 per 100 000. FBI notes say 11 percent rise in 1970 over 1969 and that 1960 to 1970 growth was 144 percent, with official responses on press releases and editing patterns under the Nixon era.
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Hoover
United States
FBI
Jack W. Hushen
Justice Department
Nixon
JFK Center Opens Tonight In Memorial To Kennedy
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens tonight with a seven foot bronze bust of Kennedy near the opera house entrance. Mrs Rose Kennedy and Sen Edward M Kennedy attend the opening in the President's box as Leonard Bernstein's Mass is premiered. Jacqueline B Onassis will be absent for personal reasons. The center opened to a public preview Monday and tonight marks the Democrats official opening with Nixon aides and cabinet members present. The center, designed by Edward Durell Stone, faced criticism for its size and ticket prices.
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Washington
UPI
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Rose Kennedy
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Kennedy
D-Mass
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Bernstein
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Treasury
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John R. Rockefeller II and IV
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
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H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Herbert G. Klein
Henry A. Kissinger
Robert J. Brown
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Edward Durell Stone
Wastes could meet half of U S fuel needs report says
Washington United Press International says a Bureau of Mines study shows converting sewage and garbage into low sulfur oil could supply about half the nation’s energy within five or six years. Rep Norman F Lent says the finding supports energy and pollution goals and could influence Atlantic drilling debates. The work uses a high temperature converter at Pittsburgh energy research center.
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UPI
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R-N.y
Lent
Bureau of Mines
Atlantic
Alaska
Pittsburgh
Government bonuses urged for voluntary sterilization
Nobel laureate William Shockley proposed a voluntary sterilization program financed by bonuses. Payments would vary by inferred hereditary disadvantages such as low IQ or health issues, with a $1,000 per IQ point below 100 example. He argued welfare reform could reduce costs but faced accusations of racial theory.
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Washington
UPI
William Shockley
Shockley
American Psychological Association
Stanford University
Pennsylvania wins bid to extradite Yablonski murder suspects
Pennsylvania secured an 18 month extradition fight and will press for trial of five suspects charged in the New Year’s 1969 murders of United Mine Workers leader Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter in Clarksville. Three were brought for arraignment after Ohio Supreme Court rulings, with two others already extradited.
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UPI
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Yablonski
Jess R. Costa
Yablonski
Clarksville
Paul Gilly
Annette
Cleveland
Gilly
Silous Huddleston
Lafollette
Tenn
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Vealey
Tony
Martin
Spring Byington Dies at 72 Veteran Actress on Stage TV
Hollywood confirms the death of Spring Byington at age 72 after a brief illness at her Hollywood Hills home. The veteran actress appeared in over 75 films and 30 plays, best remembered as Lily Ruskin on December Bride, which ran 1954 to 1959.
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UPI
Spring Byington
Hollywood Hills
Miss Byington
Lily Ruskin
Colordo Springs
Colo
Elitch Garden Stock Company
Denver
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System Radio
At the Movies Harte runs Little Big odoo week
Movie column notes Harte opening Little Big odoo with a criticism of its length and padding. Manchester Cinema Theatre screens Love Story with Ryan O Neal Ali McGraw John Marley and Ray Milland. Drive-ins revert to weekend-only schedules with listed showtimes.
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Harte
Chinese waiter crashes car into bus and more in court
Nyuk Fong Pang a 19 year old Chinese waiter who does not speak fish faced 11 traffic offenses after driving a French car erratically in Rochester England. He claimed the car owner lent him the keys to park it. He backed into a double decker bus rammed another time and sped off wrong way into a motorcycle police path. He pushed the car as it rolled away and it struck a political club. He was fined 201.60 dollars.
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England
UPI
Nyuk Fong Pang
Nyuk
Sahidir Rahman
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