Final Arguments In Vesco Case In Bahamas
U S government lawyers open final arguments seeking extradition of fugitive financier Robert Vesco from the Bahamas to the United States. Bahamian magistrate Emmanuel Osadebay Tola questions Ghana extradition precedent cited by Cecil Wallace Whitfield while defense argues charges not covered by treaty. Argentine foreign ministry orders visas barred for Vesco as U S attorneys push for detention pending ruling.
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Robert Vesco
Cecil Wallace Whitfield
Ghana
Vesco
United States
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Emmanuel Osadebay Tola
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Maine considers auto insurance cuts amid energy crisis
Maine Insurance Superintendent Frank Hogerty Jr says energy crisis driven reduced speed limits may justify auto insurance rate reductions. He told the Insurance Service Office to study the potential impact as all Maine highways moved to lower speed limits Wednesday.
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Augusta
Maine
Frank Hogerty Jr
Hogerty
Insurance Service
Curtis Urges Short Special Session on Energy Crisis
Gov Kenneth M Curtis called for a brief legislature session in January to focus on emergency energy legislation and current appropriations. He said lawmakers may want to limit the session to handling only urgent bills directly tied to energy and funding needs.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Democrat
Curtis
Federal spending rises from 1967 to 1973
The article reports federal expenditures increasing from 158 billion dollars in 1967 to an estimated 269 billion dollars in 1973, highlighting a sharp growth in government outlays across the period.
Campaign Financing Salvage Attempted in House
Democratic House leaders race to salvage presidential campaign financing within a Senate plan after the House Rules Committee balked at tacking it onto a debt ceiling bill. They seek a compromise to keep campaign funding while raising the debt limit to a temporary $475.7 billion through June 30, 1974, with the current $465 billion cap expiring soon.
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Nixon
ERA Leaders Dismiss Advisory Referendum
A Maine state representative and a leading feminist oppose making the Equal Rights Amendment an advisory referendum. Spokeswoman Pat Ryan cites campaign funding concerns while Rep. Kathleen Goodwin calls it a tactic for politicians seeking re election. Simpson plans a referendum bill for November 1974.
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Augusta
Maine
House
Harry Simpson
Standish
Ryan
Kathleen Goodwin
Goodwin
Simpson
Court Rejects Plea Similar To Agnew's
Providence Rhode Island AP United States District Court Judge Raymond J Pettine rejected Abner Silvermans bid for a jail sentence reduction after he pleaded guilty to one tax evasion count and received three months imprisonment The motion claimed Agnew was fined after a no contest plea but Pettine called it frivolous and said it did not relate to Silvermans case or facts and instead rested on public reaction to another case in a different court.
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Providence
R.I
Spiro Agnew
U.S. District Court
Abner Silverman
Silverman
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Raymond J. Pettine
Pettine
Daughter Sought In Poet's Murder
A second degree murder warrant was issued for Mary Axelson Cropper, 44, of New York City, daughter of poet playwright Mary McDougal Axelson. Mrs Axelson, 82, died from a brain hemorrhage after a beating in her hospital bed Monday. Funeral services are scheduled Friday. she wrote Life Begins which became a film starring Loretta Young.
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Miami
Mary McDougal Axelson
Fuel Crisis Delays Treatment Plant Startup
International Paper Co seeks to delay the Jan 1 opening of its 3.7 million dollar waste treatment plant in Jay Maine due to a fuel shortage. The plant would use 3000 barrels of oil monthly for pumps and aerators and startup is hoped postponed until warmer weather next spring when oil supplies may ease.
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