Pleasure trips figure in Brewer murder case
Howard O'Brien former Anamosa reformatory manager testified that he and Ronald Brewer bought beers clothing and a 22 rifle on many pleasure trips outside the prison Brewer then on trial for the killing of Clarence Edwards 52 of Anamosa on Jan 24 he had escaped the reformatory earlier Brewer described trips to Cedar Rapids for bowling movies and pizza and beer actions while Brewer taught classes on the programmed outs O'Brien acknowledged violating prison policy and said he was relieved of duties Sissel program coordinator testified Brewer was a valuable part of the prison program and that trips were reinstated after a tip about an escape attempt was found groundless The jurors were told about actions related to the Jan 24 incident and the handling of the escape tip
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Howard O'Brien
State Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Ronald Wayne Brewer
Reformatory
Brewer
Lina District Court
Clarence
Sam) Edwards
Anarmosa
O'Brien
Fie
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Anamosa High Eehoui
Herbert Pennock
Pennock
Lie Reformatory
Clarence Edwards
Patricia
John Sissel
Anamosa Reformatory
Sissel
Alx
Council Bluffs Law
Locher
Linn
James Carter
Nowsyer
Carter
Trips
Brech
Kenneth Love
Springville
Anamosa High School
Bin
Lowe
Iowa asks arrest ABP officials on sixty charges
The state of Iowa asked Nebraska authorities to arrest ABP officials Frank R. West and Robert E. Lee on 60 charges from a closed grand jury probe. West, ABP board chair, and Lee, group VP for cattle procurement, face 30 warrants with two counts each of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretenses. Bonds total 150000 dollars. extradition details hinge on the Douglas County judge.
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Omaha
APT
Iowa
Nebraska
American Brat Packers, Inc
Frank R. West
ABP Board
Robert E. Lee
West
Lee
Harold Martin
ABP
South Dakota
O'Leary
UPL
Kissinger Briefs Ford on Mid East Talks in Colorado
Kissinger and President Ford meet in Vail amid reports of a new Israeli Egyptian interim account and continued shuttle diplomacy. Kissinger and his wife Nancy flew from Washington to brief Ford on the latest developments. He said progress is being made but no final breakthrough yet and noted Israeli cabinet discussions looming. Allon in Tel Aviv said an accord with Egypt is closer, with details still needing clarification.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Hlere
Kissinger
Nancy
Washington
Mid-East
Sina
Israel
Egypt
Simcha Dinuts
Yigal Allon
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Allon
Cairo
al Ahram
FBI Reveals Covert Anti Klan Counterintel Program
Newly disclosed FBI files detail a one year Cointelpro operation to disrupt white hate groups including the Ku Klux Klan National States Rights party and the American Nazi party. Agents mailed about 6000 anonymous postcards to Klan members and planted anti Klan articles to sow internal dissension and fear among families and employers. The effort spanned 17 field offices mainly in the South with activity in Georgia Alabama Mississippi Texas North Carolina Florida and Virginia and was terminated in April 1971.
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Washington
FBI
FSI
Klar
National States Rights Party
South
Georgia
Alabama
Missisippi
Louis
Texas
North Carolina
Florida
Virginia
Hoover
Cointelpro
FTC proposes crackdown on health spa advertising
Washington notes a Federal Trade Commission plan to curb false and misleading ads for health spas. The proposal would require medical checkups for at risk clients, a three day cooling off period with full refunds, and pro rated refunds after opening or upon cancellation. Public comment period announced.
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Washington
LIPS
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Sampas
FIC
Second Production Rise Confirms Turnaround
Washington AP reports that July industrial output rose 0.5 percent, matching June gains and signaling continued economic recovery. The Fed index, covering factories mines and utilities, shows consumer goods up led by autos, while business equipment and durable materials fell. Overall output lags 11.7 percent below July last year. The Council on Wage and Price Stability asks Pillsbury General Mills and International Flavors to justify flour price hikes of 2.5 to 10 percent.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
A Per
Treasury
Sidney Jones
Federal Council On
Pillsbury
General Mills
Tipster Points to Hoffa Burial Site in Michigan
In a Detroit AP report, investigators searched a northern Michigan construction site near Marian in Osceola county after a tip linked Hoffa to the area. FBI and state police said no Hoffa trace was found and relatives plan bumper sticker campaigns asking the public to call a tip line.
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Detroit
FHT
Lower Michigan
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamasters
FBI
State Highways Department
Marian
Osceola County
Hoffa
Ugent Jin Sturgis
PRL
Bronfman in Yorktown Heights Amid Kidnap Pay Rumors
Edgard Bronfman entered his Fifth Avenue penthouse early Saturday with an FBI agent amid unconfirmed reports that part of a $4.5 million ransom had been paid for his missing son Samuel. Authorities remained tight lipped as the kidnap case dragged on with no word on the boy’s status.
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New York
Edgard Bronfman
Samuel
Bronfman
FEE
Patrick Harnett
Bronfmian
United States
Yorktown Heights
The
Daily News
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Inok
Sau
Seagrams Co. Ltd
Kunstler battles subpoenas in Hearst case probe
Activist lawyer William Kunstler filed motions in U S District Court to quash subpoenas for Jack and Micki Scott alleging FBI telephone taps in the Patricia Hearst case. He accused prosecutors of abusing the grand jury process while the Scotts faced harassment and prepared for Micki Scott’s grand jury testimony. Jack Scott is due September 4.
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Harrisburg
Willian Kunstler
FBL
Jack Scott
Micki — Keynymes
Patricia Hearst
Kunstier
L U. S. District Court
Scotts
Micki Scott
Hearst
Kunstler
Alem
FBI
Miss Hearst
Don’t You Feel Stupid Reading Sticker Cartoon
A quirky item references a bumper sticker humorously asking readers if they feel foolish reading the message. The brief caption suggests a playful critique of bumper sticker slogans and their readability.
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Patti Kramer
John Kremer
Highland Drive
Patti
A Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Pizze
Jones County
Stephen Locher
Arthur O'Teary
Douglas County
Donald Knowles
Towa Atty
Richard Turner
Des Moines
Avoca
Pottewattanle County
Knowles
Douglas Courtly
ABP Group
Thomas Clark
Beefland International, Inc
Socialist Workers Party
J. Edgar Honver
Tipster
Sturgis
James P. Hoffa
Plenny
Pope
Gazette
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