ABC Confirms Paar to Do Specials as Cavett Ratings Push
ABC confirms Jack Paar will host specials starting next season visiting Mary Marlin in Brazil Jefe Goodall in Africa and Mrs Ethel Kennedy in Virginia as network seeks late night stability. Cavett faces an ultimatum to boost ratings while ABC weighs Paar’s possible role if Cavett is canceled and the two clash with NBC Johnny Carson.
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Jefe Goodall
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Ethel Kennedy
Hickory Hill
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Dick Cavett
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London
Johnny Carson
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Television Listings From Mock Island and Nearby Cities
Fragmented OCR lists television channels and times with several unreadable segments. It references Mock Island and Davenport and Dubuque markets, Friday night listings, weather notes, and a movie feature.
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Coder Rapida Am TV
Cudar Rapids
WLATY
Waterlog
Aeity 3
KTYO
Olsoyneave
Mock Island
Butz Tells Nixon Fair to Cattlemen Amid Meat Prices
Secretary of Agriculture Butz told the Wyoming Stock Growers Association that President Nixon will ensure absolute fairness to cattle producers in a free market. He argued recent import restrictions prove industry freedom, noted rising beef demand, and predicted some price easing due to larger slaughter supplies. He also urged evaluating DES due to health risks and potential feed needs.
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Butz
Nixon
Wyoming
Aist
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Food and Drugs Administration
Supreme Court sets aside Duane Pope death sentence
The high court ruled on capital punishment cases including Duane Pope, killer of three Nebraska bank employees in 1965, among about 128 death row inmates with pending appeals. Pope’s murder conviction remains, his death sentence erased. Other cases cited involve Peter Limane Howard Cassesso Emmett Paramore and Arthur Davis with varied outcomes.
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Supreme Court
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Kansas
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Boston
Edward
Teddy” Deegan
Chelsea
Mass
Alley
Emmett Paramore
Miami
Paramore
Herbert Stephens
Arthur Davis
New Haven Conn
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Officer Kills Little Girl in Gun Mishap
Indianapolis police report a pellet from a 12 gauge shotgun fired to kill a roaming dog struck 13 year old Joyce McCray in the chest as she played in an alley about 100 feet from the gunfire. Patrolman Charles L Sparks fired the weapon and has been with the force since February 1969.
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Joyce McCray
Ppalice
Charles L. Sparks
Dog Pound
Sparks
US presses action to fix UN management waste
In Geneva, U S Ambassador George Bush urged drastic reforms at the United Nations, alleging serious deficiencies and waste of money and manpower. He called for pruning obsolete activities and unproductive staff and for centralized leadership to counter disarray in UN governing bodies.
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Switzerland
United States
United Nations
U.S
George Bush
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Ford recalls over four million 1970 71 models for belt grommets
Ford Motor Co. announces a recall of about 4.04 million 1970 and 1971 passenger cars and Ranchero trucks for replacing a plastic front-seat shoulder belt grommet. The fix uses neoprene O ring retainers due to breakage risk from repeated use. Kanada and overseas units included.
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Ford Motor Co
P. E. Benton
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Benton
Canada
Wy man seeks constitutional death penalty amendment
Rep Louis C Wyman of New Hampshire proposes a constitutional amendment after the Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional under present laws. He argues the death penalty is a deterrent to murder and urges Congress to propose an amendment letting states or Congress impose it in deliberate killings.
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Supreme Court
Louis C. Wyman
Wyman
Congress
Utah Man Guilty of Air Piracy in 1968 Hijack
Richard Floyd McCoy, a Vietnam veteran and former BYU student, was found guilty by a six by six jury of air piracy for hijacking a United Airlines jet on April 7. He parachuted to safety with a $500,000 ransom as witnesses described his honesty. The verdict came after nearly two hours of deliberation with no sentence date set.
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Ary
Richard Floyd McCoy
United Air Lines
U.S. District Court
McCoy
Utah
Brigham Young University
Karen
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Provo
First French Ambassador Arrives in United States in July 1778
In July 1778 Conrad Gerard arrived in the United States as the first foreign diplomatic representative accredited to the new nation. He was appointed by Louis XVI of France to serve as ambassador to the United States.
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United States
Louis XVI
France
Caravans Carry Thousands of Camels Across Deserts
In Chicago a report notes that historic caravan routes through Asia and Africa included formations exceeding 10 000 camels. Encyclopaedia Britannica cites one expedition moving out with 20 000 camels in 198.
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Chicago
UPT
Encyclopaedia Britannnica
Town Council Room Damaged by Blaze
A fire damaged the town council meeting room in Mechanicsville on Thursday afternoon. Town Clerk Belly Fuller locked the door and left before the fire was found. Firefighters from the adjacent station extinguished the blaze. a desk and wall paneling were damaged and a fire inspector was called to investigate.
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Belly Fuller
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