Paroled Catholic Priest Berrigan After 17 Months
Antiwar priest Daniel Berrigan won parole after 17 months of a three year sentence for burning draft records in Catonsville Maryland in 1968. The parole board cited health issues and his conduct during incarceration as reasons. He faces further legal cases including a Kissinger plot indictment connected to his brother Philip Berrigan.
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Washington
Daniel Berrigan
Catonsville
U.S. Board of Parole
Berrigan
Philip Berrigan
Harrisburg
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Affairs
Nixon
Philip
Daniel
FBI
Block Island
R.L
Danbury
Conn
Kissinger
Five More Jurors Out From Berrigan Trial
In Harrisburg Pa AP a man favoring pro government views on Vietnam and a Navy veteran who admitted shock at Catholic clergy and nuns accused of plotting to kidnap a presidential adviser were excused as jurors in the conspiracy trial of Rev Philip Berrigan and six others. The judge and lawyers dismissed five for cause as juror selection continued. The trial involves alleged plots to kidnap Henry Kissinger bomb heating tunnels under federal buildings and raid selective service offices in nine states.
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Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
U.S
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington, D.C
Selective Service
Hijacker killed by FBI after Mohawk Airlines ransom drama
A stocky gunman hijacked a Mohawk Airlines flight from Albany to New York City demanding 200000 and two parachutes. After seven hours, an FBI agent shot him as the jet landed at Westchester County Airport. stewardess Eileen McAllister was unharmed. The hijacker, Heinrich von George, 45, was identified by Dutchess County authorities.
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Poughkeepsie
Art FBI
Westchester County
New York City
Mohawk Airlines
FBI
John Malone
Malone
Peekskill
N.Y
Heinrich von George
Dutchess County
Albany
New York
White Plains
Hudson River
Carl Rieth
William O'Hara
Rieth
Pittsfield
Mass
New York Line
Arms Found Not Body In Bizarre Death Mystery
Ocean County prosecutor hints at expanding the search for missing John S. Bell as two severed arms are found in Bedford Pennsylvania. Authorities trace suspect John Lynch’s movements through Alabama Virginia and West Virginia after Bell’s disappearance and reveal a revolver found in Nashaminy Creek Bristol Township Pennsylvania. Lynch, 50, of Seaside Park is charged with Bell’s murder.
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Toms ‘River
W.J
Ocean County
John S. Bell
Pennsylvania
Bedford
Bell
Martin Anton
John Lynch
Alabama
Virginia
West Virginia
Anton
Dover Township
Nashaminy Creek
Bristol Township
Philadelphia
Lynch
Seaside Park
Abortion Law Commission Members Meet Gov Shapp
Twenty three women on Pennsylvania's Abortion Law Commission met privately with Governor Shapp to study current abortion statutes and consider changes amid state court rulings that some laws may be unconstitutional.
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Harrisburg
New Abortion Law Commission
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Peace Pact Must Be Signed For Vietnam Pullout
The United States told the Vietnamese Communists it will not complete troop withdrawals from South Vietnam until a final peace agreement is signed. Ambassador Porter said military withdrawals could begin on principle with negotiations continuing on other issues. Pham Dang Lam presented Nixon’s eight point plan, while Xuan Thuy dismissed it as a campaign ploy.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
William J. Porter
Vietnam
Porter
Pham Dang Lam
Nixon
Xuan Thuy
Governor Responds To Welfare Coverage In Journal Of Welfare Fraud
Governor Milton Shapp replies to welfare coverage via special assistant Terry Dellmuth. He calls for a complete reform, fights abuses, and cites reorganizations and savings, while stressing aid to the elderly and disabled and advocating federal takeover of the public assistance grant program.
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Journal of
Milton Shapp
Terry Dellmuth
Stewart A
Doc) Long
Corry Chamber of Commerce
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Wohlgemuth
Commonwealth
Department of Public Welfare
Banks of
Shipp
Lawmakers back Lee attack on Denenberg over no fault plan
In Harrisburg, 70 lawyer-legislators applauded House Republican Leader Kenneth B. Lee as he denounced Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg for publicity tactics. The bipartisan chorus backed a resolution condemning Denenberg while the Senate adjourned early. The House also passed mobile home tax and housing module permit bills before adjourning.
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Harrisburg
House
Kenneth B. Lee
Herbert Denenberg
Lee
Denenberg
Ralph Nader
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Sullivan County
Vietion
Senate
War foes push for withdrawal date despite Nixon plan
Senate critics vow to press for a fixed Indochina pullout date even after President Nixon’s secret peace efforts were disclosed. They say his speech lacks a set timetable and warns that linking exit to a cease-fire and prisoner release may provoke North Vietnam to reject the plan. Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana questions the proposals.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Allen Ellender
D-La
Ellender
Buck
Indict UC Man Charge Three In Child Beatings
A true bill of indictment was returned against Richard L. Miller 28 of B C 3 Union City on a charge of aggravated cruelty of minors He is accused of beating his 7 year old son John with his hands and a belt in November The boy was treated at Union City Memorial Hospital and released State Police and a school nurse investigation led to the charge Three other persons charged with aggravated cruelty to a minor were released on 1000 bail each awaiting a hearing before District Justice Mary Jake Dennis in Cochranton The alleged abuse involved a 1 year old foster daughter and occurred under care of Meadville residents Sheldon Simon and Irene Messerall and Mrs Simon was arraigned Tuesday night with the others.
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Richard L. Miller
B.C
Union City
Crawford County
Miller
John
Corry Barracks
Union City Main Street Lementary
Union City Memorial Hospital
Mary Jake Dennis
Cochranton
Grove H. Heffernan Jr
Sheldon Simon
Meadville
Irene Messerall
Heffernan
Earl A. Brown
Simon
Messerall
Dennis
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Army
Navy
Leonard Boudin
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon Papers
D.B. Cooper
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
Westchester
Mr. Long
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