Proxmire Pushes Bill On Credit Billing Computer Errors
Washington AP Sen William Proxmire proposes a fair credit billing bill to curb computer errors in monthly statements. Companies must acknowledge complaints within 10 days and correct errors within 60 days or face loss of the contested amount. Consumers could sue for rebates and penalties, with notices sent 21 days before due dates.
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Washington
Congress
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proximire
Prosmire
Expc Ie
Mortera
Proxmire
Preamire
Youth slain as citizens police clash in KU town
In Lawrence, Kansas, 18 year old Harry Rice was shot to death during a disturbance near the University of Kansas campus. Graduate student Merton Olds was wounded and Officer Dalquist was struck by a thrown object as confrontations with police widen amid ongoing tensions after a prior fatal shooting of 19 year old Rick Dowdell. Police reports say patrolman Williams was wounded days earlier. officers wore vests while fires were put out in the Negro section.
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Lawrence
Kan
Harry Nicholas Rice
Leawood
University of Kansas
Merton R. Olds
Topeka
Don Dalquist
Rick Donald Dowdell
Dowdell
William Garrett Moe
Eugene Williams
Casualty In Vietnam Evacuation Scene
A soldier carries an injured comrade toward an evacuation helicopter along the Song Be River south of Vietnam near the Cambodian border. The wounded man was injured when he jumped from a helicopter during a patrol action, grimacing in pain as he is aided.
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Song Be
Vietnam
No Leads Uncovered In Kidnap Slaying
Police searched wooded areas near Lansing Michigan for clues in the death of Laurie Munningham a 16 year old kidnapped from a gift shop after a July 4 robbery. Her body was found after a 12 day search. The case drew a $5000 reward and FBI involvement but produced no usable leads. The city council passed a weed ordinance requiring enforcement by a new housing officer.
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Lansing
Mich
Laurie Munningham
Pretty
Ingham
FBI
Sewage Treatment Order Forces Corry Upgrades
Corry faces state sanitary demands after a $130,000 chlorination addition. City engineer David Johnson reads a letter from Walter A. Lyon, directing design and construction of new treatment facilities to meet stricter effluent limits. Effluent must average 10 mg per liter and not exceed 20 mg per liter in any single sample. City seeks federal funds to cover upgrade costs.
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Corry
David Johnson
Walter A. Lyon
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
State Department of ‘Health
Ietter
State Sanitary Water Board
Hare Creek
Consoer, Townsend
Bare Creek
Brokenstraw
Wilae Creek
Johnson
State Department of Labor and Industry
City Utilities Win First Tax Exemption Battle
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania House voted 168 to 19 to sustain a property tax exemption for municipally owned utilities, moving to override Gov. Shafer's veto. Senate opposition, led by Majority Leader Stroup, doubts 34 votes can be lined up. The measure would affect about 1,000 municipal utilities and was tied to a 1969 70 budget balance.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Senate
House
Stanley G. Stroup
Bedford
Stroup
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
Irvis
Lee A. Donaldson
Allegheny
Donaldson
Revenue Department
Gunman Kills Two Hostages After $2000 Western Union Robbery
Bruce Reitz night manager says a dark complexioned gunman aged 35 to 40 held him and two women captive in a Miami branch apartment overnight. After looting safes, the robber forced a move to a field ten miles away where he shot the trio, killing Judy Lamb and Delores Palacino and wounding Reitz in the head. Reitz crawled a mile and a half to seek help as the killer fled.
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Miami
Bruce Reitz
Western Union
Reitz
Judy Lamb
Delores Palacino
Miss Lamb
John Perrotti
Salt Bidders Surprise City With Low Bid For Rock Salt
City Council opened bids for rock salt with Diamond Crystal offering a delivered price of 12.45 per ton totaling 5,467 while Morton Salt and International stuck to 7,020 and 7,020 respectively. The underbidder notes pricing varies and cites prior suits over bidding practices. Additional bids included chlorine for the sewage plant at 10 one ton cylinders by Jones Joe Inc. Erie and a 12,000 gallon asphalt sealer order from Russell Standard Corp. Girard.
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Morton Salt
Wadaworth
Ohio
Diamond Crystal Salt Co
St. Clair, Mich
International Salt Co
Clark's Summit
Crystal
Morton
International
Erie
Corry
Jones Joe Inc
Russell Standard Corp
Girard
Third Uniontown Warehouse Burns
A third warehouse fire in six weeks in Uniontown Fayette County broke out early today but was contained with no injuries. The blaze damaged a Central Produce Co facility and nearby property, with losses estimated around 150000 dollars. Arson probe not confirmed by officials.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Central Produce Co
Nixon says South Vietnam must pick leaders by vote
President Nixon declared in a wide press conference that the future government of South Vietnam must be chosen through elections and not imposed by Paris negotiators. He warned against an imposed coalition and urged a government selected by the Vietnamese people.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Paris
House
Ways and Means
Vietnam
United States
Middle East
Department of Justice
Congress
White House
Council Won't Reduce Tax Bill On Fire-Gutted Appliance Store
City Council rejected Gary Davis’s request for a tax exemption on the fire damaged North Center Street building that once housed Hall Brothers Appliance. Officials noted no parallel with previous exemptions and warned granting relief would set a risky precedent amid an uncertain fate for the remaining structure.
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Council
Gary Davis
Hall Brothers
North Center Street
Davis
Pehenna
Council Scockaieane Ict
Cotte
Anita Deep
Darnton
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