Wife kills Navy family then herself in Corpus Christi tragedy
Mary Jean Whalen, wife of CPO Robert Wayne Whalen, fatally shot her husband and four children as they slept before killing herself with a .38 caliber pistol. Victims include Deborah Kay 12 Kelly Ann 9 Robert Wayne Jr. 8 Mary Kathryn 3. Notes left by the mother offered no motive and directed notification of relatives.
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Pacific Telephone seeks rate hike to cover wage costs
Pacific Telephone filed a brief with the California Public Utilities Commission seeking a $77.4 million annual rate increase to accompany a $143 million raise authorized last June. The firm projects a 6.4 percent return in 1971, below the 7.85 percent PUC target, citing recent labor agreements boosting intrastate costs by $40.5 million in year two and $5 million in year three.
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Counterfeit Ring Busted in Los Angeles
Federal agents arrested six men and seized 300000 in fake currency as a transcontinental counterfeiting ring cracked by the Secret Service. The group flooded the New York New Jersey area with false $2 bills of fair duality printed on thicker paper. Two suspects arrived from New York by plane. four others in custody as presumed buyers. Names include Sare Goldstein Alfred Calendo Stanley Aatons Thomas De Viets and Daniel Guardo.
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Israel to Buy More U S Jets
UPI reports Administration officials said Israel will be allowed next month to begin purchasing additional F4 Phantom jets on favorable terms. In exchange, Israel reportedly agrees to modify its conditions for talks with Egypt on an interim agreement to reopen the Suez Canal, including a pullback from the canal bank.
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FDA Criticized Over Poison Packaging Safeguards
Washington Senator Moss says the FDA has failed to enforce safety packaging to prevent child poisonings a year after the law. An FDA spokesman calls safe design a complex task and notes avoiding overly rigid rules to not hinder patient access. Moss labels the agency's record a failure for not requiring safer packaging.
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Free bus rides in Rome show mixed but hopeful results
Romans debated the nine day free transportation trial as merchants like Roberto Antonelli praised the program saying it could make him a permanent bus user to avoid parking and tickets. Others like Wilma Bellini doubted the scheme would curb traffic or persuade car owners to abandon vehicles.
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Burlington Liars Club crowns wit as Packer joke tops
In Burlington Wisconsin a local Liars Club contest honors clever falsehoods by residents including John Woolley who boasted of Packers fame and a returner who drew roughing penalties. Other entrants from Lacom Oregon Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Viroqua shared humorous false claims about weather and library damage.
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Ellsberg Russo Indicted in Pentagon Papers Case Expansion
A new indictment adds Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo to the Pentagon papers case. It expands the charge to conspiracy and stealing hidden government documents. Lynda Sinay and Van Thai named as conspirators. Sunny Wild testimony mentioned. Trial context and background provided.
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Dowdy Convicted in Bribery Case Tied to DOJ Probe
Dowdy loses by landslide the trial after being convicted of accepting a $25,000 bribe to influence a Justice Department investigation of a Washington DC home improvement firm. He faces up to 40 years in prison and a $40,000 fine.
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Radical group disrupts science confab at annual meeting
A Philadelphia gathering of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was disrupted by Science for the People SESPA protesters who shouted war criminal and murderer at former officials William Bundy Maria Halperin and Leslie Gelb. Civil Disobedience Squad escorted the trio from the room as the meeting continued with tense exchanges over Vietnam policy and science involvement in politics.
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HEW to Revise Family Rules Amid Protests
Washington officials said the Health, Education and Welfare Department will revise draft family planning rules opposed by two presidential candidates Planned Parenthood Catholic groups and members of both parties. Deputy assistant HEW secretary Dr Lewis M Hellman said the changes would address complaints and remove charges for services while clarifying low income family. The rules, effective Sept 15 under a Nixon era act, faced about 200 complaints claiming they would limit access to contraception and advice for poor women.
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Mrs Nixon Leads U S Delegation to Liberia Inauguration
First Lady Mrs. Richard Nixon heads a five member U S delegation to Liberia for William Tolbert's inauguration in Monrovia. She will also visit Ghana and Ivory Coast with official ceremonies, hospital and school tours, and meetings with women leaders before returning to California.
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Graham admits goof in Cleveland flare up
Billy Graham writes to Cleveland Prose religion editor George R. Plagenz apologizing for a sharp tongue remark. Plagenz had accused Graham of slurring religion on national TV during a broadcast where Graham compared wartime hardship to modern government aid and urged careful conduct.
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Housewife presses threefold drive to legalize school prayer
Mrs. Ruhlin of Ohio campaigns for a House Ethics inquiry into a opponent's hiring, seeks funds to defeat 182 voting no members, and asks state legislatures to call a constitutional convention for a school prayer amendment. Precedent and Supreme Court rulings challenge success of any move.
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Nixon heads back to capital for New Year events
President Nixon ends a five day Florida stay and plans to return to Washington to celebrate New Year's Eve with family. He will then travel to San Clemente California for a two day meeting and a bon voyage party for Pat Nixon. Nixon will also do an end of year TV interview at 4 30 pm EST on CBS.
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