IRS Probes Over 100 Firms For Illegal Contributions
More than 160 corporations are being investigated by the IRS for possible illegal campaign contributions or bribes abroad. Alexander said 50 large multinationals and 61 smaller companies are under review citing unreported inventories or deducting donations as business expenses. He warned the abuses use foreign subsidiaries and accounts to disguise slush funds. Mobil Oil Italia accepted about 2.1 million to Italian parties from 1970 to 1973, recorded in books with a four percent turnover tax paid. executives argued disclosures would be appropriate.
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Washington
Internal Avenue Service
IRS
Donald C. Alexander
Alexander
House International Economic Policy Subcommittee
U.S
Mobi Oil Corp
Senate
Exxon Corp
Exxon
Checker
Mobil Oil Italiana
Petroleum Industry Trade Association
Italy
Mobil Italiana
United States
Ail Company
Mobil
Mail Retention by CIA Questioned in Intercepted Letters Case
The CIA kept 110 opened letters and postcards intercepted between the Soviet Union and the United States, with 85 post cards and 25 letters found from 1972. Postmaster General Bailar expressed shock at Colby’s disclosure and said the mail was rendered to the Justice Department for potential legal action.
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David C. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
United States
U.S. Postal Service
Benjamin F. Bailar
CIA
William E. Colby
Bailar
Colby
Postal Service
Rockefeller Commission
Commission
Justice Department
Russia
Prison move planned at old Western State site Staunton
Staunton plans to relocate 300 prisoners into three buildings at the old Western State Hospital site after last patients are removed later this year. Corrections director Jack F. Davis told the City Council overcrowding in existing prisons is critical. The plan includes two buildings for minimum and medium security inmates and a third for educational programs. Davis noted few suitable abandoned bases exist, Gov. Godwin provided emergency funds to add 260 beds, and Petersburg will house some misdemeanants. The department expects a staff of 100 plus academic and vocational instructors from Staunton.
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Staunton
State Penal System
Western State Hospital
Jack F. Davis
Davis
Staunton City
Corrections Department
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Mills Godwin
Petersburg
Aban
Western State
Senate votes to keep ban on separate physical education classes
Senate debate centers on Casey amendment and HEW rules delaying policy changes. Sen. Brooke warns against undoing progress toward women rights while Bayh notes flexible provisions allow sex based locker rooms and phased implementation, with emphasis on professional fraternities open to all and the role of honoraries.
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Senate
Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington ( AP
House
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Edward M. Brooke
Dmass
Bob Canes
Brooke
Casey
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sen
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Diver Attacked by Giant Shark Returns to Skindiving
Lodi California AP reports Helmuth Himmrich, 35, survived a May 28, 1972 Great White attack off San Francisco after a fishing boat rescue. Scarred, with a paralyzed right foot, he continues ocean skin diving and recalls the terror of being dragged toward a boat as friends pulled him free.
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Lodi
Calif
Helmuth Himmrich
Himmrich
San Francisco
Airalone
Ruling Portuguese Military Tries To Form New Government
In Lisbon the ruling Portuguese military seeks to form a new government after a cabinet split with the Popular Democrats resigning in protest of the army’s refusal to guarantee democracy. The Socialists also quit. together they held two thirds of votes from the April 25 Constitutional assembly. The Revolutionary Council plans a predominantly military cabinet with civilian experts, as the Junta marks its 15th month since overthrowing the dictatorship.
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Lisbon, Portugal
Popular Democrats
PPD
Portugal
Constitutional Assembly
Vasco Goncalves
Brussels
Popular Democratic
Joaquim Magalhaes Mota
Jorge la Borges
Carlos Macedo
Vasco da Graca Moura
Jose da Silva Lopes
Antonio de Alameida Santos
Portuguese Democratic Movement
MDP
Revolutionary Council
Goncalves
Alvaro Cunhal
Apollo Soyuz telecast dazzles families above Earth
MIKE COCHRAN reports from Space Center Houston as Apollo crew members Stafford Slayton and Brand dock in space. Faye Stafford and daughter Dionne watched eagerly, while Stephanie Brand and her mother Joan arrived late, missing the midafternoon docking reveal. The telecast captured the anxious anticipation and lighthearted moments on the historic linkup 140 miles up.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Space Center, Houston
Thomas Stafford
Faye Stafford
Donald Slayton
Earth
Slayton
Deke
Dionne
Stafford
Manned Spacecraft Center
U.S
Vance Brand
Stephanie Brand
Joan
Brand
Houston
Stephanie
University of Colorado
Vance
Louisiana State Uni
Marjory Slayton
Kent
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Herb Buchanan
Ricky Proctor
Capitol
Buchanan
Suitland
Mdcl
Goverment Printing Office
Proctor
School For the Deaf
Fredrick
Buchanant
Gough Lumber and Supply Company
U.S. Highway 58
Danville
Virginia
Ronald W. Wills
Steve Bendall
Masonic
AMS
Sybaris
Jcpenney
Orig
Men’‘s
Santana
VW Price
Ballou Park
DIAL
Northside
Vasco Lowrence
3-Man Revolutionary Council
Lincalin
White House
Catafalque
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Communist Party
R. J. Reynolds
New York
Reynolds Industries, Inc
Reynolds
Radio Shack
Danielle
Richard Achies
Tandy Corporation
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