Memoir copied claim clouds Sioux chief Red Fox tale
A McGraw-Hill best seller The Memoirs of Chief Red Fox faces serious doubt and a plagiarism suit alleging 12,000 words echo The Wounded Knee Massacre by James H. McGregor. Authorities doubt the author William Red Fox’s Sioux chief status and origins, while editors defend the work as a narrative of justice for Native people.
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Henry Raymont
New York Times News Service
New York
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Red Fox
Fawcett
William Red Fox
Wounded Knee Massacre
James H. McGregor
Nixon
New York Times
Crazy Horse
McGraw-Hill
Albert R. Leventhal
Robert S. Stewart
Beverly Jane Leo
Leventhal
Stewart
Bruce Catton
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
United States Indian Service
Gerald One Feather
University of South Dakota
Prison Home Brew Hospitalizes Nine
Nine convicts, four teenagers, were hospitalized after drinking prison made home brew laced with insecticide at Draper Correctional Center in Speigner Alabama. Troopers from Georgia and Alabama delivered protopam chloride antidote from Atlanta area to Montgomery to treat the ill inmates.
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Prison Home Brew
Montgomery
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
L. B. Sullivan
Draper Correc
St. Margaret’s Hospital
James Mracek
John Hale
Ayerst
Edith Irving Leads in Court Behind Lawyer and Husband
Edith Irving raises a microphone cord out of the way as she and her husband Clifford Irving follow attorney M. Philip Lorder during a proceeding. The scene captures the trio moving past the court bench with Lorder guiding them.
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Edith Irving
M. Philip Lorder
Clifford Irving
Lorder
Decatur Alabama Friendliest Shopping Area Feature
Daily Calendar notes celebrate Decatur as Alabama’s friendliest shopping area with sections and weather outlook. Historical reference recalls Lend-Lease Act's 1941 start as noted in page context. Weather aims mid 60s today and upper 30s tonight with highs near 70 Saturday.
Sparkman Fete Slated April 3
An appreciation dinner for Sen. John Sparkman is set at Austin High School on April 3 at 7 p.m. Attendees from Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties are expected. About 600 tickets at 10 dollars each will be sold, with Sen. Jennings Randolph D Va as guest speaker.
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John Sparkman
Austin High School
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Newton B. Powell
Sparkman
Morgan County
Powell
Jennings Randolph
D. Va
Sen.Sparkmen
Alabama
Huntsville
Boys' Ranch reunites four brothers from separated family
Toney 16, and his brothers Harry 14 George 12 and Fred 10, were raised apart after their mother was committed. At Alabama Sheriffs Boys Ranch they reunited over four years of patient care and visits culminating when the youngest joined last Christmas.
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Faye Brewington
Selma
Toney
Don Acton
Alabama Sheriffs Boys Ranch
Harry
George
Fred
Ranch’ Administration
Acton
Pop
Buddy
Boys at ranch win ribbons and honors in rodeo events
The boys’ mother is now with a daughter after release from the institution. The Department of Pensions and Security arranges biannual family visits. Toney and Harry, active in outdoor, school, and church activities, share a family unit and have won ranch awards including Fishermen of the Year and Toney named Hunter of the See BOYS.
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Department of Pensions and Security
Toney
Harry
Hartselle Resident Sells Stove in Classified Ad
Frank Gurney of Lanier Street Hartselle sold his electric stove and sparked 11 more inquiries from readers of the Decatur Daily Want Ads. The ad promotes a copper toned, near new full size electric stove for 75 dollars, with contact numbers for Lanier Street, Hartselle and Athens.
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Hartselle
Frank Gurney
Lanier St. Hartselle
Decatur Daily
Lanier St
Indictments Discredit Hughes Book In New York
New York prosecutors announce grand jury indictments against Clifford Irving his wife Edith and researcher Richard Suskind accusing them of grand larceny conspiracy and possession of forged instruments in a scheme to sell a bogus Howard Hughes autobiography. A separate federal indictment charges Irving and Suskind with perjury and conspiracy and mail fraud related to the case.
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Federal
New York
Irvings
Howard Hughes
New York Times News Service
Clifford Irving
Howard R. Hughes
Edith
Richard Suskind
New York County
Irving and
Suskind
Irving
Federal Court House
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Hughes
Consultants Differ On Six Tax Returns
Six tax consultants in Charlotte gave six different results on a joint federal return for the AP writer and his wife. Differences ranged up to 454 dollars with outcomes including a $77 tax due and a $377 refund. Some deductions cited were questionable or invalid under IRS rules.
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Tom Wells
Charlotte
N.C
Associated Press
Internal Revenue Service
1972 Decatur Daily to Publish Special Cookbook Edition
The Decatur Daily announces a 24 page cookbook titled A Treasury of Favorite Recipes to appear as part of Sunday's edition. The feature showcases recipes from area cooks and highlights their culinary skills.
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Decatur Daily
Dole claims AT T violated law over Miami convention
Sen Robert Dole the Republican national chairman says American Telephone and Telegraph Co appears to have violated the law twice by agreeing to install telephones at the Democratic National Convention in Miami despite a 1.5 million debt from the 1968 convention. Wholesale prices of food and many industrial goods rose nine tenths of one percent last month and the government reports a rise for the year.
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Washington
Robert Dole
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Miami
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