Movie stars testify in Arizona inquest over death
Burt Reynolds and Sarah Miles told an Arizona inquest they knew nothing about a head wound on David A. Whiting whose body was found in Miss Miles' motel room with a drug overdose listed as the cause. Whiting's mother claims a mystery surrounds the death and that the investigation was perfunctory.
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Martin Waldron
New York Times
Gila Bend, Ariz
Burt Reynolds
Sarah Miles
Arizona
Desert Country
David A. Whiting
Miss Miles
Whiting
Miles
Louise Campbell
New York City
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Reynolds
Inquest Opens Over Actor Whiting Death At Desert Motel
Justice of the Peace Mulford Winsor IV presided as two movie stars testified in a high profile inquest in Gila Bend Arizona. Miss Miles wife of playwright Robert Bolt described Whiting mood swings and alleged threats while Reynolds testified about finding Whiting dead with pills nearby after Miss Miles returned to her room.
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Justice of the Peace
Mulford Winsor IV
Arizona
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Karnitschnig
Hollywood
Miles
Reynolds
Gila Bend
Phoenix
Yuma
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Wranglers
Merv Griffin
Jao
Burt Reynolds
Miss Miles
Lee Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
Burt
Lee
Last American POWs Freed From Red China Arrive in Philippines
Two U S pilots Maj Philip E Smith and Lt Cmdr Robert Flynn, the last Americans held prisoner in Communist China, arrived at Clark Air Base Philippines with 108 other POWs awaiting flights home. They crossed from Hong Kong after being shot down in the Vietnam era.
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China
Air Force
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Roadhouse
Ill
Robert J. Flynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hong Kong
Smith
Hainan Island
Flynn
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Hanois
Laos
Vietnam
Shum Chun
Red Cross
Eugene Guy
Royal Air Force Field
J.H. Smith
Peking
Gray Disenchantment Over Watergate Appointee
Washington senators clash with President Nixon over L Patrick Gray III as FBI director nominee. Critics say Gray aided White House during Watergate and showed partisanship in 1972, risking FBI independence and congressional authority. Senate may block confirmation amid executive privilege dispute.
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Nixon
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Gray
White House
Democratic Congress
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Senate Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean III
Word Queries and New Coinages In Language
Theodore Bernstein discusses regional slang yea high phrases and the idea of new terms for in laws. He cites Yiddish terms mekhutn and mekhutenim and coins no boodkin to describe in laws.
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Ruth Blumstein
Philadelphia
Early Hearings On Death Penalty Seen
Senate hearings are planned on Nixon proposals to restore the death penalty for specific crimes and to set mandatory prison terms for heroin traffickers. Subcommittee chair John L. McClellan and Roman L. Hruska back the plan as part of a broader criminal code revision. Hearings aimed for March 6 were postponed to allow FBI director nominee hearings.
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