Unknown Congressman Draws ITT Controversy Spotlight
California congressman Bob Wilson, long a behind the scenes GOP fundraiser, surfaces in a probe over an ITT memo linking a San Diego convention gift to antitrust settlements. Wilson, a San Diego native and leader of the National Republican Congressional Committee, has built a career on campaign fundraising and party operations. He remains a key ally in fundraising while holding a committee role on Armed Services and maintaining a San Diego base with family in Maryland.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
California
Bob Wilson
San Diego
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Wilson
Byist
Dita Beard
Jack Anderson
House
Congress
National Republican Congressional Committee
GOP
Capitol Hill
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Fleetpaign
Reserve Association
Navy
Colo Potomac
U.S. Marine Corps
Nixon seeks constitutional path for church school aid
President Nixon travels to Philadelphia to press a plan to fund nonpublic schools within constitutional bounds. A Pennsylvania court blocks a law directing aid to parents, not schools, prompting appeals to the Supreme Court which has previously allowed limited church-school aid. Cardinal Krol and federal judges weigh the issue as Nixon addresses Catholic educators.
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William J. Waugh
Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John Cardinal Krol
Warren E. Burger
Federal
Appeals Court
William Hastie
District Court
Joseph S. Lord
John B. Hannum
Irish Internees To Gain Freedom
In Belfast Britain's Northern Ireland minister released 73 of 700 Roman Catholic internees and said the Maidstone would stop serving as a floating prison. Hunger strikes and protests followed. both Catholic and Protestant extremists warned battles would continue urban unrest and bomb incidents occurred in Londonderry.
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Belfast
Britain
Northern Ireland
Maidstone
William Whitelaw
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Gerry Fitt
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Whitelaw
Rory O’brady
IRA
Provisional
Dublin
Stolen Car Pursuit Slams into Bourbon Street Crowd
A stolen car fleeing police plowed through barricades into a crowded Bourbon Street pedestrian mall, killing 33 year old Benjamin Parrish of Texas and injuring 18 others. A 16 year old, Bruce Michael Smith, was arrested amid the chaos as detectives pursued the case. Betty Ferry of Michigan remained in critical condition.
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New Orleans
Benjamin Parrish
Lufkin
Tex
Bourbon
Bob Dunlap
Bruce Michael Smith
Betty Ferry
Okemos
Midi
Calvin MacCracken
Walter Gallinghouse
Bourbon Street
GAO Finds Millions Lost From Incorrect Postal Reduced Rates
GAO reports the Postal Service loses millions yearly by letting ineligible groups use nonprofit reduced rates. In fiscal 1970 nonprofit mail costs exceeded revenues by 53 million dollars. At five post offices 115 questionable groups mailed 71.6 million pieces undercharged by at least 1.5 million.
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Washington
Postal Service
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Business League
Newlyweds Attacked By Lion in Rhodesia. Husband Killed
In Wankie, Rhodesia, Len Harvey, 58, game ranger and husband of Jean Harvey, 48, was killed when a lioness leapt through a hut window to attack the couple. Jean Harvey survived with injuries as two other rangers were also injured while fending off the beast. The lioness was killed by rifle fire. officials say she was old and had lost hunting ability. Harvey led the game culling unit and helped rescue animals during the Lake Kariba floods.
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Wankie
Rhodesia
Jean Harvey
Len
Harvey
Bulawayo
Lake Oe
Unseasonably Cool North Carolina Forecast Set to Drop Temps
The outlook warns a cold air mass moving south will lower temperatures by up to 25 degrees by Sunday. For the Triad, highs in the 70s near the mountains and around 80 elsewhere give way to 50s to 60s by Saturday. The three day view shows lows in the 30s to 40s west to the 40s east, with Sunday through Tuesday bringing fair weather then showers.
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North Carolina
Triad
North Coast
South Carolina
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Meredith Auto Sales
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