Driver Convinced Family Gone at Ellsworth Stop
In Kansas a Colby man was persuaded after two stops and 50 miles that his wife and daughter had been left behind. Terry Schneider initially denied abandoning them, then drove back to retrieve them after police confirmed the family was missing from the van near Toulon between Russell and Hays.
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Hays, Kan
Colby
Kan
Ellsworth
Highway Patrol
Terry Schneider
Russell
Schneider
Toulon
Hays
Jobless Figures Understated Critics Grow Across Field
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports rising criticism of official unemployment statistics. Critics claim hundreds of thousands to millions are undercounted, affecting economic planning, policy, revenue sharing, and jobless prospects. BLS defends figures while calls for a high level concepts review gain traction.
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John Cunniff
New York
Julius Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The
White
Driver Ed Courses and Mobile Home Fire Data
Reader asks about driver education timing locations and costs. Revenue from a $1 vehicle registration tax funds high school driver ed for eligible students and others. courses also offered at licensed schools and community colleges with information available on fees. The piece also cites a 1971 Public Health Service report on mobile home fire hazards, noting limited data, several fires in Saratoga County 1970 with fatalities, and residential fire causes. A misplaced request at Westchester Mall seeks payment for an unpaid gift wrap.
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W. A
Underwood's
Davidson County Community College
C. A
Statistical Bureau of Metropolitan Life
Public Health Service
Cincinnati
Saratoga County
New York State
National Fire Protection Assn
U.S
U.S. Seeks Truce in Angola via African Tour
Deputy assistant secretary William E. Schaufele Jr. travels through Senegal Gabon Ivory Coast Cameroon and Zaire to win backing for Kissinger’s plan to remove outside forces from Angola and push a negotiated settlement amid the civil war. United States clandestine arms support continues with about 8.2 million remaining.
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Washington
U.S
Africa
Angola
State Department
William E. Schaufele Jr
Department
Schaufele
Henry A. Kissinger
Portugal
Senegal
Gabon
Ivory Coast
Cameroon
Zaire
Kissinger
United States
African Affairs
Organization of African Unity
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
No Win Situation Avoided Says Case on Angola
Senate cuts off funds to factions in Angola to prevent US entanglement. Ranking Foreign Relations member Sen. Clifford Case says funding foes would expose the Soviets and harm American strategic interests. He notes the change as Chinese communists disengaged, with Congress amending the defense bill 54 to 22.
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Washington
Angola
Senate
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Clifford P Case
Rn.j
Africa
Case
Congress
Angela Case
U.S
Officers Shoot It Out Over Who'll Drive Car
In Flint Genesee County a racial and gender tension flared during a shift change over who would drive a shared patrol car. Officer Madeline Fletcher 20—suffered a chest wound and Walter Kalberer 34—was wounded in the thigh as a gunfight ensued. Ballistics tests pending potential charges. Fletcher hired under an affirmative action program in 1974.
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Madeline C. Fletcher
Hurley Medical Center
Walter Kalberer
Kaiberer
Miss Fletcher
Kalberer
Kalbere
Plane depressurization forces emergency landing at Oakland
A Capital Airways DC-10 flying Honolulu to Chicago diverted to Oakland after a sudden cabin pressure loss from an apparently frozen valve. Ten of 183 passengers were treated for nausea and headaches. officials cited no serious injuries and noted the cause was not yet determined.
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Chicagg
Bobby Sullivan
Mequon
Wis
Honolulu
Chicago
O'Hare International
Oakland
Capital Airways International
San Francisco Bay Area
Duke Rose
Capital the
Pew
Rose
Capitals
Smyrna
Ton Rose
Alb
Bob Faerber
Capital
Army refutes Wounded Knee massacre label in study
The Army told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Wounded Knee killing of nearly 159 Sioux at Wounded Knee South Dakota eight years ago today was unfairly labeled a massacre. It cited restraint by civilian authorities and Army troops and disputed deliberate killings or orders. It warned blanket indemnities to heirs could set a dangerous precedent for other alleged massacres by Army troopers.
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Washington
Wounded Knee
S.D
Modernany
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sima Edh
Anc
Army
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Gordon
American Economic Association
Charles C. Killingsworth
Michigan State University
Mann No.7
Westchester Mall
Christina
C.S
National Front For the Liberation of
National Union For the Total Independence of
Nathaniel Davis
Sen
Clifford P. Case
Flint, Mich
Genesee County
Flint
Eta Bridge
Ereneeny
Busby
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