Personal Income Slowed as Inflation Fades Evidence mounts inflation cooled
Washington AP reports mixed signals as December shows production declines and a smaller rise in personal income. Industrial output fell for a fifth month while housing starts dropped and wage gains supported income growth at the slowest pace in 1969. Prices remain up, though easing.
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Commerce Department
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Labor Department
Ex-convict, officers hurt in seven-mile ransom chase
In Clathe Kansas an ex convict Thomas Preston Lamb 28 of Fort Scott and four law officers were injured during a high speed chase after a 3500 ransom was paid for 18 year old Patricia Childs of Overland Park. Lamb was charged with first degree kidnapping and is held on 50000 bond.
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Clathe
Kan
Patricia Childs
Overland Park
Olathe
Thomas Preston Lamb
Fort Scott
University of Kansas Medical Center
Miss Childs
Kansas 7
Lamb
Jim Beeler
Robert Norman
Fred Allenbrand
Sid Norman
John Hall
Larry Welch
FBI
Kansas
Two American POWs Executed by Viet Cong in Vietnam
U S military spokesmen report Capt David R Devers of Mount Holly North Carolina and M Sgt John H O Neill were dragged through villages placed on display and executed by Viet Cong near Hue. Bodies found last Christmas Eve in a Thua Thien Province grave.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
David R. Devers
Mount Holly
N.C
John H. O'Neill
Thua Thien
1St Corps
South Vietnam
Soldier seeks discharge after 16 months at home
Pfe. Scott McFarlane a 21 year old California soldier asked a federal court for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain discharge after spending 16 months at home while awaiting orders during a two year Army hitch. U S District Judge Lloyd Burke set Feb 13 for arguments and ordered the Army to release him within jurisdiction pending the case.
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San Francisco
Pfe
Scott McFarlane
Woodland
Calif
Sacramento
Ft. Lewis
Wash
McFarlane
Burke
Presidio
Fine Print Tax Loopholes Persist After Reform
The 1969 tax reform law Public Law 91-172 keeps many benefits for specific industries and firms despite sweeping changes. It preserves or eases credits and depreciation rules for Lykes Steamship Lockheed McDonnell-Douglas Seatrain Uniroyal and 29 pipelines while railroads receive five year rolling stock depreciation. Foundations face divestiture limits and municipal bond interest faces light tax tweaks. Winn-Dixie adjusts a date to aid a stock exchange plan for shareholders.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Treasury Department
Lykes Steamship Co
New Orleans
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
Seatrain Shipbuilding
New York
Federal Power Commission
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Winn-Dixie Corp
Jacksonville
Fla
Stock Exchange
Court Intervenes in Auto Liability Rate Hike Battle
North Carolina faces a 2.8 percent auto liability rate increase blocked by two Wake County appeals. Atty Gen. Morgan argues no justification exists for any hike while the North Carolina Rate Administrative Office contends the proposed rise does not reflect rising accident costs. The case pits state officials against the Insurance Commissioner and industry officials over rate justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Baskin
Associated Press
Raleigh (Ap
Tar Heels
Edwin Lanier
Wake Superior Court
Atty
Robert Morgan
North Carolina Rate
Paul Mize
Lanier
Morgan
Consumer Protection Division
Jean Benoy
Mr. Lanier
Insurance Department
Protestants and Catholics Move Toward Identical Prayers
The ICET standard prayers aim to unify Protestant and Catholic worship in the United States and Canada. Lutherans plan an Easter eucharistic rite using the new common prayers, with Catholics adopting an English Mass on March 22. Nine other denominations consider adoption as discussions proceed.
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New York
United States
British Isles
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
Inter-Lutheran Commission On Worship
Appeals Court Legalizes Topless Dancing in NC
The North Carolina Court of Appeals rules that exposing breasts in public is not an offense under state law. Go go dancers may still be charged under a separate indecent or lewd conduct statute if their behavior is deemed improper. The decision, in Raleigh tied to Kathy Carolin Jones, could face Supreme Court review if appealed.
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Raleigh
State Court of Appeals
North Carolina
Superior Court
W. G. Ransdell Jr
Ransdell
Court of Appeals
Tom Davis
Davis
Kathy Carolin Jones
Wake District Court
Albert Cowper
Attorney General’s Office
Supreme Court
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Washington
Wirophoto
Joseph J. Childs
By Jay Sharbutt
U.S. Command
U.S. Marine
Devers
O'Neill
Uniroyal, Inc
Ardmore
Ohlo
House
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
London
International Consultation On
Appeals Court
Noel Yancey
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