IRS Informants Questioned in Leprechaun Probe
Washington AP report details IRS Operation Leprechaun relying on informants described as "not the best people" to collect tax case data. The project grew to many informants, some never met by leaders, with informants hiring and spying on each other. An IRS memo notes a double agent risk and a Miami corruption link.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Miami
John T. Harrison
Harrison
ERS
Justice Department
Congressional
Warren Bates
House
Ways and Means Committee
Workers Press For Action Over Brown Lung Hazards
South Carolina retirees from Richland and Lexington counties told lawmakers that dust and fumes in cotton mills caused brown lung disease and retirement. They urged stronger enforcement and higher compensation with support pledged by six legislators. In New York, Xaviera Hollander won a 65000 dollar settlement over the film title dispute with Mature Pictures, Inc. and the film title adjustment.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Richland
Lexington
S.C. Brown Lung Association
Association
Hyman Rubin
D Richland
Jewel Baskin
Parker Evatt
Larry L. Koon
Jarvis Klapman
Norma Russell
New York
Xaviera Hollander
Miss Hollander
Manhattan
Uncle Bills Campaign Urges Kids to Fight Vandalism
William Gray a 40 year old ad man leads a one man war against vandalism in the Los Angeles area with his Tree Is Like Me program. In Long Beach 6000 students pledge to stop damaging trees walls and schools and to report vandalism. District Attorney Joseph Busch says early positive influence may deter teens from vandalism.
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Los Angeles
Uncle Bill
Long Beach
Bill
William Gray
Dist
Atty
Joseph Busch
Gray’s
Bell
Tommy Tree
Gray
Killer's Profile Developing in NC University Coed Slaying
FBI psychiatrists and sociologists are building a profile of the killer who murdered North Carolina University coed Elizabeth Rosenburg. Police say she was beaten with an iron and concrete post and stamped in the early hours of May 6, with no arrests yet. Capt. James Stell said progress is limited, while Raleigh police sent poster-size photos of the campus crime scene to Washington, D.C. authorities.
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Raleigh
FBI
North Carolina University
Washington, D.C
University Campus
Flower Lady Never Is Lonely on Cougar Mountain
Meda Porter, 78, longtime Flower Lady of Cougar Mountain, lives in a one room unpainted house on four acres near Issaquah. She relies on beans and coffee, gardens to provide most food, and eschews chemicals. Porter emphasizes self sufficiency and Dr notes she pays taxes, Social Security, and grew her own soil.
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Issaquah
Meda Porter
Cougar Mountain
Alabama President Nominated for HEW Post Reflects on Duty
Dr. F David Mathews 39 year old president of the University of Alabama is nominated to be secretary of health education and welfare. He says the job is hard and often thankless while noting the nomination is a draft and must be Senate confirmed. Mathews would be the seventh Cabinet member in Ford’s 10 month old administration and plans to take a leave of absence from his university board if confirmed. He and his wife Mary hail from Grove Hill Alabama and he cites small town upbringing as key to his success. He has served on the Bicentennial Commission and the President’s Advisory Committee on Refugees and was named one of ten outstanding young men in 1969 by the Jaycees.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
F. David Mathews
Health, Education and Welfare
Mathews
University of Alabama
Ford
Senate
Caspar W. Weinberger
California
Weinberger
GOP
Mary
Grove Hill
Alabama
The
Jaycees
Fabian Forte and Kathleen separate after nine years
Fabian Forte and his wife Kathleen have separated in what is described as an amicable move after nine years of marriage. The former teen idol shifted from singing to film and television, returned to singing in 1973, and is now recovering from surgery to remove growths on his vocal cords.
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Los Angeles
Fabian Forte
Kathleen
Cred
Fabian
Ask Andy S Adventurous Elephant Lifespan And Radio Wave Guide
A reader asks about elephant lifespans noting Indian elephants live about 70 years while African elephants reach around 50. The piece describes herd life, protective rumblings, and how population pressures threaten vegetation and survival. It also covers radio waves traveling through space, electromagnetic energy, and the use of ionospheric bouncing to reach distant receivers.
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Andy
Questi
Africa
Museum Site Panel Is Free To Choose
RALEIGH AP The State Art Museum Building Commission may select any site for a new art museum with governor and Council of State approval. The Supreme Court remanded a taxpayers suit challenging the Camp Polk prison site decision for further action, saying the lower court erred in dismissing the case.
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Council of St
State Art Museum Building Commission
State Supréme Court
Wake Superior Court
Commission
Camp Polk
Thee
Vetine Ah
Superior Court
W.H. Pou Bailey
Father Pawert
Corny the
Council of State
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Guilford County
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High Point Bank and Trust Company
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High Point
N.C
Herman & Herman Attorneys At
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General Court OF Justice
Mary Ann Hill
Randy E. Hill
Morgan, Byerly, Post, Herring & Keziah
W. Dan Herring
East Green Drive
Motice
James H Rodgers
Mary Seedhe F
Taeah
Ni Point
Lovelace & Gill ‘Attorneys At Law
Hayden Place
N.os
North
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Loretta F. Ingram
Marvin B. Ingram
West Rotary Drive
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Fisher and Fisher Attorneys At Law
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Rock Hill
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Rent Electric
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Tosh Navy
Tridre
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Comer AL Industrial
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