Virginia Piper freed after six day kidnaping ordeal
Socialite Virginia Piper recalled digging with her bare hands after being chained to a tree in a forest while two gunmen masked her and a ransom of one million dollars in twenty dollar bills was paid by her husband Harry C. Piper of Piper Jaffray. FBI found her after an anonymous tip. four agents toppled the tree so she could slip the chain over it. The couple said the cash weighed 115 pounds and the men, still at large, had fled Friday night leaving her with some food and water.
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Gene Lahammer
Associated Press
Wesler
Minneapolis
Minn
Virginia Piper
Piper
FBI
Wilderness Area
Duluth
Here
Case
Peru
Ind
Lowell Elliott
Eliott
Mildred
Elliott
North
Indiana
American Airlines
Busing Fee Debates Roil House Committees This Week
In Washington the Rules Committee schedules hearings on a constitutional amendment banning busing or a Nixon proposal for a temporary stay on court ordered desegregation. A separate Education and Labor panel weighs a desegregation guideline bill with strict busing limits. Jurisdiction fights and timing press Congress to act this year.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rules Committee
Nixon
Education and Labor Committee
Judiciary Committee
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
Senate
Revival Lights Up Pentecostal Temple Weeklong Services
The Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ hosts revival services from tonight July 31 through August 5 with gospel singing and preaching led by Evangelist Veotis Robinson. Public invited. Elder O N Dennis is pastor.
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Pentecostal Temple Church of God In Christ
Veotis Robinson
O.N. Dennis
Undercover agent acted too realistic by the Associated Press
A federal grand jury in Kansas City Missouri reconvenes to probe regional crime as District Attorney Frank Lewis Grayson admits acting as a corrupt official for seven months to thwart a crime syndicate invasion. Grayson says the plan halted last March. a Tulsa grand jury will probe a similar matter on August 7. Grayson led public drunken stunts and had a reporter briefed to illustrate corruption risks while his sources dried up. A syndicate planned to enter Grove near Grand Lake late last year or early this year. The piece also notes the Chicago Ferris wheel of 1893, the largest built with 36 cars and capacity for 2 160 people weighing 150 tons.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Atty
Frank Lewis Grayson
Oklahoma
Delaware County
Grayson
Tulsa
Miami
Okla
News-Record
Marie Niemi
Miss Niemi
Chicago
Diverging Trends in Wholesale and Consumer Prices
New York AP report explains wholesale prices rising at about 4 percent while consumer prices climb only around 0.2 percent in June. Analysts question how retailers absorb costs, and note that official indexes may mislead during price controls. Some firms lift catalogue prices anticipating higher sales.
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New York
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United States
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Bethel
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Missouri
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Flint
Michigan
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Usda Choice
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