Daley cruises to sixth term in Chicago race
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley defeated Hoellen and Reid to win a sixth term as mayor amid old style boss era politics. Madison reelected Paul Soglin as mayor with 31,029 votes to 21,079 for Henry Reynolds. Dallas Mayor Wes Wise captured a third term after a nonpartisan contest. Hoellen conceded defeat after 8 p.m.
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Chicago
Richard Daley
Madison
Wis
Paul Soglin
Soglin
Henry Reynolds
Daley
John Hoellen
Socialist Workers
Willie Mae Reid
Wes Wise
Dallas
John Schoellkopf
Hoellen
Coastal States Press for Share of Offshore Oil Revenue
Thirteen coastal state attorneys general met in Washington to push federal legislation that would allocate half of offshore oil revenues to the states, seeking to salvage parts of a Supreme Court ruling on Atlantic Coast mineral resources.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Begger's fortune revealed after death shocks West Palm Beach
Bertha Adams a 71 year old former schoolteacher died of malnutrition in West Palm Beach Florida leaving over one million dollars in cash and stocks. A probate judge ordered her committed for senility while guardian discovered the vast wealth in two safe deposit boxes. Neighbors recall her poverty while she claimed she was not poor.
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Bertha Adams
Salvation Army
West Palm Beach
Fla
Robert Leite
Odell Edwards
Salvation Tacmy
Leile
Atlantic National Bank
Florida National Bank
International Telephone and Telegraph
International Paper Co
Leite
Adams
Massachusetts
Fischer teases possible surrender of world chess title
Bobby Fischer faced the midnight deadline to confirm his challenge to Anatoly Karpov for a share of a $5 million purse in Manila on June 1. Col Edmund Edmondson said Fischer likely will stay mute, while FIDE offered unlimited games but rejected the 9 9 tie draw solution to retain the title if no decision is reached.
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Fischer
International Chess Federation
Karpov
Manila
Col
Edmund Edmondson
United States Chess Federation
South Pasadena
FIDE
Federation International Des Echecs
Edmondson
Cuevas Convicted in Huntsville Prison Break Murder
Houston jurors convict Ignacio Cuevas of the most serious form of murder in a Huntsville breakout attempt last summer. The verdict leaves the jury to decide between life imprisonment or the death penalty for Cuevas while two convicts and two hostages died and another hostage was killed by a cooperating inmate who fired.
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Houston
Ignacio Cuevas
Huntsville
Cuevas
U S congressional delegation arrives in Cairo on fact finding tour
A U S congressional delegation led by House Majority Whip Thomas O Neil D Mass arrives in Cairo for informal talks with U S and foreign officials The group of 23 flies in via London and Athens and will spend two days in Cairo before a five hour stopover in Luxor and continued talks in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
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U.S
House
Thomas O’neil
D-Mass
Cairo
Middle East
London
Athens
Luxor
Upper Egypt
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Spaghetti Poole Leads Texas at Spaghetti Olympics Prep
Texan Spaghetti John T Poole trains for the world first Spaghetti Olympics in Rome next month after holding the Guinness record of 8.1 pounds in one sitting. He leads a Texas team including Spaghetti Girl Angelika and over 20 Texans aiming to defend Texas title won January 13 at Dallas Fort Worth Airport against Italian challengers.
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John T. Poole
Rome
Italy
Poole
Angelika
Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Laird Laird to Meet Guests in Johannesburg Visit
Former U.S. defense secretary Laird arrives in Johannesburg on a private trip invited by H A D Murray head of Reader's Digest Association South Africa Ltd. Baroness Clementine Churchill marks her 9th birthday with a family lunch at Claridge's Hotel London. She is said to be in good spirits despite failing eyesight.
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Melvin Laird
U.S. Defense
Johannesburg
South Africa
Laird
H.A.D. Murray
Reader’s Digest Association South Africa Ltd
Clementine Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill
Claridge’s
London
Olympian Shinnick to testify in Hearst disappearance case
Former Olympic long jumper and Livingston College professor Phillip Shinnick said he will answer a subpoena from a San Francisco federal grand jury probing the disappearance of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Shinnick, a friend of Jack Scott, plans to fly to San Francisco to testify.
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Phillip Shinnick
San Francisco
Federal Grand
Patricia Hearst
Shinnick
Jack Scott
FBI
Miss Hearst
Canaan
Highland Park
N.J
Livingston College
Piscataway
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Yitzhak Rabin
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Rabin
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Combined News Service
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South Texas
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Parr
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U.S. Senate
Archer Parr
Corpus Christi
Owen Cox
Poppy Cannon White
NAACP
Walter White
New York City
Park Avenue
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Anatoly Karpov
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