Judge trims Nixon aide Chapin prison term
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell cut Dwight Chapin's sentence from about 12 to 18 months for lying to a federal grand jury about the 1972 Nixon campaign. Parole possible in February next year and warden recommends early release. Chapin helped hire Donald Segretti for political pranks but denied ordering illegal acts.
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Dwight Chapin
Nixon
Chapin
Lompoc
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
Goes
Donald Segretti
Tree shaped stage collapse injures 30 in Wichita church lot
A 35 foot tall outdoor stage built like a Christmas tree collapsed during a church choral program in Wichita injuring about 30 people. About 75 were on the structure. most injuries were to teenagers and young adults with several treated at four area hospitals. Witnesses described the collapse as the tree splitting after the first performance.
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Wichita
Kan
United Airlines resumes service after two week strike
United Airlines began restoring normal operations after a two week mechanics strike. The first flight departed from Los Angeles to Chicago as officials projected flights to reach 60 percent today and 10 percent on Wednesday.
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New York
United Airlines
United
Los Angeles
Chicago
Appeals Court Finds TWA Liable for 1973 Athens Attack
The U S Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that TWA is liable for damages to nine passengers and heirs of a traveler killed when two Palestinian terrorists threw grenades and fired on a line of travelers at Hellenikon Airport Athens in 1973.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
TWA
Hellenikon
Athens
Greece
Charles Bricant
Ford Sends Christmas Wishes to Pope Paul VI
President Ford asked that his deepest affection and best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year be conveyed to Pope Paul VI. He spoke with Vatican diplomat Jean Jadot at the White House after recalling a Vatican meeting last summer. The North Carolina Court of Appeals denied a continuance of Joan Little's bond pending her federal appeal of a breaking and entering conviction, keeping her in the State's Corrections Center for Women. Little, 21, was in Beaufort County jail when jailer Clarence Alligood, 62, was found stabbed to death in her cell last August 1974.
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Paul VI
White House
Jean Jadot
Washington
Vatican
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Joan Little
Miss Little
Beaufort County
Clarence Alligood
Provenzano Pleads Innocent in Teamsters Pension Scheme
Anthony Provenzano and Lawrence Paladino pleaded innocent to charges of participating in a loan kickback scheme involving Teamsters Union pension funds. Provenzano, 58, is a former Teamsters Local 560 officer from Union City New Jersey. his name surfaced in the James Hoffa disappearance inquiry.
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Anthony
Tony
Provenzano
New York
Teamsters Union
Union City
N.J
James Hoffa
Lawrence Paladino
Cher Bono Allman expecting baby with Gregg after reconciliation
Cher and Gregg Allman, married six months ago, are expecting a baby next spring, a Los Angeles family spokesman said. The couple reunited December 12 after another separation and are described as ecstatic. Sonny Bono, Cher's former husband and current comedy partner, is delighted.
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Cher Bono Allman
Gregg Allman
Los Angeles
Allmans
Sonny Bono
Cher
Chastity
Bono
Two U S senators stranded with skiers at Squaw Valley
Senators Edward Kennedy and John Tunney were among about 3000 skiers trapped for hours on upper slopes when high winds halted a cable car system at Squaw Valley.
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Sens
Edward Kennedy
John Tunney
Squaw Valley
Severinsen Averts Ill Luck After Stage Accident
Band leader Doe Severinsen had a rough week after tripping on a plane in Burbank and needing a wheelchair assist to reach the stage for a Las Vegas show. The incident follows his opening night nerves and a playful superstition about breaking a leg.
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Doe Severinsen
Tumpet
Las Vegas
Severinsen
Burbank
Arch Loy pleads innocent in Moore extortion case
Arch William Loy pleaded innocent in Charleston West Virginia to federal charges that he helped Gov Arch Moore Jr extort 25 000 from Theodore Price president of Diversified Mountaineer Corp during Moore s 1972 re election bid The trial is set for April 20 with Moore and Loy to face a joint trial per Judge K K Hall.
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William Loy
Charleston
W. Va
Arch Moore Jr
Moore
U.S
K.K. Hall
Loy
Theodore Price
Diversified Mountaineer Corp
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