Teamsters shock Hoffa resigns. Fitzsimmons new president
Teamsters vote to accept James Hoffa’s resignation and elevate Frank Fitzsimmons as national president. Nixon visits Miami Beach to extend congratulations and signal openness to cooperation. Internal challenges emerge as Don Vestal files suit to block convention, claiming illegality.
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Astronaut Edgar Mitchell ESP Test on Apollo 14 Fails
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell reported Monday that four people on Earth took part in his ESP experiment during Apollo 14 in February. Using 25 numbered cards, he attempted to transmit a thought message to the four about the symbol on each card. two of the four correctly identified 51 of the 200 trials, while the others were less successful.
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Earth
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Nixon to nominate former Greenville tax attorney as chief collector
President Nixon announced Monday his plan to nominate Johnie Walters, a Greenville, South Carolina tax attorney, to head the government tax collection agency. In Albany, Jerry Lewis, once a soda jerk, reunited with his former employer, with Gen Silberg of Troy noting Lewis was never a serious soda jerk.
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Wallace to file tax suit against foundations
Gov George Wallace of Alabama said on Monday night he would file a tax suit against the multi rich foundations that are exempt from paying taxes. He planned to take the action before the U S Supreme Court next month.
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Alabama
Wallace
U.S
Blind judge James Satna dies at 61 in Pittsfield Massachusetts
Judge James Satna, who presided over Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant littering trial, died Monday in Pittsfield at age 61. He was blind since age seven and earned a law degree from Boston University. Guthrie had been convicted of littering in 1985 after trash from a former church restaurant site was dumped elsewhere, inspiring his song and later the film. The House Appropriations Committee rejected a 22 000 a year rent increase for U N Ambassador George Bushs Waldorf suite amid budget debates.
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Torch singer Libby Holman dies after stroll in Stamford
Libby Holman Scanker a famed 1920s torch singer died of natural causes Friday near her Stamford Connecticut home. She was found unconscious on the grounds and died at Stamford Hospital. Her lawyer Jack Claremont said she passed away after sunbathing and strolling near her residence with husband Louis Schanker. The death was announced Monday with no immediate explanation for the delay.
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Zachary Smith Reynolds
Jack Clareman
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Stamford
Conn
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Louis Schanker
Stamford Hospital
Routine checkup for Mrs. Truman at Kansas City center
Mrs. Bess Truman was admitted for a routine physical checkup described as a routine examination. She was listed in good condition on Monday at Research Medical Center in Kansas City.
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Research Medical Center
Kansas City
World News Roundup From Saigon to Belfast and Moscow
South Vietnamese fighter bombers hit a Cambodian troop concentration near Svay Rieng killing about 50 enemy soldiers. The Hague court ordered South Africa to end its rule in South-West Africa, provoking a mixed response at home and in Africa. Bombs failed on a Belfast bridge as the IRA claimed responsibility ahead of Northern Ireland’s anniversary. In Moscow three cosmonauts marked their third week aboard the first space lab as they chase endurance records. Britain granted access to a Russian engineer fleeing to the United Kingdom, with limits set by London.
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Supreme Court to rule on wiretaps and juvenile trials
The Supreme Court agreed to hear next term the legality of Atty. Gen. Mitchell authorizing wiretaps without federal judges’ permission in the Plamondon case involving the White Panther party. The court also ruled juveniles not guaranteed jury trials in certain cases and that federal agents may be sued for unreasonable searches. The coverage touches national security, juvenile rights, and civil liability.
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Mich
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