Presidential Pup Joins Leader Dog Program
A puppy from President Ford's Liberty will join Leader Dog School in Rochester Michigan to train as a guide dog. Lisa Jensen a 15 year old Kalamazoo sophomore sparked the effort by writing to the President using etiquette book guidance. Jerry the male golden retriever arrived Friday and was named by Leader Dog executive director Harold Pocklington.
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Hoover urged sparing Rosenbergs death in 1951 memo
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover urged the death sparing for Ethel Rosenberg in a 1951 memo to Attorney General J Howard McGrath. The Rosenbergs were executed in 1953. The memo surfaced with other Rosenberg materials released under FOIA, showing consideration of humanitarian reasons over testimony incentives.
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Man who made fortune as would-be heir dies
Ernest Medders, 65, once a Memphis auto mechanic who rebuilt a fortune on inheritance promises, died of a heart attack at the Valley International County Club in Brownsville. The 1960s saga saw lavish loans, a 20-room mansion, and a Supreme Court setback over Spindletot oil lands before bankruptcy.
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Author claims JFK probe prejudged in new book
Harold Weisberg, harsh critic of the Warren Commission, says his privately published Post Mortem argues the investigation was pre determined. He cites a 1964 commission outline asserting Oswald as the assassin before inquiry, and notes access to National Archives files via Information Act lawsuits.
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