Sex case tipster linked to Iowa murder case ends in tragedy
Marie Lisa Peak 21, a Wartburg College sophomore who tipped authorities about a sex and blackmail ring, was buried in Knoxville Iowa after being strangled. Carmody 38 admitted rape and extortion in a 1975 scheme involving 15 women, but police see no established link to Peak’s death. Meanwhile two Miami men face first degree murder charges after a car crash killed three nearby residents. driving without a license cited as a factor.
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Wart‘burg College
Waverly
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Town Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Miami
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Herman Anderson
Homestead
King
Lucas
Anderson
James R. Wilson
Perrine
Marion Williams
Florida
Gift from Barbie makers returned to Mattel
Amy Carter received Barbie Doll clothes valued under 25 dollars sent by Barbie makers. The package was returned to Mattel with a letter signed by the Democrat presidential candidate’s year old daughter. The note, typed by a secretary, expressed thanks but could not accept gifts of great value and urged strong support in the fall campaign.
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Mattel
To Company
Jimmy Carter
Susan Ford moves from White House to Alexandria townhouse
Susan Ford has left the White House and moved into an Alexandria Virginia townhouse with three classmates and a Secret Service detail housed in the basement. The 19 year old will share rent with Mt Vernon Junior College women and plans to attend the University of Kansas in January. Press secretary Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld confirmed the move with her parents’ approval.
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Secret Service
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University of Kansas At
Topeka
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American prisoners in Mexico end hunger strike
Mexican officials promised to release the 36 hour hunger strikers within two months and send them to the United States. Strike organizer James Dean Brown, 34, said the detainees were exiting celebrations greeted by renewed hope.
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United States
James Dean Brown
Reclusorio Norte
Sergio Garcia Ramirez
Brown
San Francisco
Luis Echeverria
Boston schools calm as attendence rises amid citywide violence
Boston reports higher attendance on the second day of classes with fewer detentions, while third straight night of racial clashes unsettles the city. White youths in South Boston attack police near a high school. a 13 year old is arrested and a black youth is seriously burned in South End. Charlestown shows improved turnout though opening day violence continues.
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Charlestown
Schol
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South Africa
Mannenberg
Vessey Named U S Commander in Korea in Prominent Move
Gen John W Vessey Jr 54 promoted to full general and named commander of the U S forces in South Korea succeeding Gen Richard Stilwell He will also lead the Eighth Army and UN command Ford nominated the promotion from his current post as deputy chief of staff at the Pentagon Also in Atlantic City NJ Miss Minnesota Dorothy Kathleen Benham won talent and Miss South Carolina Lavinia Merle Cox won swimsuit in Miss America preliminaries
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South Korea
Vessey
Richard Stilwell
Eighth Army
United Nations
Ford
Pentagon
Army
Minnesota
Dorothy Kathleen Benham
South Carolina
Lavinia Merle Cox
Atlantic City
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Edina
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Adele
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