Butterfingers Moran dies at 79 ending pickpocket era
Thomas B R Moran known as Butterfingers, the famed dean of pickpockets, died in his sleep in a charity bed in Meimi Florida at 79. He boasted arrests in every state, recalled traveling for the trade, and favored animals while denying the nickname came from a single reporter.
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Harris and Chisholm vie for Democratic race
Sen Harris moves toward a nationwide campaign as Shirley Chisholm declares plans to run for president on New Year’s Day and enter primaries in North Carolina Florida and California if she can raise $100000. The piece notes their strategies and potential veep considerations.
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Knowland Wife Sues For Divorce In Alameda County
Mrs Helen Herrick Knowland former California senator WilBank Knowland publisher of the Oakland Tribune files for divorce in Alameda County Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. Married in 1926 while students at UC Berkeley. Separately, Mark Yarry a 31 year old New York executive sets a world hot air balloon endurance record of 5 hours 33 minutes in southwest England with partner Don Cameron near Tetbury Gloucestershire.
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Terrorist bomb targets Saigon club. 15 dead
Unidentified terrorists blew up a Saigon nightclub near Senator George McGovern’s hotel on Wednesday night, killing 15 people and injuring 57. The attack, the worst in over two years, involved a 15 pound bomb and wounded both Vietnamese and American personnel, with separate Molotov attacks on a U.S. Army truck.
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National Draft Vote Looms As Nixon Ponders Role
Nixon worries the Senate may reject a two year draft extension and 2.4 billion pay raise package prompting White House officials to consider phone calls to senators before today’s roll call. The draft plan aims to ease national security fears amid bipartisan opposition and lobbying activity.
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