Elephant in the garage delights Michigan couple
In Bloomfield Village a family found a one year old elephant, named Queenie, in their garage after Christmas. The animal had been rented from King Animal Land Farm in Richmond as a Christmas surprise for Mrs Janet Pleiffer, who loves animals, with the elephant arriving a day late due to a truck breakdown. Queenie reportedly scratched the garage during removal and a $30 per afternoon rental was noted.
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Detroit
UPI
Bloomfield
Janet T'fellier
Carl Pleiffer
Pleiffer
Aq Aule Supply Lim
Queenie
King Animal Land
Richmond
Ms. Pfeiffer
Met Husband
Panamanian Crewmen Lost In Storm Tossed Atlantic
Coast Guard planes searched about 600 square miles for survivors from the Panamanian tanker Chrysis as 21 crewmen remained unaccounted for. A Norwegian vessel picked up 17 survivors, including the captain, as bad weather hampered operations near the sinking ship.
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Atlantic
Elizabeth Cuty
N. Y
UPI
Chryssis
Coast Guard
Lerealate
Moray
Tiva “Coast Guard
Chiyssi
Mso
Ragny Tvhieh
New Jersey
Amising
Geneva
Toon Momlay
Ross Mi
Ka Cheryssi
Here
Bermuda
Rayny
Culler Escangba
Platte
Hagny
Ross ML
Chryssi
Health Care Not Space Flights Say Delegates
Delegates at a 137th AAAS meeting interrupted William Pickering to protest Mars plans and housing inequities. Edward Teller and Barry Commoner urged addressing mercury pollution from industry and incinerators, calling for better environmental housekeeping and cautions over FDA limits.
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Mars
Pickering
Edward Teller
Teller
Nazi Germany
Barry Commoner
St. Louis
Committee For Environmental Information
Commoner
Chicago
Springfield
Peoria
Commaner
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
Washington University
Food and Drug Administration
Foce
Defense Attacks Kasabian Testimony in Manson Case
In Los Angeles UPI reports defense lawyers painting Linda Kasabian as a self serving accomplice. Paul Fitzgerald argued Kasabian’s testimony should be distrusted without corroboration and immunity claims. Prosecutor Bugliosi maintained Manson set deadly orders via “robots and zombies.” The trial nears its end with final arguments from Irving Kanarek.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Tate Marter Itial
Wheither
Charles Manson
Paul Fitzgerald Monday
Linda Kasabian
Fitzgerald
Manson
Irving Kanarek
Sutan — Atkins
Patricia Kretvinkel
Leslie van Zouten
Us Again In The Red
The Treasury Department reported a $2.5 billion November budget deficit, widening the federal shortfall since July 1 to $16.5 billion. For the five months through November, the deficit totaled $2.5 billion, offset partially by revenues, with the year ending 1870 showing a $2.8 billion deficit.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Law schools leader warns of growing police state threat
Jefferson B Fordham, former dean of Penn Law, told the American Law Schools convention that press reports on FBI testimony and allegations of secret civilian surveillance point to a mounting threat to individual liberty. He cited Senator Anderson challenging FBI director Hoover on priests and kidnapping claims as part of the wider concern.
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Cingago
UPS
Association of American Law Schools
Jefferson B. Fordham
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Utah Law Schol
Association
Ford Wai
William Jt. Anderson
Senate
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Fordham
Anderson
Senate battles over welfare trade bills and SST continue
The Senate battled to break a logjam over welfare and trade measures plus the supersonic transport program. A veto of compromise on the defense bill loomed as lawmakers sifted major Social Security and Medicare reforms, payment levels, and aid packages for Cambodia and Israel amid a looming adjournment.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Zid
Cambodia
Israel
Senate House
House
Mhudman
Seale
Mika Mansfield
Lo Werate
Nixon
Rivers and Hebert Debate Vietnam War Views at Hearing
Eduard Hebert of Louisiana sat at his desk amid a scene of Marines in combat and images of Al Hirt as he expressed agreement with Representative L Mendel Rivers on broad foreign and domestic policy including Vietnam and the need for victory, as Rivers eyed the chairmanship of the House Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Eduard Hebert
Dla
al Hirt
Hebert
Jate
L. Mendel Rivers
G-5.c
House Armed
Successor Is Staunch Hawk in Armed Services Panel
Hebert, 69, told reporters Rivers died early Monday of a heart ailment and Hebert will steer the committee as successor. Rivers’ death signals possible end of an era for the panel and House. Hebert, a former New Orleans newspaperman, presents a sharper daily approach yet claims no change in his views.
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Rivers
Hebert
Armed Services Committee
House
Hus
Riobert
Senate
McCormack
A-Hear
New Orleans
Congress
Court orders father to fund college daughter despite hippie lifestyle
New York Family Court Judge Millard L Midonick rules a father may not cut off support to his 20-year-old University of Louisville student daughter over her living choices. He orders $5,750 due by noon Monday. jail for contempt of court was stayed pending appellate review.
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New York
UPI
Millard L. Midonick
State Supreme Court
University of Louisville
Inmates Die Drinking Hair Tonic at Philippine Penitentiary
Inmates at the Philippine national penitentiary died after a holiday drinking session. The tonic, Hair tonic, was spiked with barbiturates or seconal tablets per Exequiel Santos. Ten companions hospitalized and one blinded. Authorities say grooming tonic misused.
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Exequiel Santos
Santos
Robbery That Wasn't: Bank Heist Ends in Arrest
In Waikiki at Kawaii National Bank, a note led to a $2,600 withdrawal and an arrest. Detectives say the suspect, Euch Mittermier, claimed the plan to move funds from New York, then withdrew $6,000 as alarms sounded, but the alleged robbery is unresolved.
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Polite
Euch Mittermier
Miltermier
New York
Hawaii National
Mittermler
Nixon Signs Occupational Health and Safety Act
President Nixon signs the Occupational Health and Safety Act to set nationwide job health and safety standards for 56 million workers. The act creates a Labor Department role to draft standards, an independent three member board to enforce them, and applies to industries lacking federal standards. 120 days later an interim set of standards prevails nationwide pending permanent rules.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Dist Congress
Bebor
Margaret Denies Divorce Reports Amid Royal Rumors
London UPI reports Clarence House denied a Washington Post claim that Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon plan separation. Snowdon, 40, is said to favor divorce. Margaret, 40, remains at Windsor with Queen Elizabeth. Storm of rumors persists around the couple.
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London
UPI
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Clarence House
Washington
Post
Margaret
Snowdon
Soul'ces
Church of England
Queen Elizabeth
Traval
Snowdons
Antony Armatrongdones
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White House
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Carl Vinson
D-Ga
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Midonick
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Vogie Magazine
Kinasport, Publishing Corporation
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Kinasnart
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Sungay
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