War on Public Officials Corruption Expands Across States
An Associated Press survey shows federal and county grand juries nationwide probing officials from Pennsylvania to Arizona. Notable cases include Arizona Senator Paul Fannin who pled guilty to a minor drunken driving charge after a breathalyzer dispute, and Pennsylvania Mayor John R. Coder facing conspiracy and intercepting charges for tapping a police captain’s phone. The report highlights probes into liquor commission bribery, casino stock links, police corruption in Illinois and Chicago, and legislative payoffs in Seattle.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Watergate
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Paul Fannin
Fannin
Grand Jury
Baltimore
John R. Coder
Williamsport
Coder
John M. Samony
Michigan
State Liquor Commission
Charles N. Youngblood
Detroit
Wayne County
Frank S. Szymanski
Louis Pappas
State Liquor Control Commission
Borman’s Inc
Farmer Jack
Oklahoma City
Leo Winters
Winters
U.S. Atty
William R. Burkett
GOP
Illinois
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Internal Revenue Service
Chicago
Cook County
Thomas Keane
Richard J. Daley
Keane
Washington Senate
Seattle
August Mardesich
Harry Lewis
Skylab astronauts ready for Tuesday splashdown after record mission
Skylab crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma packed their Apollo craft for return to Earth. They completed medical tests exercised aboard and cataloged vast Earth and Sun photo reels and taped studies. Splashdown is set for 5 20 p m CDT Tuesday off the California coast aboard the carrier New Orleans.
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Thomas O’toole
Washington Post
Houston
Tex
Skylab
Alan Bean
Owen Garriott
Jack Lousma
Apollo
Earth
Apollo Command
Sargasso Sea
Florida
Paraguay
Argentina
Robert Parker
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Pacific Ocean
San Diego
New Orleans
UW Grad Students Return From Chile Claim Mass Killings
Miami AP report says two University of Wisconsin graduate students held in Chile during the coup witnessed executions of 400 to 500 prisoners at Santiago's National Stadium. They described beatings and arrests of foreigners, and urged international pressure to aid those detained.
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Adam Garrett-Schesch
University of Wisconsin
Miami International
Chile
U.S
Miami
National Stadium
Patricia
Maryknoll
United States
Francis Flynn
Joseph Daugherty
Boston
Schesch
No Talks Scheduled In Strike At Trane
Trane Co labor dispute enters second week with IAM locals 21 and 1115 on strike since Sept 16. Local 44 has accepted an offer but not signed, while mediation and open communications exist. Wages pension and contract length cited as key issues, 11 cents per hour gap noted.
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Trane
Trane Co
Trane Lodge 21
Tool and Die Lodge 1115
International Association of Machinists
Lodge 21
Lodge 1115
Weather Outlook Calls for Rain Monday Night Through Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely Monday night and Tuesday. Lows around the upper 50s Monday night. Tuesday highs in the mid 60s. Southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph Monday night, 15 to 20 mph Tuesday. Rain chances about 70 percent Monday night and 50 percent Tuesday. Partly cloudy Wednesday with a mid 50s low.
Trane Workers Strike After Three-Year Pact Ends
A walkout occurred six weeks after the prior three year contract expired on August 2. It marks the first Trane strike in 12 years as a union sought a 7 cent per hour raise in February amid wage and skilled trades adjustments.
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Trane
Blast Damages Public Library in Delavan Wisconsin
Officials from the State Crime Laboratory county and local authorities continue investigation into an explosion that damaged the entrance area of the Aram Public Library in Delavan early Sunday. The blast damaged the door area and prompted a police and safety response. Local residents were shaken but no injuries were reported.
North Sumatra forms anti long hair campaign unit Baker pragon
Officials in North Sumatra establish a coordination body named Baker pragon to stamp out the long hair craze among young men by sending information teams to enlighten the population. The campaign will be persuasive and educative as it begins its first phase before year’s end.
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Antara
Peron Reelected President of Argentina in Landslide Victory
Official returns show Juan D. Peron winning 61.68 percent of the vote in 54,777 districts, with Isabel Martinez de Peron set to become the hemisphere’s first female vice president. Peron vows action after a brief statement as celebrations erupt nationwide.
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Juan Peron
Argentina
Peron
Richard Balbin
Radical Civic Union
Francisco Manrique
Juan Carlos Coral
Socialist Workers’ Party
Isabel Martinez
Western Hemisphere
Hemisphere
Hector J. Campora
Campora
Wealth sharing urged by economist James D Smith
Washington report on economist James D Smith of Pennsylvania State University who argues for more even wealth distribution. His study, sponsored by the People's Policy Center, shows the top 4.4 percent own a large share of stocks bonds and real assets. He notes most Americans would fall short financially if they liquidated possessions.
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William Chapman
Washington Post Wire
Washington
James D. Smith
Pennsylvania State University
People’s Policy Center
PPC
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Smith
Sherraton Carlton
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Maricopa County
Moise Berger
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Robert R. Duggan
Robert J. Geier II
Duggan
Geier
Abstracts, Inc
Samuel Ferraro
Parker
Arabella
Johnson Space Center
Neil Hutchinson
Santiago
Salvador Allende
Company
Ann Landers
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
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