Barbara Simmons Named Set-Up Man in Alsup Murder Case
Testimony links ex-husband Carl Black to the 1965 Alsup murder plot involving a payoff to hire a shooter. Barbara Wright alias Barbara Simmons testifies that Black discussed a killer for $5000 and that Marvin Shumate attended an alleged payoff. Regular proceedings continue with Mrs. Wright on the stand and other Hanley associates expected to testify.
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Earl Gripentrog
Wright
Barbara Simmons
Hanley
Mike Marathon
Black
Nixon Nixon Kennedy Change In Gold Price
President elect Richard Nixon sought to damp impressions of a possible change to the official 35 dollar an ounce price for gold. Treasury secretary designate David Kennedy avoided a firm pledge, saying he would keep options open as gold rose to near yearly highs in private trading.
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New York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Viet Cong Offers Release of U S Prisoners in Vietnam
Viet Cong radio announced a possible release of several U S prisoners to mark a national anniversary. The broadcast urged an unarmed U S delegation to meet Viet Cong representatives in Tay Ninh to discuss time and procedures for freeing POWs. Spokesmen note 1200 Americans listed as missing or captured in Southeast Asia.
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U.S
Tay Ninh
Saigon
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam Liberation Army Command
U. S
Viet Cong Radio
U.S. Forces Command
South Vietnam
Peoples Liberation Army
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Atomic Test Blast Due Today Faces Opposition
Utah officials and scientists criticize the AEC test planned at 4600 feet claiming harm to residents and environment. Dr. Pendleton and Dr. Wolbach warn about cumulative radioactivity and long term risks while unions and the Hughes organization cite earthquakes and water contamination concerns.
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AEC
FBI Draws Blank In Kidnaping Case
The FBI found few leads in the Mackle kidnapping. Stew art Hunt Woodward, Miss Mackle’s boyfriend, reported seeing a suspicious man around the motel and a blue late model Buick. Mrs. Mackle, 51, was bound and gagged. authorities noted the kidnappers instructed her to return home.
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FBI
Miss Mackle
Stewart Hunt Woodward
Jane Mackie
Woodward
Emory University
Miss Mackie
Apollo 8 Countdown Advances Amid Weather Optimism
Apollo 8 launch crews run ahead of schedule with forecast satisfactory conditions at Cape Kennedy for a 7 51 a m est liftoff. Borman Lovell and Anders, the first crew to fly Saturn V, set to reach the moon on Christmas Eve and return by December 27.
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Cape Kennedy
James
Borman
Apollo
Lovell
Anders
Pacific
America
Borman, Lovell
Mason Seeks 13 Million for Teachers Next Year
Clark County School District proposes 13 million more for teachers next year based on an 8000 starting salary. Mason cites 28 to 1 pupil ratios and calls for state funded transportation and short term financing to buy buses and other items.
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Mason
Clark County
James I. Mason
Clark County Classroom Teachers Association
Union-Oriented
Professional Educators of
Nevada
Holiday mass shooting disrupts Carlinville welfare office
A Christmas reunion at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office in Carlinville ended in tragedy when Sherman Kline 38 opened fire with two public safety firearms killing his wife and four others, injuring four of his children and two bystanders before fleeing toward Missouri. He was wounded in a confrontation and later surrendered to relatives before police arrived.
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Carlinville, MI
UPI
Sherman Kline
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Charles
Kline
Carlinville
Ilinois Department of Children and Family Services
Wildgrubbe
Judy
Diane
Mike
Jean
Bobbie Albracht
Ann Keppler
O’fallan
Vernon
Vernon Kline
Don Jones
Welfare Bureau
Government faced criticism over feeding foreigners while U S aid programs neglect domestic hunger
Dr. Aaron M. Altschul testified to the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs that a full-time expert aided international nutrition while a part-time assistant worked domestically for about a year. The committee pressed for shifting U S hunger programs to another agency amid claims the Agriculture Department focuses on foreign aid rather than domestic needs.
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Washington
UPI
Theverniment
Aaron M. Altschul
Senate
Agriculture Department
Altschul
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Office of Economic Opportunity
United States
Sen
Joseph
Clark
I Cent Jump In Gasoline Taxes Proposed in Las Vegas
Las Vegas officials endorsed a plan for a one-cent per gallon increase in the county option gasoline tax. Public Works Director Richard P. Sauer called the boost the most logical method to fund road construction, estimating about $1.2 million annually for the area.
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Las Vegas
Public Works
Richard P. Sauer
$50 Million Hospital Seen For LV
Las Vegas area growth projections suggest a metropolis of 764000 by 1980 and a 20 acre site bounded by Shadow Lane Tonopah Goldring and Charleston for a new hospital. Trustees warn costs rise to about 50 million by 1973 and 1978, while county indigent payments remain unpaid since June totaling 359123.16.
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Las Vegas
Bachmeyer
Shadow Lane
Tonopah Avenue
Goldring Avenue
Charleston Boulevard
Hospital Board
Ralph Adams
SNMH
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Carl Black
Steve Dmytrin
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Tom
Marathon
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Shumate
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Gripentrog
Justice of the Peace
Herman Fisher
James Clark
Bernice Alsup
Alphonse Ross
Norman Call
California
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Donald
Ralph Jr
Nixon
Viet Cong
National Committee For A Sane Nuclear
AFC
Robert C. Pendleton
University of Utah Radiological Health Program
Utah
Calvin L
Rampton
Robert Wolbach
College of Medicine
Wolbach
Hughes Organization
Paul Schrade
The
United Auto Workers and Aerospace Workers Union
Mackle
Earth
Moon
State Finance Board
Sheriff's Deputies
Missouri
O'Fallon
Ray Unterbrink
Springfield
Frank Wildgrubbe
Brussels
Lorraine
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Quincey E. Fortier
Adams
County Commission
Darwin Lamb
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