Fingerprint Tied Dummar to Hughes Will Envelope
Nevada Atty Gen Robert List confirmed Melvin Dummar's left thumbprint was found on an envelope once containing Howard Hughes's purported will. Seven prints were recovered with six unidentified, while FBI testing proceeds to determine if prosecutions are warranted.
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Howard Hughes
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Life Magazine
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Stennis Calls Draft Plan After Hour of Accountability
Sen. John C. Stennis voices return to conscription at his Hour of Accountability news conference in Jackson. He criticizes the volunteer force as bothersome, notes 58 percent of defense spending goes to personnel, and urges reactivating the Selective Service Act to fund advanced weapons and maintain U.S. military superiority.
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Stennis
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Stennis outlines job plan and spending review
Stennis, 76, urges a targeted jobs strategy linking government with industry and tax credits, opposes mass jobs programs and tax rebates, and calls for a two year commission to re evaluate federal spending to determine where money is spent and on what programs. He reserves judgment on a tax cut and opposes National Health Insurance and full employment bills.
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Stennis
Congress
Lottery Fortune Nearly Washed Out in Mexico City
In Mexico City Tomas Herrera Sarchez nearly lost a lottery ticket after a washing mishap. A medical student recalled the ticket was in a shirt pocket he washed, found the numbers faint but readable after recovery. Officials certified the ticket as the winning combination.
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Tomas Herrera Sarchez
Teamsters Admit Casino Money Important Asset
The Central States Pension Fund disclosed investments in Las Vegas casinos and Southern California land as a major component of its 1.4 billion assets. Executive director Daniel Shannon pledged prudence and promised to report irregularities, while signaling the end of IRS problems and a severing of ties with former consultant Allen Dorfman.
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Las Vegas
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Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
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Daley Heir Vote Sparks Black Opposition and Feud
Chicago's City Council elected Alderman Michael A. Bilandic as acting mayor amid claims of a political deal and racial tensions. Black aldermen and supporter Wilson Frost said they lacked the 25 votes needed, triggering chants from galleries. The decision follows Daley's 21 years in office and ties to ongoing pension fund and investment spotlight involving Mount Vernon and Las Vegas properties.
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UPI
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Richard J. Daley
Wilson Frost
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Daley
Spill seventh in two weeks hits Atlantic shipping lanes
Coast Guard crews reported a 133,500 gallon oil spill from the Liberian tanker Olympic Games after it ran aground in the Delaware River. The incident marked the fourth spill in two weeks involving Liberian registered tankers near American waters, with related investigations into Argo Merchant and other incidents.
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New York
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Atlantic
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Large oil spill on the Delaware and Thames rivers
Clean up crews battled a 2000 gallon spill from the Liberian tanker Oswego Peace affecting miles of the Thames River shore and a separate Delaware River slick containing 50000 gallons. Coast Guard Captain Kenneth G. Wiman led containment with booms while EPA head Russell Train planned a formal probe and additional specialists arrived from North Carolina.
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