Dean and Lindstrom tied to gambling raid at Detroit hotel
IRS agents raided the suites of Dizzy Dean and partner Lindstrom in Las Vegas and Detroit as part of a multi state gambling probe. Agents seized more than $600000 in cash and checks, with about $200000 linked to New Year bowl games. Briekley said authorities expect evidence tying sports figures to a nationwide wagering operation.
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Phoenix
Wiggins
Miss
Dean
Dizzy
Mrs. Lindstrom
Las Vegas
Lindstroms
Lindstrom
U.S
Detroit
Briekely
Dean and Lindstrom
Brickley
IRS
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
Michigan
James Chaffee
Ike Johns
Lansing
Mich
Donald Dawson
Birmingham
Theater Changes Bill But Raid Not Scheduled
Four Star Theatre abruptly swapped movies delaying a planned vice raid. Owner Irwin Glass was arrested on two counts of exhibiting obscene motion pictures while officials seized The Masterpiece Space Thing and later replaced by Aroused and Pink Pussycat. Justice of the Peace Boy Wooster refused to sign a search warrant.
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Four Star Theatre
Irwin Glass
Glass
Justice of the Peace
Boy Wooster
Woofter
Book hints Kennedy not in fatal Chappaquiddick accident
A new book by Jack Olsen argues that Senator Edward M. Kennedy was not driving when Mary Jo Kopechne died in the Chappaquiddick accident. The author suggests Kennedy told Kopechne to drive alone after seeing a deputy sheriff, with Kopechne later fatally crashing on Dike Bridge near Martha's Vineyard. An Edgartown inquest was set to begin the following Monday.
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Boston
UPI
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Jack Olsen
Times Magazine
Chappaquiddick
Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Martha’s Vineyard
Volks- Wagen
Dike Bridge
Edgartown
Six Presumed Drowned After Boat Capsize Off Malibu Beach
In Manhattan Beach California two boats searched the surf for six missing people after a 25 foot cabin cruiser capsized. Albert Sexton 45 and seven of his children along with six others were aboard when high surf drove the craft near shore. Lifeguard Steve Gregg 24 helped rescue three. Five lifeguards saved four more survivors as divers probed offshore for bodies in 56 degree water.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
Albert Sexton
Steve Gregg
Crusading DA Badly Injured In Bomb Blast
District attorney Laurita sustained multiple leg and arm injuries when a professionally wired bomb exploded as he entered his car outside his home. Police said the blast aimed to kill Laurita. his car hood was blown off and nearby windows shattered. His wife Zelda, pregnant with their fourth child, helped him until medical care arrived. Doctors expect full use of his limbs barring unforeseen complications.
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Laurita
Zelda
Philip Waggoner
Nixon Budget Actions and Tariff Cuts Promised
The report notes President Nixon ordering a budget of about 200 billion dollars with tariff reductions from 40 percent to 21 percent on Wilton and velvet carpets of oriental design imported from Europe, mainly Belgium. It mentions disaster relief funds of 175 thousand dollars for Minnesota and 50 thousand dollars for Illinois and bills to raise supergrade positions in key federal offices.
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Europe
Belgium
Minnesota
Illinois
Executive Branch
General Accounting Office
Library of Congress
Office of Intergovernmental Relations
Hoover Blames Hate Groups For 100 Police Ambushes
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says black extremist groups such as the Black Panther Party fomented racial turmoil and planned ambushes killing at least seven officers over six months. He notes 120 officers wounded and 225 campus protests with 61 arsons during 1968 69. The report also cites the Chicago raid that killed Fred Hampton and calls for renewed decency.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Black Panther Party
Hoover
Illinois Panther
Fred Hampton
Chicago West Side
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
New Left
Standstill in U S Soviet Talks on Middle East Peace
UPI reports U S State Department says talks with the Soviet Union on a Middle East peace formula remain alive yet seem at a dead end. Officials note Moscow’s Dec 23 note shows no progress and term talks a sometime thing as Washington prepares to reply.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Soviet Union
Middle East
Department
Carl Bartch
United States
Bartch
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Joseph J. Sisco
U.S
Israel
Egypt
Jordan Barth
Owners Would Blow Up Munition Loaded Vessel
The Badger State, a stricken ammunition ship, might be blown up and sunk in the Pacific after the crew abandoned her on December 26. State Marine Lines and its underwriters agree to destruction based on Navy findings, with MSTS consent awaited. Navy says sinking by bombs or torpedoes is possible. 14 crew were rescued and one body recovered.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pacific
State Marine Lines, Inc
U. S. Navy
J. M. Dempsey Jr
Dempsey
Adm
W. V. Combs
Pacific Fleet
States Marine
Badger State
Military Sea Transportation Service
MSTS
Navy
Abnaki
Japan
Lawyers Leave For Scene Of My Lai Ruckus
Military lawyers for the prosecution and defense in Lt. William L. Calley Jr. murder case left for South Vietnam to inspect the My Lai area. They plan to review Task Force Barker records and interview witnesses in Quang Ngai Province and Chu Lai. A motion suggested political pressures influenced the prosecution.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
South Vietnam
My Lai
Aubrey M. Daniel
Kenneth A. Raby
Calley
Raby
Barker
Daniel
Quang Ngai
Song My
Chu Lai
Americal
Mother Faces Trial After Deaths Of Two Children
ATHENS Ohio UPI Barbara McBride 23 formerly released from Athens County Mental Health Center faces first degree murder charges in the deaths of her two children. She told police she smothered one boy and hurled the other from a car window. Bodies found in a wooded area after an intensive search by more than 200 police and volunteers.
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Athens, Ohio
UPI
Barbara McBride
City Faces 30 Cent Transit Fare Hike And $120 Million Deficit
MTA votes 5 to 1 to raise the fare by 30 cents despite Gov Rockefeller saying the Legislature won t subsidize. The move, expected to raise about $170 million, comes as Chair William J Rowan warns of a large immediate deficit. Tokens are expanded. 45 million new tokens rushed to outlets and turnstiles adjusted for Sunday rollout. old tokens refundable at 488 stations.
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MTA
William J. Rowan
Lindsay
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tri State Slayer Escapes Prison Hunted Across States
Leonard Maine a 21 year old murderer serving 10 years to life vanished from his Deuel Vocational Institution cell Wednesday night triggering a widespread search. Officials say he might be on the grounds or hiding in a vehicle as investigators sweep the maximum security area. Maine and accomplice Thomas Braun were linked to a 1967-68 killing spree across Oregon Washington and California including the Luce case and the assault on Susan Bertolomei.
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Tracy
UPI
Leonard Maine
Maine
Washington
California
Deuel Vocational Institution
Miles Sanders
Hermiston
Ore
Ritzville
Wash
Timothy Luce
Lake County
David Luce
Luce
Susan Bertolomei
Thomas E. Braun
San Quentin State Prison
Braun
Seattle
Portland
Deuel
Sanders
Institute
Jamestown
Calif
Diana Buse
Bothell
Elsie
Samuel
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