Deputy Dies In Valley Bank Robbery Manhunt
A bank robbery near Hughson ends with Deputy Billy Joe Dickens shot dead. Porter and Miller flee. a massive FBI and deputy manhunt spans 100 miles from Sutter Creek to Camache Lake, ending with Porter captured after a late chase. one bystander wounded.
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FBI
San Francisco
Sutter Creek
Angels Camp
Porter
Camache Lake
Hughson
Central Valley Bank
Billy Joe Dickens
Charles Moore
Altaville
Sierra
Mother Lode
Marilyn Bowen
Miller
Nixon Wins Victory In HEW Veto Compromise
President Nixon secures a veto compromise allowing a $19.7 billion HEW budget with executive power to withhold certain deemed unnecessary funds. Rep. Daniel Flood, who drafted the original bill, says the approach enables quick action on the seven months overdue money measure for fiscal 1970.
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Congress
Nixon
Executive Branch
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
Flood
Nine Die As Plane Crashes On Icey Lake Erie
A Tag Airlines two engine commuter plane with nine aboard crashed into ice covered Lake Erie about 20 miles northwest of Cleveland. Coast Guard reported no survivors and noted the fuselage was largely submerged after the aircraft broke through nine inches of ice. Flight 730 departed Burke Lakefront Airport at 7 30 a m for Detroit City Airport with seven passengers and two crew. The crash occurred after radar loss at Selfridge Air Force Base near Detroit at 8 10 a m EST. This was the carrier’s first crash as it expands Great Lakes services.
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Cleveland
UPI
Tag Airlines
Detroit
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Here
Burke Lakefront
Detroit City
Selfridge Air Force Base
Great Lakes
Credentials Returned for Federal Spies Among War Press
In Saigon the U S Command disclosed two federal agents Howard Hethcox and William Tucker received press credentials to mingle with Vietnam War reporters and seek sources. Credentials were returned after officials said the cards were issued in violation of MACV policy and the agents were admonished.
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U.S
Carol Franz
Association of American University Presses, Inc
New York City
American University Press
Hethcox
Tucker
MACV
Military Assistance Command
Vietnam
Kerkorian Las Vegas hotel plan may be scrapped says DA statements
The article reports that statements by District Attorney Franklin and the Review Journal threaten Kerkorian’s Las Vegas high rise project. Laxalt declined comment, while Reno Assembly Speaker McKissick criticized Franklin. Franklin accused McKissick of aiding rich interests at Nevada’s expense, prompting sharp responses from both sides. A separate note mentions accreditation procedures and a U.S. military spokesman discussing an incident discovery.
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Kerkorian
Las Vegas
Benninger
International Hotel
Dist. Atty
Franklin
The
Review Journal
State Assembly
Howard Mckhissick
Reno
McKissick
Nevada
MccKissick
Hicks Cleared Of Murder For Second Time
Kenneth Hicks again cleared by the Nevada Supreme Court of murdering Las Vegas cabbie Glenn Christiernsson. The ruling focused on lack of proof that death was caused by criminal means. Hicks, 37, remains imprisoned in California on a narcotics parole violation.
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Kenneth Harvey Hicks
State Supreme Court
Hicks
Las Vegas
Glenn E Christiernsson
Christiernsson
Justice of the Peace
Joe Pawlikowski
Ronald King
Clark County Public Defender’s Office
High Court
Pawlikowski
Supreme Court
King
George Franklin
Franklin
Tamal
Calif
Telephone Service Locked Up Briefly at Local Hotels
A Central Telephone switchboard in the 735 exchange locked up for 10 minutes on Wednesday afternoon. The blackout affected several Strip hotels and nearby residences. Operations resumed by 3:35 p.m., according to a company spokesman.
California coed reports kidnaping a big joke
Miss Stevenson 20 from South San Francisco was allegedly abducted at gunpoint from Maryknoll College dormitory by Cris Lecaroz a Filipino suitor. Police say the pair later surfaced in Quezon City laughing about the incident while Lecaroz faces possible abduction charges.
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Deborah Stevenson
San Francisco
Miss Stevenson
Maryknoll College
Que
Lecaroz
Maryknoll Col
Vincente Lecaroz
San Juan
Marinduque
Francisco Lecaroz
Aristeo Lecaroz
Senate approves foreign aid bill amid clashes over Korea funding
The Senate unanimously approved a $1.86 billion foreign aid package eight months after introduction, sending it to President Nixon. Senator Fulbright criticized earmarks for Israel and Korea and warned the U.S. policy risked becoming a collection of foreign policies. The bill allocates about $1.5 billion for economic aid and $350 million for military aid, short of the president's request.
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Washington
China
South Korea
Fullbright
Israel
U.S
Korea
City pleads for civils service probe on police brutality
FBI confirms city seeks civil service board inquiry into alleged police brutality during West Las Vegas arrest of Ronald Hardison 19 and four others aged 18 to 22. Board to decide within 15 days whether hearings or suspensions are warranted as officials debate federal probe sufficiency.
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FBI
Civil Service Board
Hardison
McHale
Huggins
Las Vegas
Las Vegas cabbies form fund to challenge taxicab authority
Las Vegas drivers have started a fund to challenge the Clark County Taxicab Authority over license suspensions and disciplinary hearings. They cite hearings as a privileged process, with Robert Ross making guilt and punishment decisions, and plan to test the authority in court using driver Robert Giambrone as the potential test case. About 45 drivers had contributed $10 each, funding the effort.
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Las Vegas
Clark County
Robert Ross
Robert Giambrone
Ross
Giambrone
Israeli Planes Bomb Cairo Amid Tight Flak Firing
Israeli warplanes flew over Cairo in a flak filled raid targeting outskirts of the city. Cairo reported civilian casualties and Egypt blamed U S supplied jets for the attack while denying hitting Israeli aircraft.
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Cairo
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Egypt
Gam Abdel Nasser
Ismat Abdel Meguid
United States
Israal
Meguid
UPI
Ray Wilkinson
Israali
Wilkinson
State Board Okays Clark County Loan Requests
The State Board approved a county loan plan to use park land in California as collateral with a private party receiving funds and Clark County taking title to the airport property. County manager David Hendry noted discussions with Hughes for acquisition, and a firm price of at least 2 million dollars to trigger bidding. The county would repay a 1.7 million dollar loan for equipment, voting machines, parts, and juvenile facility renovations from the property tax rate without raising the current rate.
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California
Clark County
David Hendry
Hughes
Henry
State Board
Lt Sleeper Returns Home From Hospital
Police Lt John Sleeper, head of the narcotics bureau in Las Vegas, returned home from Boulder City Hospital after a back injury from a narcotics raid earlier this month. He will remain home for several days of medical treatment, with possible surgery if therapy fails.
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John Sleeper
Boulder City Hospital
Sleeper
Police
Narcotics Bureau
Las Vegas
DiBona Tagged For Selective Service Post
Charles J. DiBona a Pentagon defense expert and Rhodes scholar is set for nomination as Selective Service director to replace Gen. Lewis Hershey if confirmed by the Senate. He heads the Center for Navy Analyses and helped Navy planning. noted in Congress as supporting draft reform and an all volunteer army.
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Washington
UPS
Charles J. DiBona
Pentagon
Senate
DiBona
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
Center For Navy Analyses
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Valley Springs
Zon City
Manila
Hethcox and
Soledad Lavadia
Quezon City
SUN
United Press International
State
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