Rockefeller Says Nelson Will Not Likely Be President
Washington reports Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller criticizes the Republican party for fearing Nelson and says it would be a tragedy for the country if mediocrity controls politics. She cites the party’s fear and notes she is not bitter about the situation.
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Washington
UPI
Happy Rockefeller
Elson
Knight
Rockefeller
Republican Party
Rty
Nelson
Hyde offers Swain County speech fund raiser
North Carolina State Representative Herbert Hyde plans a fundraising stunt by releasing his 1973 Swain County Cussin Speech delivered on the House floor. The offhand speech sought to block a county ordinance banning profane language in public streets and highways.
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Asheville
N.C
UPI
Herbert Hyde
Hyde
Swain County
State House
North Carolina
Singers named to national women’s support committee for Gov Brown
Dionne Warwick and Helen Reddy join a national committee backing Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. for president. Congresswoman Yvonne Braithwaite Burke chairs the group with Candice Bergen, Joan Rivers, Wallace Albertson, and Helen Chavez among others. The Brown campaign cites 176 women appointed to major posts and anti discrimination legislation as key record highlights.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Dionne Warwick
Helen Reddy
Edmund Brown Jr
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
Comedienne
Joan Rivers
Candice Bergen
Wallace Albertson
Jack Albertson
Helen Chavez
Cesar Chavez
Brown
California
Liberace Opens Three Week Las Vegas Run With Bicentennial Salute
Las Vegas Strip king Liberace begins a three week engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton with a Bicentennial salute. He enters in a $90,000 red white and blue Rolls Royce and wears a lighted wardrobe piece. The show features the Little Angels of Korea, Vince Cardell, Debby Robert, and Liberace's Baldwin piano. Cardell joins for Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. The run ends June 21.
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Las Vegas Hilton
Hilton
Las Vegas
Little Angels
Korea
Vince Cardell
Debby Robert
Baldwin
Cardell
Slaughter
Tenth Avenue
Tall Ships Bring Crowds But Frustrate Lobstermen
Newport Rhode Island gears up as 5000 private boats streamline into harbor for Tall Ships visit in three weeks. Lobsterman Jack Fougere laments crowded bay and buoy interference while locals expect tourism boosts but worry about fishing grounds and safety.
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Newport
R.I
UPI
Jack Fougere
Living Funeral Fetes Prinstone Jones in Virginia
Prinstone Jones, 54, planned a festive Memorial Day funeral at her Central Virginia home. The event featured a procession, a street show, two guest speakers, and donations to charities in lieu of flowers. Attendees included brother Alvin Jones, friends, and local officials.
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Stony Creek
UPI
Prinstone Jones
Miss Jones
Central
Virginia
Prinstone
Mary Alice Jones
Alvin Jones
Baltimore
Banker Tells About Ordeal
SAN BERNARDINO Calif UPI Katsumi Shiba a banker describes a week long ordeal after being accosted by two youths who forced him to drive to Lake Arrowhead. He survived days bound injured and starving before reaching a camper in a canyon and later told police from his hospital bed he was unconscious at the canyon bottom after veering off a mountain road.
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San Bernardino
Calif
UPI
Katsumi Shiba
Lake Arrowhead
Shiba
Sumitomo Bank
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Downey
San Bernardino Mountains
City Creek
Writing Course Planned Writing Course Planned
Writing course details appear alongside a local crime report about a missing banker Shiba from Sumitomo Bank. The article also notes a poetry class at UNLV Las Vegas taught by Billie Jean James and ongoing police cooperation between Anaheim San Bernardino and Downey for the investigation.
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Billie Jean James
Anaheim
San Bernardino
Futher
Downey
Merv Griffin Returns to Caesars Palace Stage
Merv Griffin resumes taping his TV talk show from the Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesars Palace on June 1 for five days. He typically performs 55 shows a year in Las Vegas with a forthcoming stint featuring top guest stars. Audience seating is at 1 30 p.m. and taping begins at 2 p.m.
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Merv Griffin
Circus Maximus
Caesars Palace
Merv
Las Vegas
Snipers Ambush Los Angeles Cops and Vehicle
Sniper attacks on two sheriff's patrol cars and a private vehicle carrying seven children led to three arrests on charges of assault with intent to commit murder. A deputy suffered minor injuries from flying glass. no other injuries were reported. Deputies identified a residence as the gunfire source and sealed off the area before storming the house at dawn. Ignacio Sanchez, 34, and a 17 year old youth with his 16 year old sister were booked on assault charges.
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East Los Angeles
UPI
Dawn Ignacio Sanchez
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