Grain Firms Fined In Cheating Scandal
New Orleans reports two grain exporting firms Cook Industries Inc and Mississippi River Grain Elevator pled no contest to 43 counts of cheating foreign customers. They were fined a total of 430000 dollars and claim involved employees are no longer with the companies. The case ties into a broader federal probe indicting top grain exporters and prompting reform debate over private grain inspections.
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New Orleans
UPS
Cook Industries, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi River Grain Elevator, Inc
Myrtle Grove
Cook
Mississippi River Grain
Cook Industries Inc
E.W
Ned" Cook
Bayside
Reserve
Ben C. Toledano
Senate
House
Lawman
Fire ruins block in Cleveland. arson blamed in 30 homes loss
A five alarm Cleveland fire destroyed 30 frame houses and two small businesses on the Southeast Side, leaving up to 100 homeless. Three firefighters and an unidentified man with second degree burns were treated. Water mains and 30 mph winds hampered efforts. arson investigator calls it suspicious as two boys were seen fleeing the start site.
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Cleveland
UPI
sThree
Second Battalion
Bert Sedlak
Sedlak
Robert Gold
James Boyd
Boyd
Dorothy Smith
Amos Pippen
Pippen
Faceless FBI Informant Armies Under Scrutiny in Senate Report
The Senate Intelligence Committee staff report details an FBI informant network of over 1,500 paid operatives costing 7.5 million annually. It notes extensive surveillance in 85 percent of domestic cases, with informants covering groups from the Black Panthers to antiwar organizations. The report highlights lack of statutes and broad reporting powers, likening informants to a vacuum cleaner of information. It also describes confidential and panel sources used in investigations.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Senate Intelligence Committee
General Accounting Office
Black Panthers
Ku Klux Klan
Women's Liberation Movement
White House
Bureau
Will Controversy Clouds Hughes Holdings in Delaware Suit
Annette Cagan Lummis holds temporary administrator role for Hughes holdings in Texas while Summa, with officers from F. W. Gay and Nadine Henley, seeks legal control in Delaware. A handwritten March 19 1968 will is contested as fake by some experts and treated as genuine by others, as Summa claims 75 000 shares and challenges 29 other claimants.
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Annette Cagan Lummis
Hughes Holdings
Texas
Nevada
California
Hughes
Summa
Lummis
F. W. Gay
Nadine Henley
Mormon Church
Kington
Dela
Delaware
Ford Pressured To Fire Kissinger For Votes
UPI reporting Sen. Robert Griffin says a White House meeting to defuse Reagan attacks included a suggestion to dismiss Henry Kissinger. Griffin cautions Ford against resigning Kissinger, arguing it would hurt politics and international standing. He urges Ford to win Wallace Democrats' crossover votes in Michigan.
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Washington
Upi
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
Ford
White House
Henry Kissinger
Griffin
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Alabama
Michigan
GOP
Senate
Congress
Reagan
Indiana
State Kissinger
Kissinger
Mystery man hunts for Howard Hughes will in Tucson banks
Alan Kaplan, an apparent Summa Corp. employee, visits banks in Tucson seeking the late Howard Hughes will. He carries three safety deposit box keys and has spent a week searching for boxes that might fit them. State law requires a full inventory before box contents leave Arizona. Kaplan declines comment. Hughes owns land, a missile plant near Tucson. Summa spokesman Arlo Sederberg says Kaplan may be an employee or agent. he notes at least one key exists but keeps details uncertain. hotel staff describe Kaplan as a quirky figure.
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Tucson
UPI
Summa Corp
Howard Hughes
Tucson Daily Citizen
Alan Kaplan
Kaplan
Hughes
Arlo Sederberg
Summa
Los Angeles
Sederberg
Ass Hughes
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