Agnew Faces Investigation Amid Bribery Allegations
Vice President Spiro Agnew says he is under investigation for possible criminal violations but asserts his innocence. Reports link the probe to Maryland contracts from the 1967 68 governorship and federal work let by the GSA, with kickback allegations tied to Baltimore County and Maryland figures.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
J. Marsh Thomson
United States
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Washington Post
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Baltimore County
Journal
U.S
Watergate
Beall
Nixon
New York
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Angew
Baltimore
Prison Rebuilding Sought After Oklahoma Riot
McAlester prison officials tour the riot damaged facility to plan rebuilding or replacement of the penal system. Rex Brinlee Jr. remains at large after escaping through a hole in the fences as 1,600 inmates were held in damaged blocks. Police hunt the killer who fled the scene amid the eight day riot.
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Okla
State Board of Corrections
Rex Brinlee Jr
David Hall
John Davis
Oklahoma County
McAlester General Hospital
Hodgens
Heavener
Arkansas
Gary Scenter
Junior Ray Houston
James Joe Wojahn
Brinlee
Bristow
Jern Bolding
Industral
Hardy
County Won’t Drop Kidnapping Charges Against Bell
Randall Bell of Kansas City Kansas faces kidnapping and aggravated assault charges in Johnson County for the December 18 1972 abduction of a Lawrence woman. Judge Harold Riggs sentenced Bell to three consecutive terms totaling 11 to 36 years. Bell pleaded guilty in March to nine counts including rape kidnapping burglary and robbery.
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Randall Bell
David Berkowitz
Monday Bell
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
Harold Riggs
Johnson County
Bell
Two Arabs attack Athens airport killing three
In Athens two 21 year old men attacked a line for a Trans World Airlines flight to Tel Aviv using grenades and pistols. They killed two Americans from New Jersey and an Austrian and wounded 55 before surrendering hoping to reach the Middle East. Police say they claimed Black September ties which Beirut denied.
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Greece
Israel
Trans World Airlines
Tel Aviv
TWA
New York
New Jersey
Middle East
Black September
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al Moharrer
Mohammed Zeed
Talal Kadooral
Egypt
Zemed
Libya
Kadooral
Governor Surveys Gas Supplies For Winter Outlook
Governor Robert Docking asked 20 natural gas suppliers to assess potential winter shortages and fuel needs. He cited unprecedented early curtailments and urged firms to report projected ability to meet demands for natural gas and standby fuels by the Aug. 24 advisory council meeting.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas
Advisory Council On Energy and Natural Resources
Fears of Meat Shortages Trigger Beef Stockpiling
Shoppers nationwide stock up on meat amid fears of price jumps and shortages. Grocers report rising meat prices and rationing, while the Cost of Living Council's price freeze stays in effect.
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New York City
San Francisco
Cost of Living Council
U.S. District Court
Robert F. Peckham
Pacific Meat Jobbers Association
Protesting Women Avoid Sentence at White House
Six women arrested for unlawful entry near the White House faced no jail time after pleading no contest. Judge Charles W Halleck suspended sentences citing executive pressure and judicial duty while stressing he would not see the protesters imprisoned. Identified defendants include Ginny Ives, Patricia Moore, Rochelle Linner, Kathleen Thorsby, Jean Gregory, and Mary Caron of Washington with others arrested recently in protests over Cambodia bombing.
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White House
District of Columbia
Cambodia
Charles W. Halleck
Executive Branch
Ginny Ives
Baltimore
Patricia Moore
Boston
Rochelle Linner
Kathleen
Lovell to Speak at KU Spencer Lecture Series
Sir Bernard Lovell British radio astronomer will open Kansas University Spencer Lecture Series in Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union on Oct 3. He has led Nutfield Laboratories at Jodrell Bank since 1951 and formerly taught physics at Manchester.
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Bernard Lovell
Kansas University
Woodruff
Kansas Union
Lovell
Nutfield Laboratories
Jodrell Bank
England
Bristol University
University of Manchester
Royal Astronomical Society
Duddell
Churchill
Daniel and
Florence
U S Universities to Receive 1 Million Each from Japan
The Japanese Foreign Ministry named 10 U S universities to get 1 million dollars each to expand Japanese studies. Recipients include California Berkeley, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Hawaii, Michigan, Princeton, Stanford, Washington Seattle and Yale. Grants await parliamentary approval for use in September 1974.
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Foreign Ministry
U.S
Japan
The
University of California At Berkeley
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Harvard University
University of Hawaii
University of Michigan
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Washington At Seattle
Yale University
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