Nader Muskie Push Property Tax Reform Pact
Ralph Nader and Sen. Edmund Muskie urge reform of property taxes arguing big corporations like U S Steel evade fair shares. Nader cites underassessed plants in Gary Indiana and South Chicago and Appalachian coal fields worth more than current assessments. Muskie invites Nader to testify at a Senate Government Operations subcommittee hearing.
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Ralph Nader
U.S. Steel
Edmund S. Muskie
Nader
Muskie
Senate Government Operations
Maine Democrat
Chicago
Demonstrators at KU End Ten Hour Sit In Avoid Arrests
KU protesters occupied university offices and halls after choosing not to be arrested as police prepared to remove them. Chancellor Chalmers and the Senate Executive Committee backed an investigative panel on university research and debated further actions. An all university convocation was sought but not agreed upon.
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Kan
University of Kansas
E. Laurence Chalmers Jr
U.S
Chalmers
University Senate
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Senate
Allen Field House
Kansas
Harry Buchholz
University Physical Plant
Dee Dee Kraft
Galesburg
Ill
Strong Hall
Steve Hollis
Miss Kraft
The
University Senate Executive Committee
Fred Howard
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Col
William Albott
Kansas Highway Patrol
Probe Links Mafia to Detroit Racetrack and Sports Concessions
Three Detroit Mafia figures and a Hazel Park race track director faced House investigators over alleged mob control of the track with Emprise, the sports concession giant. Emprise allegedly provided $750000 to secure Hazel Park stock, while Emprise’s holdings and its ownership of SportService and the Cincinnati Royals were noted. Michigan officials vow action to revoke the track liquor license after a Los Angeles gambling-conspiracy conviction involving Emprise.
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House Select Committee On Crime
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Hazel Park Racing Association
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Zerilli
Blommer
Sportservice
Cincinnati Royals
Vincent W. Piersante
Organized Crime Division
Michigan Attorney General’s Office
Los Angeles
Frontier Hotel
Las Vegas
Sill Captain To Be Tried For Marijuana Possession
Captain William Bradley Jr. of Fort Sill, 31, faces a general court martial for wrongful possession of marijuana after a March 18 raid at Lawton. Co-defendants Captain Bruce R. Councilman, 25, and Captain Robert H. Deters Jr., 28, face related charges. All three are assigned to Battery A, Officer Student Battalion, U.S. Army Field Artillery School Brigade at Fort Sill and are represented by civilian and JAG attorneys. The maximum penalty includes dismissal, five years hard labor, and forfeiture of pay. Trial dates have not been set.
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Lawton
William Bradley Jr
Village Green
Staff Judge Advocate Office
Bradley
Bruce R. Councilman
Robert H. Deters Jr
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Nicholas D. Garrett
Eisenhower Junior High Band Wins Marching Trophy
The 112 member Eisenhower junior high school band received the traveling trophy for the second year in a row at the Tri State Music Festival in Enid. The award requires three consecutive wins to keep permanently. About 100 bands from six states participated and the band was named outstanding marching band in Class AA.
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Enid
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Illinois
New Mexico
Student Wins Marine Corps Fitness Award
Eisenhower High School student Victor Rosa earned the Marine Corps Physical Fitness contest top score among 90 participants from the school. He received the award this afternoon from the Marine Corps district director for the five-state area.
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Victor Rosa
Eisenhower
Marine Corps
Rosa
City Telephone Service Curtailed
The Lawton switchboard serving city government numbers quit functioning around 10 45 p m Tuesday and by noon today workers had not found the problem. Turned Sharp head of the police department communications said operators handle about half as many calls. The 911 line remains direct to the police dispatcher.
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Lawton
Turner Sharp
Turner
Bank Elects Priest to Chase Manhattan Board
Rev. Theodore M Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame University, has been elected to the board of directors of Chase Manhattan Bank, announced by chairman David Rockefeller.
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NEW York
Chase Manhattan Bank
David Rockefeller
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Woman Power Chicago Bishop Urges Methodist Women
Methodist Bishop Ralph T. Alton of Madison Wisconsin told a meeting of United Methodist women in Chicago that they are a majority in the church and have the power to act. He urged them not to wait for others to solve problems for them.
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Chicago
Ralph T. Alton
Madison, Wis
United Methodist Women
Cityans' Brother Dies in California
Jack V. Hamilton, formerly of Lawton and brother of Velva Walz and Roy Stephens, died in Oakland California. The deceased was a longtime resident here and had connections to local families. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Jack V. Hamilton
Oakland
Calif
Lawton
Velva Walz
N. 23Rd
Roy Stephens
Baltimore
Volkswagen’s car computer to diagnose issues at dealers
Volkswagen announces a built in computer system in 1972 models. A network of engine and electrical sensors will relay conditions to a back seat attached computer. Mechanics use less time as the system checks wheel alignment compression and battery voltage and reports results in plain English. The computer arrives at dealers later this year.
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