Probes of government wrongdoing span many states and offices
An Associated Press survey finds grand juries from Pennsylvania to Arizona probing officials at multiple government levels. Cases include Arizona Senator Paul Fannin with a dismissed DWI charge and alleged political pressure, Lycoming County officials in Pennsylvania, Michigan bribery probes, Oklahoma City treasurer conspiracy, Pittsburgh real estate tax probes, Illinois stock and liquor license schemes, and Chicago police corruption.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Paul Fannin
Maricopa County
Moise Berger
Fannin
Fann
Grand Jury
Lycoming County Grand Jury
John R. Coder
Williamsport
Michigan
State Liquor Commission
Charles N. Youngblood
Detroit
Wayne County
Frank S. Szymanski
Louis Pappas
State Liquor Control Commission
Borman’s Inc
Linois
Kerner
Internal Revenue Service
Chicago
Cook County
Chilean Army Seeks Illegal Arms in Allende supporters hunt
In Santiago the army cordoned 10 blocks of midtown to search for illegal arms and supporters of Salvador Allende. Key targets include Luis Corvalan and Carlos Altamirano, Marxist leaders who disappeared after the 1973 coup. The junta vows to curb inflation amid calls to tighten belts.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Valan
Communist Party
Carlos Altamirano
Condemnation Hearing On LBJ Park Begins
The LBJ Ranch land to enlarge Lyndon B. Johnson State Park goes before three special commissioners in Fredericksburg Texas. The owners Hodges and Lindig face offers per acre while others accepted state terms as the park expands near the Perdernales River.
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LBJ Park
Fredericksburg, Tex
LBJ
Oklahoma
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
Marvin Blackburn
Junction
Hiram Hodges
Eugene Lindig
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Hodges
Perdernales
Johnson
Lindig
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Tragedy at Tecumseh Bridge Involving Couple and Child
Authorities searched for three Richardson children after a Santa Fe freight hit a trestle near Tecumseh Kansas killing Barbara Richardson 27 Willie Williams 22 Catherine Williams 18 months with a couple and a child. Crewmen saw a body in the Kansas River as the train cleared the trestle. Relatives noted the missing children Wayne 9 Karla 8 and Nita 7 were on the fishing trip.
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Tecumseh, Kan
Here
Santa Fe
Barbara Richardson
Willie Lee Williams
Catherine Williams
Topeka
Shanganunga
Richardson
Wayne
Karla
Nita
Caboose
Kansas River
D. J. Hamlett
Kansas City
Kan
Clean-Up Drive At Wichita Refuge Sponsored By Scouts
A Saturday clean-up campaign will be held at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge from 9 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by the Environmental Improvement Organization with local Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and adult service groups participants meet at Quanah Parker A Campground. Hot dog lunch provided and glass and aluminum collected for recycling.
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Wichita Wr Wildlife Refuge
Environmental Improvement Organization
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Quanah Parker
Plot To Kill Mass Slayer Under Probe
Illinois prison officials report an alleged plot to kill Richard F. Speck, the mass murderer in Joliet's Old State Prison. A prisoner offered money to execute Speck, prompting investigations while Speck remains in protective custody.
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Mass Slayer
Chicago
Richard F. Speck
Allyn R. Sielaff
Illinois Department of Corrections
Old State
Joliet
Speck
Sielaff
Western Governors Seek Role In Solving Energy Crisis
The Western Governors Conference urged the Nixon administration to involve state chief executives in national energy planning. Gov Dan Evans of Washington told a federal power official at Gleneden Beach Oregon that federal officials should be included. Leaders including John A Love and Interior Secretary Rogers Morton spoke as the four day meeting focused on energy. Alabama Gov George Wallace, chair, said the Democratic party must represent the average middle American for 1976.
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Western Governors Conference
Washington
Dan Evans
Gleneden Beach
Ore
Sun
Interior
White House
John A. Love
Colorado
Rogers C. B. Morton
Point Clear
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Democratic Party
Southern Governors
Southern Growth Policies Board
Oregon
Tom McCall
Northwest
McCall
Evans
Nixon
Portland
Neruda Dies of Cancer Nagging Chilean Nobel Poet at 69
Pablo Neruda a Chilean poet and Communist who won Chile’s second Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 died of cancer at 69. He resigned as ambassador to France last November due to illness and was operated on for prostate cancer in July. His wife and sister were at his bedside. he had been hospitalized again five days earlier. Neruda’s works include Residence on Earth and Canto General, and he was a prominent political figure tied to Allende.
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Santiago, Chile
Pablo Neruda
Chile
Neruda
Salvador Allende
France
Communist Party
Allende
Spain
Latin America
la United Fruit Co
Jehova
Coca Cola Inc
Anaconda
Ford Motors
Central Coast
Parral
Neftali
Ricardo Reyes Bascalto
Gabriela Mistral
Wallace vetoes pension measure for disabled governor
Gov George C Wallace vetoed a bill that would grant a pension equal to three fourths of the 25000 annual governor salary to a governor disabled in office. He has opposed the proposal during the legislative session and with session ended the veto cannot be overridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Alabama pasture acreage and brood cow increases since 1960
Total pasture acreage in Alabama has risen by about 100000 acres since 1960, while the number of brood cows grew by nearly 250000.
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Alabama
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Oklahoma City
Leo Winters
Winters
U.S. Atty
William R. Burkett
GOP
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Robert R. Duggan
Robert J. Geier II
Duggan and Geier
Abstracts, Inc
Duggan
Samuel Ferraro
Ilinois
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Otto Kerner
Thomas Keane
Richard J. Daley
Keane
Washington Senate
Seattle
August Mardesich
Harry Lewis
Marxist Parties
Luis Cor
Frates Properties, Inc
Leigh
Christian Democratic
Junta
National Stadium
Patricia
Adam Garrett-Schesch
University of Wisconsin
Miami
Fla
Linda Omohundro
Refuge
Gore
U.S
United States
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National Bank
E-Lim
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