Ex-CIA man charged with espionage case in Washington
Edwin G. Moore, 56, of Bethesda, Md., arrested after retrieving a shoebox from a vacant lot believed to contain 200000 dollars. He faced charges of unauthorized possession of national defense documents, theft of government property, and gathering and delivering defense information to aid a foreign government. Bond set at 150000 dollars. FBI surveillance linked to a package found at a Soviet site in Northwest Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
CIA
Soviet Union
Edwin G. Moore
Bethesda
FBI
Moore
U.S
F. Archie Meatyard Jr
Montgomery County
Lebanese leader seeks six months decree powers
Prime Minister Selim al Hoss asked Lebanon’s parliament to grant wide powers to rule by decree for six months. The bill would allow amendments or creation of laws covering reconstruction, economy, security, and education, with potential military censorship and suspension of assembly rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Selim al Hoss
Hoss
Tion
Villa Mansour
Legionnaire's disease delays blamed in CDC inquiry
Congressional investigators fault the Center for Disease Control for slow response to warnings about a toxic cause of Legionnaires disease. The interim report links 29 deaths to an agent possibly Freon from air conditioning at the Bellevue Stratford hotel during the Philadelphia American Legion convention. It criticizes CDC for focusing on viral tests and notes missed consultation with the EPA on toxic substances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Center For Disease Control
John M. Murphy
D-N.y
Franklin Institute Research Laboratories
Murphy
American Legion
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford
CDC
Enviromental Protection Agency
Youth wins round in medical lawsuit in Alabama
In Montgomery, a black youth aged 13, Melvin Armstrong, wins a round for a new trial in a $50,000 suit against white doctor Dr. Bobby Merkle of Uniontown. The all-white jury awarded $20 and the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld the trial judge’s order for a new trial. Merkle previously removed stitches for a $25 bill, leading to negligence and battery claims. the state medical board censured him and placed him on probation for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Bobby Merkle
Uniontown
Merkle
H.H. Harvey
Demopolis
State Supreme Court
Melvin Armstrong
Edgar Russell
State Board of Medical Examiners
Carter says mother improving may be home for Christmas
President elect Jimmy Carter reported his mother Miss Lillian Carter is feeling much better after a hospital stay for leg and hip pain. Doctors said arthritis caused the problem, and Carter noted she remains exhausted and may miss her traditional Sunday morning sausage breakfast if still hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus, Ga
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Lillian’ Carter
Sumter County Americus Hospital
Carter
Lillian
Carters
John Robinson
Ruth Stapleton
North Carolina
Legally contested papers may settle Hughes estate
County Counsel seeks court order to turn over a codicil to a 1938 will and an unsigned will copy found last spring in a wall safe. If authentic, the documents could divert roughly $2.5 billion to medical research, with Summa Corp and Hughes relatives controlling the fortune amid a Nevada probe into a possible forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Superior Court
Summa Corp
Gano
California
Gano-Lummis
Summa
William Lummis
Houston
Treharne
Chester C. Davis
Summan
Howard M. Jafee
Abba Eban bids for Labor leadership against Rabin
Former Foreign Minister Abba Eban challenged Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for the Labor party presidency saying only he can unify the nation. He urged a democratic contest within the party and warned that Labor must revamp or face possible loss in mid May elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abba Eban
Rabin
Israeli Labor Party
Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Yitzhak Rabin
Labor Party
Eban
United Nations
Shimon Peres
Moshe Dayan
Likud
Labor
Ephraim Katzir
Fukuda elected LDP president to lead Japan premiership
Takeo Fukuda, 71, unanimously chosen as Liberal Democratic Party president in Tokyo, set to become prime minister after Takeo Miki's resignation. He vows a cabinet formation on Christmas Day and backs another non Communist world leaders summit with President-elect Carter, amid ongoing bribery and Lockheed scandal tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party
Takeo Fukuda
Takeo Miki
Fukuda
Liberal Democrats
Jimmy Carter
Miki
Kakuei Tanaka
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sclons Hit Disease Center
House Consumer Protection Subcommittee
Tany Soo
Farah - Haggar
W—Lompoc
Svendsen
North Sixth St
Lompoc Valley
Richard C. Gano
Nevada
Hayes
Memphis, Tenn
Isaac Hayes
Mignon
Memphis
Gary Plotkin
Internal Revenue Service
Zenith
RCA
Linden’s TV Service Dept
St. Ilompoc
Clark J, Brecht
Seiko
Lady Seiko
Delft
Nehns
Lompoc
West College
Jewelers
Lomper Calif
Mastro
Furniture
Westside Furniture
Ocean
Tom
Andi
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!