WIFE THREATENED Extortionists Get Bank Cash in Chicago
A bank president’s wife was held at home while extortionists demanded $150,000. Police and the FBI tracked the suspects at airports and stations to stop their escape as the group received $118,000 in cash in a downtown Chicago street. The lender Lawrence W. Nortrup, president of Hartford Plaza Bank, reported the ransom call.
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United Press International
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lawrence W. Nortrup
Hartford Plaza Bank
L. W. Nortrup
Nortrip
Wilmette
Nortrup
Wacker and Adams
FBI
Doreen Nortrup
Police Meet On Union Rights Here Becomes Heavily Attended
About 40 officers attended the morning session on union rights. The afternoon meeting was closed to newsmen after a majority voted to bar press as union spokesman Wallace described advised rights under Texas Civil Statutes.
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Wallace
Avalanche-Journal
Henry Munoz
Texas Afl-Cio
J. T. Alley
Mgr
Bill Blackwell
Alley
Lubbock
Calley Freed From Stockade As Appeals Continue
Confined to base pending appeals the ex soldier Calley freed from stockade by Nixon leads a quiet life at Fort Benning with pay and restricted movement. The president's action sparked nationwide protests as debates over clemency and justice took center stage across Texas Virginia and California.
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Secretary of the Army
Calley
Army
Robbery Attempts Reported in City Theaters and Inns
The evening saw a youth thwart a robbery at the State Theater downtown. Ellison eluded a similar peril to a motor inn night attendant in 1966. Earlier that year two gunmen robbed Jim Swicegood, tied him and shot him in the head, the bullet grazing his skull and hitting his arm. An attendant at a Holiday Inn South was beaten to death in a separate robbery.
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State Theater
Ellison
Motor Inn
Jim Swicegood
Denmark reports $67 million savings in 1971 budget
The Finance Ministry announced Denmark saved 67 million dollars in the year ending April 30 1971. The report notes about 2700 meetings are held annually at United Nations headquarters.
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RAY OF Hope
Copenhagen
UPI
Denmark
Finance Ministry
United Nations
Winds Scatter Heat With Cold Front Across West Texas
Weather writer Karen Wright reports a dramatic weather shift as a warm spell collapsed behind a strong cold front. Northerly winds gusting up to 30 mph and colder temperatures fall from 88 to 43 in Lubbock with scattered showers in several Texas towns. Snow warnings stretch into Minnesota and Ohio Valley regions while high pressure brings sun to the East and West.
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Sherman
Minera! Wells
San Angelo
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Mother Nature
Michigan
Mideast
Plains
Great Lakes
Neenesota
Hibbing
Minn
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Atlantic
Gulf States
Fire Base Six Attack Highlights Vietnam War Toll
Report from Saigon shows 58 Americans killed and 542 wounded in the week, the highest in months. Attacks at Fire Base Six and Fire Base Mary Ann, plus Duc Duc and Lang Co actions near Da Nang, mark intensified fighting as U.S. planes join the effort. Since Jan 1 1961, 44,788 Americans killed and 296,911 wounded in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
da Nang
Duc Duc
Mary Ann
Quang Tri
Phu Loc
Lang Co
Vietnam
Debris on County Road 76 After Fatal Crash Shuts Road
Grabber, a retired farmer and Slaton resident since 1922, died in a crash one mile south of his home. The pickup overturned, landing west of the impact, with Grabber’s body found about a yard from the truck. He was Lubbock County’s 13th traffic fatality this year on South Plains roads. Services pending in Slaton. He is survived by three sons, a daughter, a brother, two sisters, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Highway
Mike Stark
Grabber
South Plains
Lubbock County
Slaton
Englands
George
Springfield
Fred
Francis
Louise’ Rose
Amarillo
Mutscher Defends Stock Deals Amid Sharpstown Probe
Mutscher denies insider trading claims and says he bought 25 000 NBL shares in 1969 with combined cost around 520 000 and later sold 7 500 at 20 a share. He claims no profit and a net loss over 250 000 while noting bills would not aid NBL but could affect Sharpstown exposure. House members clash over timing of trades and ties to banking reform bills.
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Gus Mutscher
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Sharpstown
NBL
Smith
Mutscher
Sharp
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
SEC
Sharpstoan
FDIC
Texas
Curtis Graves
Houston
Graves
Shannon
Sonny Schulte
Rush McGinty
Baum
House
John Traeger
Seguin
Burglars Hit Two Businesses and a Home in City
Burglars probed Thursday hitting Duncan Lumber Co at 1123 Fordham St stealing a $60 power saw and about $55 in knives and flashlights. A vending machine at Thrifty Laundry 315 Guava Ave was rifled for an indeterminate amount of change.
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Duncan Lumber Co
Fordham St
Guava Ave
Jurors consider selling story package after life verdict
Juror Larry Sheely proposed a Life magazine deal offering about 200000 dollars after the death verdicts. Tubick says most jurors refused and Life denies making any offer. Tubick criticizes Manson and the female defendants for courtroom outbursts, calling them improper and blaming Manson as the leader of the killings.
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Zamora
Tubick
Larry Sheely
Manson
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
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