Food and Liquor Gifts To Agnew Reported
Spiro Agnew reportedly received regular free food and liquor from two Maryland businessmen, described as a personal gift exchange among close friends. Joseph H. Rash of Towson provided groceries for years, while J Walter Jones of Baltimore supplied liquor amid ongoing tax and bribery probes.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
New York Times
The
Wall Street Journal
Joseph H. Rash
Towson
Food Fair Stores
Journal
J. Walter Jones
Baltimore
Rash
Times
Marsh Thomson
Thomson
the Times
Agnews
Baltimore County
Heavy Rains Douse Texas Coast Again
The Texas coast received heavy rain as a cold front moved through, with McAllen reporting 6.8 inches and Falcon Dam 5.2 inches. A fire gutted the Casa de Palmas Hotel in McAllen during a severe electrical storm. A fatal crash near Marble Falls killed seven as rain hampered travel. Temperatures cooled across the state with Lubbock near 78 at kickoff for a Texas Tech game.
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St Il
Delia
Lubbock
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Falcon Dam
Rio Grande
Corpus Christi
Casa de Palmas
Marble Falls
West Texas
Texas Tech
Texas South Plains
Controls Urged On Medical Devices Inadequate Federal Oversight
Senate health subcommittee heard witnesses argue current federal controls fail to prevent inoperative devices from reaching patients. Reports cited defective heart valves pacemakers and respirators with safety gaps and deaths linked to device failures. Regulators lack authority to require pre market testing enforce quality rules or mandate safety standards.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Senate Health Subcommittee
Sidney M. Wolfe
Health Research Group
Wolfe
Joel J. Nobel
Emergency Care Research Institute
Philadelphia
Mer Food and Drug
FDA
Thefts continued as Smith explains bank money joke motive
The statement from Smith says he took money to scare partner Carl Sargent and planned to tell him. He tried to return the cash by night depository but fled after seeing a guard. Assistant District Attorney Palmer argued Smith intended to steal and timed elevator doors to trap Sargent, accusing him of premeditated theft rather than a prank.
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Lubbock
Doyle Nelson
Smith
Carl Sargent
Sargent
Carl
FBI
Asst. Dist. Atty
Richard Palmer
Palmer
Suspect Identified in Lubbock Hit and Run Case
A Lubbock businessman J B Hance increased the award by 200 dollars after police identified a suspect Friday connected to a hit and run at University Avenue and Amherst Street. Witnesses described a white over blue car and two male occupants who fled after throwing Paul Carson 19 of Odessa onto the street. Carson survived hospital care, while officers continue probing the other vehicle occupant.
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Lubbock
J. B. Hance
Dimmitt
Flanagan
Paul Carson
Odessa
University Avenue
Amherst Street
Carson
Thomas
Housing Credit Reform Urged To Aid Priority Areas
AFL-CIO urged Congress and the Federal Reserve to allocate credit to housing and community facilities when markets tighten. Andrew Biemiller pressed for mandatory banking money into housing and an investigation of the Fed. Ralph Nader named a Federal Commission for Financial Institutions to oversee credit allocation.
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Afl-Cio
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Andrew Biemiller
House Banking Committee
Ralph Nader
Biemiller
Nader
Federal Commission Fon Financial Institutions
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
White House
Nixon weighs inflation tax options with Burns adviser
The discussion centers on possible tax actions to curb inflation. A 10 percent personal and corporate tax rise was proposed as a temporary measure. Another idea involves changing the investment tax credit for machinery from 7 percent to a variable range of 4 to 15 percent.
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Nixon
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Warren
Burns
Laird
Hopeful with cerebral palsy wins Navy desk job pledge
Peter W. Wolcott, a 20 year old student from Florida with cerebral palsy, met Admiral Elmo Zumwalt at the Pentagon and secured a promise of a civilian desk position after graduation in 1975. Wolcott has pursued Navy service since hearing Zumwalt speak 18 months earlier, aided by Rep. Lou Frey.
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Washington
Peter W. Wolcott
Pentagon
Navy
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt
Welcott
Orlando
Fla
Chief of Naval Operations
Wolcott
Zumwalt
Florida Technological University
Naval Operations
Walcott
Watergate figure pleads innocent then guilty in six count case
Watergate figure pleaded innocent to a six count indictment but pleaded guilty January third days after the trial began. The Miamians known as the forgotten four say Hunt directed them to stay silent about the Watergate mission. Hunt faces a provisional 35 year maximum sentence and all are held at Danbury federal penitentiary.
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Fially
Hunt
Federal Penitentiary
Danbury
Conn
Flick Theater operator wins temporary restraining order
Curtis Castro of the Flick Theater at 2212 19th St gains a TRO against District Attorney Alton Griffin Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy Chief of Police J T Alley and Detectives F C Hargrave and Teddy Daniels. Hearing on permanent injunction set for Friday at 10 a m. Local authorities earlier confiscated a film during a crackdown.
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Lubbock
Justices of the Peace
William Shaver
140Th District Court
Curtis Castro
19Th St
Atty
Alton Griffin
Wayne LeCroy
J.T. Alley
F.C. Hargrave
Teddy Daniels
Castro
Shaver
Griffin
Paris
Fox Twin
Gatesville Six Face Adult Trials In State Reform Riots
Gatesville Texas AP report says District Attorney Bobby L. Cummings will ask Judge Byron L. McClellan to waive juvenile jurisdiction and bind six 17 year olds over to the grand jury on felony charges for involvement in two days of rioting at the state reform school. Six youths face charges for destroying state property.
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Gatesville. Tex
Gatesville
State Reform School
Dist
Bobby L. Cummings
Cummings
State Dist
Byron L. McClellan
McClellan
Texas
Gatesville School
Mountainview State School
Hilltop
James Turman
Texas Youth Council
U.S. Dist
William Wayne Justice
Tyler
Raiders Utes Open New Season At Tech Campus
Tech fans pack area for opening game as local restaurants extend hours and stock up on food. Motels near the Tech campus report solid bookings with many rooms held for football fans while police prepare for large crowds and traffic redirection around the stadium.
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Brittany
14Th St
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Burger King
University
Kentucky
Zuider Zee
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International House of Pancakes
McDonald's
19Th St
Pizza Hut
510 Ave
Avalanche- Journal
Tech
4Th St
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Ave. Q
Howard Johnson
Ave. A
Red Raider Inn
Imperial 400
910 Ave
B. G. Daniels
6Th
4Th
Canton
Memorial Circle
Commission weighs county executive title and budget powers
A proposed constitutional plan would replace county judge with a county executive as administrative head of the county, and shift judicial duties to a circuit court. Some urge keeping the title county judge. The commission backed a governor budget execution provision 29 to 0, balancing fund transfer powers.
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Commissioners Court
Eommission
Judiciary Committee
Honore Ligarde
Laredo
Beaumont
Bil Hartman
Banks Ordered To Justify Rate Rises Amid Inquiry
The House Banking Committee questions the 6.5 percent prime rate rise under the dual rate system adopted in April. The panel, led by Arthur Burns, subpoenas Wells Fargo and First National to explain the increases and demande data on consumer-type loans. Rep. Wright Patman seeks top executives to appear Monday for testimony.
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Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Wells Fargo
First National
New York
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