Many Cremated In Alameda Fire
Alameda Calif AP God knows how many were cremated Alameda Fire Chief Ernest Servente said as a Navy Corsair crashed into the Tahoe Apartments killing possible dozens. Eight bodies and part of a ninth recovered by Thursday with at least 24 hurt. Marines from Alameda Naval Air Station helped search while a Navy board opened an investigation. Lt. Robert Lee Ward, the pilot, remained unaccounted for.
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Alameda
Calif
Ernest Servente
Tahoe
Bay
San Francisco
Frank Reynolds
Edward Motta
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Alameda Naval Air Station
Navy
Robert Lee Ward
Cary
N.C
William D. Collins
Ward
Florida Shuts Prison Gates Due to Overcrowding
Florida prison system halts new admissions as 550 inmates lack beds and facilities run over capacity. Lake Butler reception center cells hold up to four inmates per 7 by 9 feet, with 1 035 inmates awaiting placement. Gov. Askew orders 1 200 new beds by July 1. Cape Kennedy 600 bed prison won't be ready for two years. 945 more inmates since January 1972. About 200 more wait in county jails. The Lake Butler site previously faced a food boycott over crowding.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Louie Wainwright
Florida
Wainwright
Lake Butler
Reubin Askew
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Emmett Roberts
Cape Kennedy
Roberts
Lake Butler Center
Jacksonville
Fire Marshal cites unsafe building for fire code
Montgomery officials say the Alabama fire marshal’s office is housed in a structure that fails local fire safety standards. Fire Prevention Bureau Chief Jack Adams calls it unsafe under present codes but notes a city clause that exempts post construction standards from immediate retrofit, limiting landlord obligations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Fire Marshal
Montgomery Fire Prevention Bureau
Jack Adams
Auxvasse Student Named To MBC Dean's Honor Roll
Area students on the MBC Hannibal-LaGrange Campus honor roll include John Samuel Hudnut of Auxvasse with a 3.733 GPA and mathematics major. Nancy Jean Hudnut and Helen Claudene McGuire also on the honorable mention list with 3.333 and 3.000 GPAs respectively.
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Auxvasse
John Samual Hudnut
John R. Hudnut
Missouri Baptist College
Hannibal-LaGrange
Hannibal
Nancy Jean Hudnut
John F. Hudnut
Helen Claudene McGuire
Ralph McGuire
Thompson
Air Force Discharges pilot for refusing to bomb North Vietnam
Capt. Michael J. Heck, a B52 pilot, received an other than honorable discharge at U Taphao Air Base after refusing to fly missions over Hanoi and Haiphong. He plans to appeal for a better discharge, citing his conscientious objector stance and past combat record. He has the Distinguished Flying Cross and multiple Air Medals, and will be discharged at Barksdale AFB.
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Saigon
Michael J. Heck
Air Force
North Vietnam
U Taphao
Thailand
Marvin Karpatkin
The
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Heck
307Th Strategic Wing
Donald Davis
Hanoi
Haiphong
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Senators Picked For Special Probe
Republican leaders said the Watergate probe will be fair and impartial after names were assigned to the seven member special committee. The panel includes Ervin as chair with Mansfield and Talmadge Montoya Inouye Gurney Weicker Baker, reflecting balanced yet noted concerns. Anheuser Busch reports record 1972 sales and earnings led by August Busch Jr with $977.5 million in net sales and $72 million in earnings.
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Washington
Hugh Scott
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Scott
Mike Mansfield
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate
Ervin
Mansfield
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Baker
Edward Gurney
Florida
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Democratic Party
Nixon
Pany
August A. Busch Jr
Busch
Anheuser-Busch
Woods Elected To College Board
Alan Woods, 27, assistant to Governor Bond, was elected to Park College board of trustees in Parkville Missouri. Woods, a Park College alumnus, previously served as press aide to Rep. Larry Winn Jr. and Rep. Robert Ellsworth and directed Bond’s campaign and led last fall’s fund raising drive for Park College.
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Kansas City
Alan Woods
Christopher S. Bond
Park College
Parkville
Woods
Larry Winn Jr
Mrs Douglas Seeks Assistant U.S. Attorney Post
Cathleen Douglas 29, wife of Justice William O Douglas, has applied for an assistant U.S. attorney job. A May American University Law School graduate, she passed the DC bar in December and was interviewed by Exec Asst. U.S. Atty. Henry F. Greene who said the process will be handled like any other without a concluded decision.
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Washington
Cathleen Douglas
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
U.S
Douglas
American University Law School
District of Columbia
U.S. Atty
Henry F. Greene
Italian directors push wave of Mafia films in Rome
Vittorio Siragusa and other Italian filmmakers respond to The Godfather craze with new projects including Kiss the Hand and screen versions aiming to show the Mafia from inside. Actors Rod Steiger Eva Aulin tip the scale with titles The Godmother The Godson Lucky Luciano and Alberto Anastasia. Siragusa, who tailed Luciano, criticizes The Godfather for glorifying crime.
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Rome
Vittorio Schiraldi
Mario Puzo
Schiraldi
Italy
Rod Steiger
Eva Aulin
Charles Siragusa
U.S
Lucky Luciano
the Godmother
Alberto Anastasia
Siragusa
Luciano
Steiger
Ilinois Crime Commission
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