Mickey Cohen Out Today At Springfield
Mickey Cohen 57, once a Los Angeles gambling kingpin, was to be released today from the U S Medical Center in Springfield Missouri after serving part of a 15 year sentence for 1961 tax evasion. He received 1800 days off for good behavior and has persistent disability from 1963 injuries. Cohen walked with a cane and had a history of arrests for murder and related violence. He previously faced parole denials in 1966 and 1962 and recalled a heyday in the late 1940s to early 1960s with sensational spending and threats, including a 1950 fuse bomb at his guarded home.
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Springfield
Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
Kelanger Senate Crime Committee
U.S. Medical Center
Cohen
P.J. Ciccone
U.S
Atlanta
Ciccone
Federal Parole Board
Kansas City
William H. Becker
Senate
Field Rounds Out For First Voting In '72 Sweepstakes
The 1972 presidential field tightens as Nixon prepares to seek New Hampshire entry while Muskie and Ashbrook file nominating petitions. McGovern Hartke Yorty and Humphrey Jackson Chisholm campaign in Florida and Illinois delegates plan emerge. Wallace teases possible Florida bid as UAW endorses Muskie.
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Associated Press
Nixon
New Hampshire
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Wayne Dwinnell
Dwinnell
Edmund Muskie
John Ashbrook
Maine
Ohio
Ashbrook
Paul McCloskey
California
Pat Paulsen
Muskie
George McGovern
South Dakota
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
McGovern
Chi
Cago
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Ilinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Florida
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Washington, D.C
John V. Lindsay
U.S
Southeast Asia
Alabama
George Wallace
Bomb threats target banks in three cities in activist campaign
Anonymous letters warned of delayed action bombs planted in safe deposit boxes in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco as part of a plan to free political prisoners. Letters with Chicago postmarks were sent to newspapers and a radio station, naming bank locations and box numbers for future action.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Amerika
India Upgrades Hanoi Status and Shifts ICC Balance
India establishes full diplomatic ties with Hanoi with an embassy, while Saigon retains only a consulate general. South Vietnam warns the move harms neutrality and ICC chairmanship, fearing broader shifts as other nations boost ties with North Vietnam. India may tilt its stance closer to Poland on ICC votes. Debate over implications grows as Sweden and Switzerland upgrade to embassy level with North Vietnam.
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New Delhi
India
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
International Control Commission
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
ICC
Canada
Poland
Indochina
Sweden
Switzerland
U.S
North Korea
East Germany
US Fears Viet Offensive During Nixon China Trip
Saigon AP report details a belated loss of a 12th American plane in Laos and North Vietnam, a UH1 helicopter shot down in the central highlands, and two American gunship fire incidents. U S B 52 strikes continued against North Vietnamese buildup as officials fear an offensive to threaten President Nixon during his China visit.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Okinawa
Saigon
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Kontum
Mekong Delta
Bers
China
Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Washington
Peking
Paris
William J. Porter
Indochina
Armed Thp Loot Motel In Little Rock
Three armed men robbed the Coachmen's Inn in Little Rock near midnight. They reportedly took between 5000 and 10000 dollars from the motel safe and robbed guests, with one guest losing about 1000 dollars. Two Oklahoma men, Robert Lawler 39 and Donald Friend 36, are in custody to be charged with armed robbery. a third man is at large, possibly wounded.
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Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma
Rober Lawler
McAlester
Okla
Donald Friend
Muskogee
H. G. Davis
Wilson Day
Day
Ford Forecasts $750 Car Price Rise by 1976
DETROIT AP Henry Ford II says new government rules on safety emissions and crash resistance will raise the price of a new car by about $750 within the next two years, pushing costs up for buyers and manufacturers alike.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Hugh Downs to Join ASU Faculty February First
ASU officials announce Hugh Downs former Today show host will join Arizona State University as faculty beginning February 1, adding a high profile media figure to the university’s communications program in Tempe.
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Tempe
Dariz
Arizona State University
Hugh Downs
Hilton Hotel Evacuates 210 as Fire Strikes Top Floor
Downtown Indianapolis Hilton Hotel evacuated more than 200 guests at daybreak after a fire erupted in a top floor restaurant. Firefighters contained the blaze to the 20th floor dining area within an hour. no injuries were reported. Fire prevention chief Don Bollinger noted 210 occupants in the 42 room hotel and said operators alerted all guests.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Indianapolis Hilton
Don Bollinger
Indianapolis
Bollinger
Justifiable homicide verdict in Goodman case
A Clay County Circuit Court jury acquitted Eliza beth Ruane Goodman of murdering her husband Michael Lynn Goodman last July. She testified he beat her and threatened to take their 18 month old child and sell him, and defense attorney Robert Duncan argued the shooting was justifiable homicide.
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Kansas City
Clay County
Elizabeth Ruane Goodman
Kennedy Tops ADA Ratings Among Possible Presidential Candidates
ADA gave Edward Kennedy a 100 percent rating, the highest among announced or mentioned presidential hopefuls. George McGovern followed at 98 percent, Hubert Humphrey at 89, and Edmund Muskie at 85, all Democrats, reflecting liberal support from the Americans for Democratic Action.
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Washington
Edward Kennedy
Americans For Democratic Action
Massachusetts
ADA
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Video Tape in Brief Joint Marital Therapy Article
Clinical psychologist Sheldon Silk of Hast Central Missouri Mental Health Center notes his forthcoming American Journal of Psychotherapy article on using video tape in marital counseling. The work argues a shift from traditional methods plus helps couples view interactions objectively. Other staff members are Ray Morgan, Tom Wells, and Jack Viar with recent or pending publications.
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Sheldon Silk
Hast Central
American Journal of Psychotherapy
Mr. Silk
Mental Health Center
Ray Morgan
Tom Wells
Bulletin of Suicidology
Jack Viar
Journal of Hospital and Community Psychiatry
Airman DeChamplain Begins 15-Year Flight To Leavenworth
Andersen Air Force Base Guam reports Air Force M. Sgt. Raymond G. DeChamplain, convicted in November of passing classified documents to a foreign agent, has left Guam to start a 15 year federal prison term at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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Fulton
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Donald Crisp
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Nigel Bruce
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