IRS Reveals Flaky Tipster Network Behind Tax Probes
A congressional review details IRS informant programs including Leprechaun and TRS, exposing informants who spied on officials in Miami and on each other. Officials describe tipsters as unsuitable for gathering tax data, with agents sometimes managing and even using double agents.
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Miami
TRS
IRS
John Tarrison
Harrison
Justice Department
Npt
Warren Bates
House
Ways and Means Committee
Princess Anne Talks Only About Horses at New England Meeting
In Ramilt on Massachusetts England's Princess Anne and Capt Mark Phillips met reporters with tape recorders notebooks and cameras banned They refused to answer questions on topics beyond Ledyard Farms horses The princess complained about press misrepresentation while her husband commented that both want to win the U S Open riding competition with no overt rivalry between them
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Ramilton
Mass
England
Princess Anne
Mark Phillips
Ledyard Farms
Anne
New England
Abe
First Class For American Communists Arrives in Chicago
In Chicago the Communist Party U S A checks into the Ambassador West in the Gold Coast for its 21st national convention. General Secretary Gus Hall says members are very comfortable as hundreds mingle amid plush carpets and ornate halls of the elegant hotel. The party just returned from Ja- m.
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Chicago
Gus Hall
Communist Party
U.S.A
Ambassador West
Gold Coast
Maria
Ambassador East
Hall
U.S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Ford
Pentagon
Party
Socialist Party
America
Minister Is death by own action Under Cement Truck
A Kansas Methodist minister Rev. Glen E. Thompson 47 checked into an Olathe hospital for mental low mood and crawled under a cement truck, dying in what authorities call a suicide. He had moved from Topeka to Mission after a district superintendent appointment and left a wife Rosanna and two sons.
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Olathe, Kan
Kansas Methodist
Olathe
Glen E. Thompson
Topeka
Mission
Kan
Kansas City
United Methodist Conference
Clyde Martin
Thompson
Martin
Mid-Continent
Buchanan and
Santa Fe
Minister Craw
United Methodist
Johnson
Wyandotte
Atchison
Leavenworth
Countryside United Methodist Church
Rosanna
Stephen
Philip
Such Teachers Could Get Jobless Pay
Washington AP reports that substitute teachers may qualify for unemployment benefits if they meet state requirements, though the summer period is generally excluded by a 1969 appropriation. Fulltime laid off teachers may also be eligible, while a June 13 bill ended benefits between terms for contracted teachers. NEA officials note eligibility where contracts are delayed or not signed due to budget issues.
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Washington
Labor Department
Manpower Administration
Congress
Ford
National Education Association
NEA
Senators Take 10 Day Holiday
The Senate departs for a July Fourth break as New Hampshire’s closely watched election contest between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin remains unresolved. A July 7 resumption, July 8 vote on limiting debate, and a $7.67 billion education appropriation fill the agenda as Republicans push to revert the contest to New Hampshire for a runoff.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Prohibition Party Plans 76 Campaign in Denver Suburbs
The Prohibition party, seeking broader appeal beyond liquor issues, met in a Denver area convention with 100 delegates from 19 states. Ben C. Bubar Jr. leads presidential hopefuls, Earl F. Dodge runs as VP nominee, and a platform opposes abortion on demand and forced busing while backing free enterprise and a volunteer army. The group aims to shed humorless image and attract conservatives, urging elimination of the liquor industry as a root of social ills.
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Wheat Ridge
Denver
Dodge
Ben C. Bubar Jr
China
Maine
Bubar
Christian Civic League of Maine
Baptist Convention of Maine
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Fabian Forte and Kathleen Separate After Nine Years
Los Angeles reports actor Fabian Forte and wife Kathleen have separated in an amicable split after nine years of marriage. Forte, once a teen idol, left singing for acting and returned to music in 1973 while recovering from vocal cord surgery to remove growths.
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Los Angeles
Fabian Forte
Kathleen
Fabian
Portuguese seamstress laments post revolution hopes unmet
In Lisbon, 14 months after Portugal's upheaval, Maria de Lourdes Morais still earns 60 cents an hour and rents a dark room, while employers flee and new officials' spouses replace the old rich clientele. Workers face inflation, scarce prospects, and selective gains as leaders push priorities beyond daily wages.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Maria de Lourdes Morais
Carlos Marques
Armed Forces
Dog license in shape of hydrant sparks praise and protest
Hartford Connecticut AP reports a state canine license molded as a small fire hydrant draws congratulations to the Canine Control Office while women liberationists criticize the design as symbolizing only male dogs.
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Hartford, Conn
State
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