General Will Be Quizzed On Bribes
Former one star general Earl F. Cole is recalled from retirement to answer bribery accusations tied to an international slot machine syndicate and protectors of PX and GI Club systems. Subcommittee testimony details alleged favors for Crum’s firms, hotel mischarges, and interventions affecting Crum, Jim Beam, Carlings, and Sarl Electronics in Vietnam.
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Washington
Post Exchange
Earl F. Cole
Abraham Ribicoff
Army
Cole
Army Air Force Exchange Service
Europe
Vietnam
Pxs
William J. Crum
U.S
U.S. Military Systems Command
Saigon
Hong Kong
Price and Co
Crum
Robert Ivey
Sarl Electronics
Jack Bybee
Vietnam Enterprises
Bybee
Carlings
Prince Charles Starts Hitch In Air Force
London AP Charles, Prince of Wales, begins five months of advanced flying training at RAF Cranwell after a misty start. He will serve without pay, officers mess bills go to Queen Elizabeth II, and he plans to fly small planes and later jets before a five year Royal Navy enlistment.
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London
Charles
Prince of Wales
Air Force
Windsor Castle
Lincolnshire
Royal Air Force College
Cranwell
Queen Elizabeth II
Royal Navy
Duke of Edinburgh
George VI
George V
Sergeants Enter Not Guilty Pleas in Vietnam Fraud Case
In Los Angeles Sgt Maj William D Wooldridge and four Army men pleaded innocent to conspiring to defraud noncommissioned officers clubs in Vietnam between 1965 and 1969. Defendants include M Sgt William Higdon Sgt J C William Bagby and two retired NCOs Narvaez Hatcher and Theodore Bass. A pretrial motions hearing was set for August 2 by U S District Court Judge Warren Ferguson. Wooldridge was once the Army's highest ranking enlisted man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William D. Wooldridge
Vietnam
William Higdon
J.C
William Bagby
Narvaez Hatcher
Theodore Bass
U.S. Dist
Warren Ferguson
Wooldridge
Pollution Meet at Missouri University in Columbia
A conference on pollution control in food and industry is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16 and 17, at the Memorial Union, University of Missouri Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Memorial Union
University of Missouri- Columbia
Invasion of Laos ripple affects Vietnamization plans
U S command says South Vietnamese Laos invasion delays Hanoi’s plans by about five months and could buy over a year for Vietnamization. Other items note Medina ordered to stand trial for My Lai killings and Agnew opposing North Vietnam invasion. Multiple global notes on ceasefires, defense strategy, and political shifts.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
Hanoi
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
My Lai
New Orleans
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
North Vietnam
Cambodia
FCC Orders Checkup On Drug Lyrics
The FCC issues a split decision demanding radio and TV executives know the records their DJs play, warning a station license could be jeopardized. The order cites songs and lyrics as examples and urges industry vigilance against drug-related content.
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FCC
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Spiro T. Agnew
Las Vegas
Agnew
Johnson
Eagleton and Church Attack AOA Budget Call
Senator Eagleton and Senator Church criticize the Nixon administration over aging policy. They announce hearings on the aging agency amid concerns about its effectiveness. Nixon requests 29.5 million dollars for the Administration on Aging, far below last year and far under the 105 million authorization.
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Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Frank Church
Didaho
Nixon
Congress
Shotgun Blasts Wound Klansman Near Kokomo Indiana
Paul A. Book 36 Kokomo No 3 man in Indiana Ku Klux Klan was wounded by two shotgun blasts while stopped on a highway near Kokomo just south of the Tipton County line. Deputy Cleo Scott said he was driven from Kokomo to Tipton to visit a relative when an auto shot him as he stepped from his car. He is in satisfactory condition at a Kokomo hospital with multiple birdshot wounds. Grand Dragon William M. Chaney confirmed the incident.
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Kokomo
Ind
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Paul A. Book
Eand Kiokard
KKK
Cleo Scott
Tipton County
Book
Indianapolis
William M. Chaney
Tipton
People's Peace Treaty push expands antiwar ballot plans
Antiwar activists led by Frank Greer of the National Student Association push a People’s Peace Treaty to appear on municipal ballots nationwide. The plan seeks immediate US troop withdrawal from Vietnam, a ceasefire, and prisoner releases, with volunteers coordinating campus to community campaigns.
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Washington
Frank Greer
National Student Association
Vietnam
New York
Greer
Young Americans For Freedom
YAF
Ron Docksai
St. Greer
University of Maryland
NSA
Setback for Alaska oil pipeline plan faces military critique
Defense Department and Army Corps of Engineers issue sharp comments questioning the pipeline project. They warn construction could be blocked despite Interior Department approval, and urge more specific environmental safeguards and alternative transport options for Alaska North Slope oil.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Alaska
Pentagon
Interior Department
Anchorage
Interior
Corps District Office
Arctic
Corps of Engineers
40 Chance Workers In New Class
More than 40 A. B. Chance Company employees enrolled in an 11 week blueprint reading course started in early March. Process Analyst Bob Jerman teaches. students come from Centralia Thompson Clark Sturgeon Paris Mexico Benton City Wellsville Clarence and include James Stevens Mary Ann Barnett Gail Hurd Rita Smith and others.
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Centralia
A. B. Chance Company
Bob Jerman
Chance Manufacturing Engineering Department
Jerman
Iindustrial Arts
Northeast Missouri State College
James Stevens
Steven Cook
Leroy Heston
William Walker
Ronald Boyer
Raymond Beard
Phil Crump
F. W. Pet
Arthur Rowe
James Parrish
Phyllis Barton
Rumiko Castleman
Bonnie Minor
Audrey Gossage
Mexico
E. B. Affolter
Robert Cagle
Mike Doedle
P. A. Cooley
John Reinard
Alan Paschal
Benton City
Jerry Kobysh
Wellsville
Fred Bohl Jr
Howard Smith
Clarence
Lyle Baker
Blasts Rock Two Federal Buildings in St Louis
Three explosions rocked federal buildings in St Louis causing extensive damage and sending 14 policemen and firefighters to hospitals for hearing tests and concussion checks. The first blast hit the federal records center on the south side at about 8 30 p.m. A second, larger blast hit a two story ROTC facility serving St Louis and Washington universities, about 20 minutes later, gutting the second floor. FBI leads the probe as fires burn and investigations continue.
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ST. Louis
Federal Records Center
Washington
Phil Pizzo
FBI
Air Force
Army
Agents Fish Grass From Ocean Waves
U S Customs agents recovered 680 pounds of marijuana valued at about 300000 after spotting six to eight foot rafts of the drug two miles off Miami Beach. Four adults in their 20s were charged with conspiracy to smuggle marijuana, with officials saying the shipment originated in Jamaica aboard the cruise ship MS Starward and was dumped at sea for collection by a small boat.
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Miami
U.S
Miami Beach
Michael Lowry
Wynn Dwyer
Linda Packwood
Carolyn Brunstrum
Jamaica
M.S. Starward
We All Are Born Crying By HAL BOYLE
HAL BOYLE notes that birth and middle age share a common tone of struggle and fear. He argues middle age offers benefits such as longer duration from 50 to 65, more variety, fewer injuries from walls, easier mornings, and greater freedom to pursue preferred activities while maintaining gratitude for life.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Farber Cemetery Board approves perpetual care plan
Farber Cemetery Association okays a perpetual care program requiring full lots with eight spaces and $200 in the endowment or partial lots with up to four spaces and $100 in the fund to obtain a $3 perpetual care marker. L.G. Haynie named caretaker. Card party set for March 13 at the Farber Community Center with sandwiches and pie. April 24 event planned. Attendees included Ralph Hull and other association officers.
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Farber
Farber Cemetery Association
Ralph Hull
Farber Community Center
Calvin Hull
Howard Brandon
Melvin Callen
Jim Goodin
Vince Kampeter
George Carlson
Sterling Holbrook Sr
al Herman
Hull
Witnesses’ circuit assembly in Mexico highlights 47 baptisms
Floyd F. Garrett of Jehovah’s Witnesses preached at the Mexico High School Auditorium, addressing 1227 attendees about the spirit of rebellion. He linked it to modern life and said God’s Kingdom will bring peace. The weekend event drew ministers from sixteen Missouri congregations, including Mexico, with 47 new ministers baptized Saturday.
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Floyd F. Garrett
Jehovah's Witnesses
Midwest
Mexico High School
Garrett
Jesus Christ
Missouri
Mexico
Youth Review Board Meets At Library
The Young Adult Review Board of the Mexico Audrain County Library met at the Mexico library Saturday. Members discussed books read and analyzed The Partridge Family Album record, and the film Phoebe was shown scored and reviewed. Attending were Melanie Boicourt Martha Hawthorne Caryn Cline Patrick Van Horn Hank Burk Jim Edmonston Jerry Best Bob Gilmore Nellie Kidd Ramona Maxowell Janie Middleton Jean Becker Debbie Hooke David Isgrig Robert Boyes Larry Popp and Mrs C T Lierheimer, Review Board Director.
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Young Adult Review Board
Mexico-Audrain County
Mexico Library
Phoebe
Melanie Boicourt
Martha Hawthorne
Caryn Cline
Patrick van Horn
Hank Burk
Jim Edmonston
Jerry Best
Bob Gilmore
Nellie Kidd
Ramona Maxowell
Janie Middleton
Jean Becker
Debbie Hooke
David Isgrig
Robert Boyes
Larry Popp
C. T. Lierheimer
Cancer Society reports record 65 million in 1970 gifts
The American Cancer Society announced a record total of $65,264,696 in contributions during 1970. Funds supported programs including 223 clinical fellowships for cancer research in medicine and dentistry and 200,000 distinct education programs.
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New York
American Cancer Society
ACS
Three Whites To Prison For School Riot
DILLON South Carolina AP three white men begin serving prison terms March 22 for taking part in a riot that overturned two school buses at the newly integrated Lamor school complex. Sentences ranged from 12 to 18 months with fines and probation. jurors convicted them last month.
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Dillon
S.C
Lamor
Darlington County
Wade Weatherford
Delmer Kirven
Lamar
Kirven
James Marsh
Weatherford
Prenatal Class To Tour Audrain Medical Center
The final prenatal class of the series will tour Audrain Medical Center Obstetrical Floor led by Miss Caroline Davis R N director of nursing. Attendees meet in the hospital dining room on the first floor east of the Emergency Room entrance. After the tour Mrs Elsie Chi hospital dietician will discuss nutritional needs of the expectant mother.
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Audrain Medical Center
Caroline Davis
R.N
Elsie Chi
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