Laborer sought in boy’s Missouri River killing
Omaha police hunted a 30-year-old Mexican laborer identified as Robert Julian Jacobs for the first degree murder of Allen Dale Schmidt and the kidnapping and stabbing of his 10-year-old brother Leslie. The boys, who sold candy near Bancroft Junior High, were lured into a car and attacked. Allen was found near the Missouri River bridge with 20 stab wounds. Leslie survived after giving vital details to investigators.
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Leslie
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Donald L. Knowles
Robert Julian Jacobs
Anthony Ruiz
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Knowles
Bob
Leslie Schmidt
Missouri River
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James Perry
St. Joseph Hospital
Bancroft
Allen
Blaine Roffman
Emil Slama
Slama
Loyal Schmidt
Grace Bible Institute
Bomb error kills 18 South Vietnamese troops near Saigon
An American fighter bomber accidentally hit a South Vietnamese position about 60 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. Eighteen South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and seven paratroopers were seriously wounded in the Monday raid. The U S Air Force A37 jet dropped two 500 pound bombs on an assigned target near the government paratroop base at Thien Ngon, Route 22, Tay Ninh Province. A preliminary investigation says the target was marked by an American forward air controller and cleared by the South Vietnamese ground commander.
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Saigon
U.S
Thien Ngon
Tay Ninh
World Series celebration leaves 128 injured in Pittsburgh
Pittsburghs victory parade drew about 100000 celebrants and prompted hospital care for 128 people. In Ottawa Kosygin escaped injury as security tightened amid planned demonstrations and Kahane was deported. Agnew visited Gargalianos homecoming amid emotional scenes. The House backed a more liberal school lunch program and USDA rescinded belt tightening. A US fighter bomber accidentally killed 18 South Vietnamese near the Cambodian border.
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Ottawa
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Meir Kahane
Canada
Kremlin
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House
Agricultural Department
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Chance 3rd Quarter Sales and Earnings Rise Cited
A. B. Chance Company reports Q3 sales of 18.6 million and net earnings of 699 thousand or 44 cents a share on 1.58 million shares. Nine month totals reach 56.9 million in sales and 2.31 million in net. President Toulson calls the year uneven but expects growth and improving market in 1972. He notes utilities focus on new generating plants delaying transmission and distribution expansion, with a shift anticipated next year around Q2.
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Centralia
A. B. Chance Company
Nathan A. Toulson
Mrs Nixon to accompany President on Soviet Union and China trips
Mrs Richard Nixon confirmed she will travel with the President on his trips to the Soviet Union and China. She previously joined him on the 1959 trip to the Soviet Union and said she will accompany him to mainland China, with the China visit planned before May.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Memoirs Show LBJ Lady Bird Clash Over 1964 Run
New York AP report notes Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird dispute whether she urged a 1964 run. Johnson cites a May 14 memorandum Mrs Johnson gave him. she says she drafted an August 1964 note urging him to step out then later reversed after the Democratic convention. Johnson also discusses backing Robert F. Kennedy for Senate.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird
New York Times
Johnson
White House
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
Atlantic City
N J
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Nervous hijacker surrenders after BC flight scare
Vancouver bound Boeing 737 hijack ended with RCMP capture after the pilotless steps and a return to Vancouver. The hijacker Del Lavon Thomas, 28, faced air piracy charges filed in Anchorage. Stewardess Nancy Davis described the man as frightened and nervous about jail.
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Vancouver
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alaska
Nancy Davis
Seattle
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Vancouver International
del Lavon ‘Thomas
Anchorage
Mayor Calls It Overexuberant Jubilant World Series Celebration
City leaders describe the Pirates Orioles World Series win celebration as overexuberant after a 2 1 seventh game rally in Baltimore. About 100000 people roamed downtown causing 128 hospital visits and 98 arrests. Reports of rapes and assaults were labeled fabrications by Police Supt. Colville amid a night of wild cheering and property damage in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Robert EB. Colville
Peter Flaherty
Colville
Pittsburgh Pirates
Orioles
Baltimore
Eads Bridge to be named National Historic Landmark
The 97 year old Eads Bridge spanning the Mississippi at St. Louis will be dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Thursday. The ceremony honors the bridge's enduring role in river traffic and regional development.
Man rescued after 50 foot fall traps in Missouri cave
Larry Box, 22, Mount Vernon, fell about 50 feet in a cave near Greenfield, Mo. He was unconscious when rescued after nearly seven hours. Jim Turk, 24, found him and revived him, and Steve Brecht, 19, went for help. Authorities cited an overhanging ledge as hindering rescue attempts.
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Greenfield, Mo
Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Larry Box
Greenfield
Steve Brecht
Jim Turk
Box
Turk
Bennetts Divorce Grants Wife Home After Alimony Award
In Hackensack New Jersey a Superior Court divorce settlement awards Patricia Bennett 39 a $92,500 annual alimony and transfers the couple's $150,000 home to her. Tony Bennett faced the split as part of the agreement reached Monday in court.
Deadline On New Bumpers Stays In '73
Washington AP Auto makers win a one year delay for some small cars but most still face the Sept 1 1973 deadline for stronger bumpers. Volpe denied further delays and extended Sept 1 1974 only for convertibles two seatless cars and hardtops with no B pillar. Estimates show exemptions cover Camaro Corvette GTO Mustang and related models.
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Washington
Transportation Department
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Ford
1971 bumper requirements for U.S. cars described
The article lists cars including Chrysler's Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda and notes foreign makes like Toyota Crown and Corona Opel GT and Cuple Jaguar. It states a Sept 1 1972 deadline for front bumpers with five mph impact and rear bumpers for 2.5 mph. the 1973 deadline raises rear bumper requirement to five mph.
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Chrysler
Herbert Seeks Army Cleanup From Outside
Lt Col Anthony Herbert says he will seek political routes to reform the Army after accusing two superiors of covering up alleged Vietnam war crimes. He plans to retire in February and says he will present his views to the American people and pursue reform through Congress, votes, and university discussions.
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Congress
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