Wallace Campaign Surpasses Million-Dollar Raising Pace
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace has raised and spent over 1 million dollars this year in early presidential effort. Most funds come from small gifts under 100 dollars as Wallace builds donor lists and expands his campaign operations. Other Democrats and Republicans also field early committees as Wallace leads in fundraising while debates on public financing loom.
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Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
White House
Wallace
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Eugene J. McCarthy
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Henry M. Jackson
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Gerald R. Ford
Bentsen
MacCarthy
Committee
William Clay Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Detroit Lions
Ford
Barry Goldwater
George McGovern
Congress
Judge Blocks Removal Of Nixon Tapes
A federal judge blocked White House officials from relinquishing Watergate tapes subpoenaed by the Democratic National Committee and an official. U.S. District Judge John H. Pratt ordered the tapes stay in White House custody to prevent transfer to Nixon at his San Clemente estate. The subpoenas, issued Aug. 23, seek material for damage suits over 1972 committee headquarters bugging.
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Washington
White House
Democratic National Committee
U.S
John H. Pratt
Committee
R. Spencer Oliver
Richard M. Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Tom
California
Oliver
Joseph H. Koonz
Pratt
Justice Department
Philip W. Buchen
Buchen
James W. McCord Jr
Dynamite Didn't Solve Income Tax Problems
Victor Lester, a 57 year old California plastics firm owner, brought dynamite and held IRS agent Eugene Neri hostage in Stockton. After hours of negotiation with FBI and police, Lester surrendered and was arraigned on a federal assault charge. Officials said the dynamite had no detonator.
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Stockton, Calif
Victor Lester
Rawhide Flats
Calif
Internal Revenue Service
Eugene Neri
Stockton
IRS
FBI
Robert Anderson
Lester
Frank Krowitt
San Francisco
Les
Ter
Federal
James Stanley
Sonora
Sacramento
Cliff Harriman
Harriman
Neri
Laos To Free Last Known American POW
Emmet J. Kay of Hawaii, the last American prisoner of war, will be freed next Thursday as part of a general Laos prisoner exchange. He was captured May 7, 1973, while piloting for Continental Air Services and held at Sam Neua. Kay is to be flown to Phonesa van before U.S. handover to the embassy in Vientiane and airlifted to a U.S. base in Thailand for transport to Guam or Hawaii. His wife and two children await his reunion, with U.S. officials noting ongoing MIAs and unrecovered remains in Indochina.
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Laos
Emmet J. Kay
Hawaii
Pathet Lao
Kay
Continental Air Services
Sam Neua
Phonesavan
Plain of Jars
United States
U.S
Thailand
Guam
Indochina
Vietnam
Honolulu
Doctor’s Extradition Bid Ties Mississippi to Missouri Homicide
Dunklin County officials said Missouri Governor Bond may be asked to request Mississippi recall of former husband Dr Norman Garrison Jr. in the murder of Lee Ann Garrison, 32, found dead in Kennett. Garrison faces first degree murder charges. he is free on a $10,000 bond after federal arrest for unlawful flight. Hopkins argued witnesses will place him near his residence the day of the killing. The Garrisons were divorced in June amid alimony and custody disputes. three children live with the father in Corinth.
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Kennett
Missouri
Christopher Bond
Dunklin County
Norman Garrison Jr
Corinth
Miss
Lee Ann Garrison
Charles Baker
Bond
Mississippi
Garrison
John Hopkins
U.S
William P. Dodson
Hopkins
FBI
St. Louis
Dr. Garrison
Dunklin Court
Troops Take Control in Mozambique
In Lourenco Marques Portuguese troops moved to restore order as looting continued in the slums. Hundreds of soldiers were flown in, city blocks sealed, and casualties rose with 21 dead at Miguel Bombarda Hospital and 29 bodies received since Tuesday. Local blacks celebrated the end of the rebellion amid renewed unrest targeting small Portuguese and Asian shops.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Miguel Bombarda Hospital
Frelimo
Chenault Convicted in King Sr. and Deacon Murders
Marcus Wayne Chenault, 23, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury in Atlanta of the June murders of Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and a church deacon. The trial focused on insanity versus criminal responsibility as prosecutors seek the death penalty while defense argues mental illness.
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Atlanta
Marcus Wayne Chenault
Martin Luther King Sr
Chenault
Dayton
Ohio
Randy Bacote
Bacote
Lewis Slaton
Ohio State University
Jones
Deadline Looms for 1975 Service Academy Nominations
Congressman Bill Hungate warns 9th District youths of the Sept 20 deadline for U S Service Academy nominations for classes entering 1975. Eligible applicants must be male U S citizens, unmarried, 17 to 20, with women allowed to apply for the Merchant Marine Academy nomination. Inquiries go to Hungate's D C office for details.
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Washington, D.C
Bill Hungate
U.S. Service Academy
Hungate
William L. Hungate
Rayburn House
U.S
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Reagan Urges Welfare Reform Campaign Speech in St Louis
In St Louis Reagan urged nationwide welfare reform and cuts in federal bureaucracy to curb inflation. Speaking at a dinner for Thomas Curtis, he backed Ford’s bid to trim about 50 billion from the budget and favored tightening welfare eligibility, phasing out foreign aid, income tax indexing, and a 10 percent federal staff cut by attrition. He also endorsed Ford’s Nixon pardon.
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ST. Louis
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Thomas Curtis
Gerald Ford
Congress
Ford
Richard Nixon
Students Demonstrate at University of Missouri Columbia
About 300 students from MU Lincoln University and Florissant Valley Junior College joined a peaceful protest in Columbia to press for black student improvements. The march from Rothwell Gym to the administration building included calls for more black faculty and students and better treatment of the campus union.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri-Columbia
Lincoln University
Florissant Valley Junior College
Rothwell Gymnasium
Legion of Black Collegians
C. Brice Ratchford
LBC
Elsberry Banker Sentenced for Fraud and Falsifying Records
Robert Bevans, former Bank of Lincoln County vice president from Elsberry Missouri, received five years in prison and a $6000 fine after being convicted of misapplying bank funds and making false entries to cover $54,000 in checks from a construction firm that bought subdivision lots Bevans owned. The sentencing took place Wednesday in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Elsberry
Robert Bevans
Bank of
Lincoln County
Bevans
Boone and Callaway Adopt Joint Medical Examiner System
Boone County Coroner Dr. George Gammel will serve as medical examiner for both Boone and Callaway counties under a shared system. Callaway to cover 24 percent of costs. Gammel to resign as coroner October 1 to enable transition. plan approved in August primary. office to be in Columbia.
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Columbia, Mo
Boone and Callaway
Boone County
George Gammel
Callaway
Gammel
Columbia
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