Valachi Dead Of Heart Attack At La Tuna Prison
El Paso AP reports Joseph Valachi 66, the mob informant who exposed Cosa Nostra in 1963 hearings, died of a heart attack at La Tuna Federal Correctional Institute where he was serving a life sentence for murder. A prison spokesman cited no prior illness and called the death sudden.
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Nixon to personally review Calley case at My Lai
President Nixon announced he will personally review the Calley case and make the final military decision after it passes normal appeal channels. Ehrlichman said the review adds more than legal issues and follows a Civil War precedent, with thousands urging clemency.
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Calif
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Willam L. Calley Jr
My Lai
White House
Calley Nixon
Ronald L. Iegler
John Ehrlichman
Ziegler
Ehrlichman
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Calley
Fhrlichman
Ft. Benning
Gilligan Squeeze Plays For City Money In Ohio Budget
Gov. John J. Gilligan presses Ohio cities to lobby for his 9.1 billion budget plan by promising funding in exchange for support. Mayors, led by Akron's Ballard, push for a share of any state income tax while fearing direct confrontation with the governor. The move signals a bargaining game where cities seek funds without strings, while Gilligan weights enhanced welfare education and mental health spending against municipal tax gains.
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Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
John Ballard
Ohio Municipal League
Ballard
Cincinnati
Cleveland Gun Spree Kills Officer in Police Station
An off duty policeman entered the Central Police Station communications center in Cleveland and opened fire. Patrolman Thomas Hakaim was killed, Sgt. Shelton Friedland critically wounded, and Patrolman Thomas McLaughlin surrendered after firing many shots. Police gathered statements as chaos spread through the building.
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Thomas F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Sebald Awards Finalists Highlight 10 Girls
The 10 girl finalists for this year’s Sebald Self Reliance Awards are announced today on page 6. Dr. Norman Borlaug leads the hunger battle as the No. 1 warrior with the Green Revolution. Page 37 notes the generation gap at Berkeley where seniors live beside university students, including hippies, on page 22.
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Norman Borlaug
Berkeley
Calif
Gromyko Seeks Soviet U S Friendly Ties
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko told the 28th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party that the Indochina war is the most dangerous conflict since World War I and urged serious negotiations with the United States. He urged Washington to back statements with concrete acts, cited US aggression in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, and asserted the Soviet Union has no territorial claims and seeks international understanding.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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United States
Gromyko
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Washington
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Israel
Louis Armstrong Improves in New York Hospital Health Update
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong showed significant improvement at a New York hospital on Saturday but remained critically ill with heart and breathing troubles. He was hospitalized on March 15 for a recurrent heart problem and edema, the swelling of body tissues caused by fluid buildup.
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New York
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
Mixed Sun and Cold Night Foretold
The forecast shows sunny skies with a high in the 50s despite a cool night dipping into the middle 20s. Monday will bring cloudiness but another high near 50s.
East Pakistan insurgency intensifies as West Pakistan clashes rise
Long insurgency unfolds as former East Pakistan security forces turn on Punjabis and Pathans backing Yahya Khan. Villagers flock to rebel bands, killings of West Pakistani merchants escalate, and Yahya's troops fire in multiple towns. Reports warn of inflated tolls, widespread civil disobedience, and a threatened economy after monsoon and cyclone damage. East Pakistanis organize hit-and-run resistance amid military camps and deteriorating transport and port activity.
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West Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Pakistan
Yahya
Calcut
Jessore
Calcutta
Dacca
Bengal
Chittagong
Toledo Bottle Drive Raises Funds for Boys Club Bus
In Toledo Ohio a three hour drive collected bottles at 63 elementary schools with about 5000 club members 43000 children and hundreds of adults taking part. Glass sold to Owens-Illinois Inc for smelting at its Charlotte Michigan plant to fund a Camp Big Silver bus for the Boys Club.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Automatic Social Security hikes proposed by council
A blue ribbon advisory council urged automatic adjustments to Social Security benefits to match rising living costs. It also urged higher minimums for low paid workers to avoid poverty, and extending Medicare to disabled recipients and prescription drugs. The panel called for automatic updates to the earnings taxable limit and base figures, raising the annual taxable maximum to $12,000 in 1974 from $7,800.
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