Symington Marries Widow in New Canaan Affair
Former Missouri Senator Stuart Symington aged 77 has wed Anne Hemingway Watson, widow of a IBM founder's grandson. The union follows Symington's retirement from the Senate in 1976 after four terms, with the couple meeting in California during visits alongside Bob Hope.
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New Canaan
Conn
Missouri
Stuart Symington
IBM
Symington
Senate
Anne Hlemingway Watson
California
Bob Hope
Callas deathbed sold at auction in Paris
In Paris AP reports Maria Callas died on a bed in Giovanni Battista Meneghini's home. Meneghini, 82, bought the century old bed at auction for 1520 dollars amid controversy. The Italian couple’s stormy marriage featured frequent quarrels as the diva’s life ended in the same room.
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Paris
Maria Callas
Giovanni Battista’ Meneghini
Meneghini Rom
Meneghini
Maria
Grenade Killings Target Guatemala Police Transport
A hand grenade fired from a speeding car into a military transport killed 17 military policemen and wounded seven others near a water distribution plant in Guatemala City. An army spokesman said guerrillas of the Army of the Poor were blamed. exact bus occupancy was unclear.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Girl scalped in mower mishap in Shreveport
A seven year old girl sustained scalp loss after her hair became entangled in a power mower driven by her brother. She underwent seven hours of surgery to reattach the scalp and remained in serious condition with a possible skull fracture at Schumpert Medical Center.
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Shreveport
Katherine Evans
Schumpert Medical Center
Haldeman to be paroled on December release
Haldeman, once Nixon's top aide, will be paroled December 20 after serving 18 months of a four year sentence for perjury and obstruction in the Watergate coverup. The Parole Commission set the date citing good behavior at the minimum security facility near Los Angeles.
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Lompoc
Calif
Haldeman
Richard Nixon
U.S
Parole Commission
Nixon
Los Angeles
House votes to shun pay hike and cut congressional budget
The House approved measures to forego the next cost of living raise for all high federal officials and to cut the congressional budget by up to 5 percent across the board. The 220 to 168 vote signals intent to curb spending following the California Proposition 13 tax revolt, with Senate action required to reconcile differences. Individual cuts would be determined by the House Administration Committee, aiming to trim roughly $45 million from a nearly $1 billion fiscal 1979 package covering the House Senate and related agencies.
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House
Senate
Congress
California
House- Senate
Appropriations Committee
White House
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
Silvio Conte
Rmass
Departments of State, Commerce
Health, Education and Welfare
Conte
Botanic Garden
Welfare fraud suspect to face hearing in July
Barbara Jean Williams 33 of Ladera Heights surrendered on 10 counts of welfare fraud and 13 perjury charges alleging she claimed 47 dependents to obtain roughly 239,000 in benefits from eight identities at eight offices. A July 10 preliminary hearing was set by Municipal Court Commissioner Hugo Hill.
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Compton
Calif
Los Angeles County
Barbara Jean Williams
Ladera Heights
Hugo Hill
Otis
Linda Taylor
Chicago
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