Huey Long Revisited Assassination Plot Probe
Federal investigators pursue a possible plan to kill Gov elect Edwin Edwards after arresting 22 year old Robert Harvey Blanton at Ryan Airport. A pistol silencer and a telescopic sight were found with Edwards name and a car description, plus bond stock and contraband. U S Attorney says evidence is not yet conclusive. Huey Long’s 1935 assassination cited as historical parallel.
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Robert Harvey Blanton
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Edwards
Joseph Delpit
Baton Rouge
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Frustration and Race Tensions Tied to Principal's Death
Paul L. Cabell Jr., 26, Beecher High School assistant principal in Flint Michigan, committed suicide after writing letters urging students to address racial conflict. He stated he would not march alone and that his death should push minority students and whites to work together for equality. He described clashes between white and black students and noted his wife’s attempt to persuade him to resign.
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Flint, Mich
Paul L. Cabell Jr
Carlotta Cabell
Cabell
Beecher High School
Beecher
Bulldozers Begin Final Buffalo Creek Search Effort
Army of bulldozers and heavy machinery move into Buffalo Creek Hollow for the final search phase after the flood that wiped out 16 coal communities. 108 deaths reported with 60 missing. 4,000 homeless as HUD reports 650 of 900 families seek mobile home housing aid.
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Man
W. Va
Buffalo Creek Hollow
National Guard
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Man High School
Ohio Pay Board Rejects Retroactive 10.6% Raises
Ohio officials meet with Gov. Gilligan after the Pay Board rejects retroactive 10.6 percent pay hikes for 56,000 state workers. The board offers two options: a 7 percent retroactive raise to Nov. 14 or full 10.6 percent effective March 1, with action potentially needed by the legislature and appeals open to the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
Federal
General Assembly
Nixon
Bob Tenenbaum
Gilligan
Tenenbaum
Pay Board
U.S. Circuit Court
Ohio State
Labor
Paul Corey
Weather Update Except For Snow Flurries Tonight
Showers end tonight with a drop in temperatures into the mid 30s. Wednesday brings mainly cloudy skies, strong winds and a much colder air mass with a chance of snow flurries. high near 38. Yesterday reached 46 with a 49 overnight low.
Modernization Spending Up As Economy Strengthens
The Commerce Department and Council of Economic Advisers estimate a 10.5 percent rise in 1972 spending on plant and equipment, stronger than a prior 9 percent forecast. Major gains are forecast for durable goods makers about 14 percent and airlines up 28 percent, with utilities and railroads also higher.
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Council of Economic Advisers
The
Harold C. Passer
Commerce
Morphine Seizure at Menton Border Opens Major Drug Case
French customs uncover 321 pounds of morphine hidden under a car seat from Istanbul at the Menton border post on the Italian frontier. Two Turks are arrested, one with a diplomatic passport, as investigators value the potential heroin yield at 36.5 million dollars in the United States.
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Nice
Riviera
Istanbul
Sunda
Menton
Middle East
Ibrahim Skier
Marseille
United States
Flooded West Virginian to quit coal country
Rufus Brooks, a 52-year-old former coal miner from Riley in Buffalo Creek Hollow, says the February flood destroyed his home and he will not return. He blames strip mining for landslides, considers moving to Ohio, and fears trouble obtaining insurance after the disaster.
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W. Va
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Kelly Mountain
Rufus Brooks
Logan County
Buffalo Creek
Brooks
Amherstdale
Jennie
National
West Virginia
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