Fortas Ties to Greatamerica Scandal Reported
An Associated Press review links Abe Fortas to Greatamerica Corp, a holding firm for Braniff Airways, with Fortas as an officer and director in 1965 66. The piece notes Greatamerica funding Fortas lectures, connections to Las Vegas gambling figures, and disclosures of board roles and perjury indictments surrounding related figures.
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Jean Heller Washington
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Las Vegas
Bobby Baker
Greatamerica Corp
Fortas
American University
Greatamerica
Braniff Airways
Braniff
Paul A. Porter
Porter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Johnson
CAB
Houston
Associated Press
Carson City
Dennis Lyons
Lyons
Nold & Porter
Washington
Clifford A. Jones
Nevada
Thunderbird
Fortas Resigns Supreme Court Under Fire
Justice Abe Fortas announces resignation from the Supreme Court amid mounting criticism and impeachment pressure over a $20,000 fee accepted from Louis Wolfson's foundation. President Nixon accepts the resignation effective immediately asCalls for inquiry rise and Fortas explains returning the fee while denying influence with government officials.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Fortas
Family Foundation
Louis E. Wolfson
Nixon
Earl Warren
Wolfson
Fortas Law
Samuel Chase
Clark MacGregor
Rminn
House Judiciary Committee
MacGregor
Capitol Hill
Life Magazine
Man jumps to safety as crane tilts with slab
A Portland utility worker, R. J. Turnquist, tried to lift a concrete slab with a crane truck. The crane tipped and settled on its rear, forcing Turnquist to leap 12 feet to escape. Police said the main issue now is how to recover the crane and slab.
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R. J. Turnquist
Portland
Ore
Turnquist
Viet Cong Says Nixon Peace Plan Keeps Old Withdrawal Formula
The Viet Cong National Liberation Front in Paris rejected President Nixon eight point peace plan calling it a mere appearance of goodwill. It accused the United States of clinging to a mutual troop withdrawal formula and placing aggressor and victims on equal footing. No immediate comment came from the North Vietnamese delegation.
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Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Nixon
United States
NLF
Red Stronghold Hangs On After 3 Days Of Attacks
In South Vietnam, Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fought on Don Ap Via near the A Shau Valley as part of Operation Apache Snow. After three days, U.S. forces held the hill against North Vietnamese bunkers with about 125 NVA killed nationwide in the area. Far south near Saigon, 25th Division troops scouted bunkers of the 1st NVA Division with over 100 enemy killed and four U.S. soldiers killed or wounded in three days.
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101St Airborne Division
Don Ap Via
A Shau
Ing
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
Saigon
25Th Division
Pair Sought In Kidnapping Case in Cleveland Dragnet
FBI search described as a dragnet operation for Edward Lee Dull and Alvina Marie Spriggs who allegedly headed to Cleveland after a $10,000 ransom was paid for Baltimore social worker Anne Kathryn Jenkins. Jenkins, 22, is daughter of an Iowa banker.
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Cleveland, Ohio
FBI
Cleveland
Baltimore
Charles G. “Usick
Edward Lee Dull
Alvina Marie Spriggs
Anne Kathryn Jenkins
Towa
Weekend weather trend brings warmth and sun
Forecaster expects pleasant weather through the week with warmer nights and mostly sunny days. Lows tonight in the upper 50s to low 60s, high 80s Friday, and sunny Saturday and Sunday with small shower chances in the afternoon. Yesterday's high reached 72, morning low around 50.
Trainman Saves Ammo Train From Fire Near Palmdale
Charles M. Hastings, 47, a Southern Pacific foreman, uncoupled 40 mm ammo cars after a boxcar caught fire. Explosions continued for hours as crews moved sections away so locomotives could pull them clear. Evacuation ordered for 20 nearby homes.
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Palmdale
Calif
Charles M. Hastings
Hastings
Southern Pacific
Antelope Valley
Los Angeles
Dan Berrier
Red River
Defense
Tex
Port Chicago
Vietnam
Family Brawls Erupt Over Burial Flag at Marine’s Graveside
At a Springfield Ohio graveside service for Marine Pfc. Edward D. Martin a family fight over the flag led to charges against his brother Donald E. Martin 26 for desecration of the flag and assault and battery. The flag was given to the Marine’s father Leonard Martin who wrestled with Donald as the grandmother Mrs Mabel Martin was knocked down. The mother was not present and Donald sought to hand the flag to her.
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Springfield
Ohio
Edward D. Martin
Vietnam
Donald E. Martin
Leonard Martin
Mary Georgianna Logan Martin
Lakeland
Fla
Donald E. Meisner
Dayton
Leonard
Donald
Meisner
Donald Martin
Mabel Martin
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Nevada Tax Commission
Nevada Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Senate Democrats
Baker
California Savings and Loan
Helen Irving
Katherine Waldman
Gam
Texas
Texas Secretary of State
Austin
Red
Hue
da Nang
Uth Side
Ann Landers
Bridge
Heloise
Valley
Gi-Son
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