Robert Menzies Dies at 83 in Melbourne
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies Australia’s longest serving prime minister dies at home aged 83 in retirement since 1966. Leader from 1949 to 1966 he shaped postwar Australia and led wartime coalition from 1939. Survived by wife Dame Pattie and one son. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser calls his passing a national mourning.
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Woman held on kidnap charge after store incident
In Boston a 19 year old woman, Carol Hooker, claimed she could not have children and was arrested on kidnapping charges after taking three year old Domingo Orande Guiton from a downtown department store. Domingo and his mother Norvella were reunited Sunday after police traced him to the suspect.
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Testicle transplant may yield world’s first success story
A 31-year-old Sacramento man who received a twin brother's testicle is producing sperm enough to father a child. Doctors say the eight-hour operation at St Luke's West Hospital could be the first successful testicle transplant. Terry Twomey initially refused but later agreed to help his brother Tim.
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Kennedy speaks on racial justice at Ole Miss commencement
Ole Miss graduates include several dozen Black students as Sen Edward Kennedy urges honesty and compassion. He quotes Faulkner and recalls federal marshals enforcing James Meredith's 1962 registration. The university now lists 710 Black students among 9,570.
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No arson charges for Berkowitz
The Bronx District Attorney said confessed killer David Berkowitz is unlikely to be prosecuted for arson after pleading guilty to six murders and wounding seven. He admitted setting fires logged in a diary. sentences for the guilty pleas would cover the arson claims and likely exceed any arson sentence.
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Ponti Loren Face Currency Trial in Rome
Movie producer Carlo Ponti and his wife Sophia Loren face trial in Rome on June 24 for allegedly illegally transferring 12 million in Italian currency out of the country. They have French citizenship and have not returned to Italy since Loren was stopped at Rome airport March 9, 1977. Loren is charged as an accomplice and with illegal export of art objects. About 20 other individuals are to stand trial in related currency transactions.
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Three Gunmen End Hostage Siege at Von's Market
In Carson California three men held five employees hostage for five hours until surrendering to sheriff deputies early this morning. No injuries reported. Police had telephone contact with the gunmen throughout and persuaded them to yield. A fourth accomplice was arrested as he left the market.
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Roddy Llewellyn Rules Out Marriage to Princess Margaret
Roddy Llewellyn says he is not responsible for Princess Margaret's divorce from Lord Snowdon and has no plan to marry her. He told reporters in Tangier that he will continue to see the princess but sees no future in a marriage.
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Hussein-Halaby marriage rumor shocks Jordan amid palace silence
King Hussein is reported to plan wedding with Elizabeth Halaby, 23, daughter of former Pan Am president Najeeb F. Halaby, in Amman. Palace denies confirmation, says an official communique would be issued this week.
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