Robbery Attempt Ends Without Loot at Portage County Bank
A man entered the Portage County Bank in Almond, displayed a handgun and ordered a teller to fill a gray duffle bag. The teller complied as the bank vice president appeared, causing the robber to flee with no money. In another item, a judge will decide if Mary Jo Kopechne’s body will be exhumed for autopsy.
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Stevens Point
Portage County
Almond
Wilkes-Barre
Bernard Brominski
Luzerne County
Hunger strike on death row at San Quentin nears two weeks
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan inching into day 12 of a hunger strike at San Quentin where he is held on death row for the RFK assassination. His Pasadena mother Mary Sirhan plans to visit to try to persuade him to eat. She says she will go see her son and hopes to convince him to resume meals.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Pll
Mary Sirhan
Pasadena
Sirhan
Mineworkers vote today in bitter UMW presidential race
About 200000 active and retired United Mine Workers members vote today to decide the presidency. Incumbent W A Boyle and challenger Joseph A Yablonski closed campaigns with last minute appeals. Yablonski pledged a single five year term if elected.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Union
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Yablonski
West Virginia
All 90 Dead in Olympic Des Crash Near Athens
A crash of Olympic Airways Des near Athens killed all 90 aboard as the plane hit a mountain in strong winds and driving rain. The craft came down miles southeast of the airport during approach in poor weather.
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Athens
Olympic Airways Des
Final Vote Set On Tax Reform
The Senate opened the way for final passage of the tax reform bill by defeating an effort to strip labor unions of tax exempt status in political activity. The measure combines tax cuts with Social Security expansion and faced a presidential veto.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Paul Fannin
Rariz
Congress
Smoking and Lung Cancer Panel Findings At Monroe Clinic
About 15 to 20 area high school journalists attended a Monroe Clinic panel on The relationship Between Smoking and Lung Cancer. Moderator Dr Bill L Maddix and panelists Dr Eugene Eckstam and Dr Meir Qureshi cited that smokers face nine times higher lung cancer risk and described symptoms, diagnosis methods, and the claim that stopping smoking is the best cure.
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Monroe Clinic
Prep
Bill L. Maddix
Green County
American Cancer Society
Eugene E. Eckstam
Meir Qureshi
Maddix
Dr. Qureshi
Qureshi
Eckstam
Hospital expansion progresses ahead of schedule in Monroe
Construction on the $72 million St. Clare Hospital addition, overseen by C H Gibson of Schmidt Garden Erikson, is 12 days ahead of earlier estimates as rock excavation slows progress on the heating plant. About 50 workers from J P Cullen Co. labor daily, with winter work continuing. Completion remains slated for December 1971, and temporary parking for 230 cars is planned this winter with three more lots for doctors and emergency vehicles. Total cost stands at $7,306,777 funded partly by a Friends of St. Clare campaign. donors are urged to complete pledges by January 1 to maximize tax benefits.
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St. Clare Hospital
C. H. Gibson
Schmidt, Garden, Erikson
Chicago
Gibson
Monroe
J. P. Cullen Co
Janesville
Friends of St. Clare
Robert M. Bussen
Bussen
Kaskey Outlines Welfare Programs in Green County
Monroe Lions Club heard Green County Social Services Director Ray Kaskey review six welfare programs. Old Age aid serves 126, Dependent Children 12–20, Disabled 30, Blind 4, General Relief supports three, and Unwed Mothers 12. Child Welfare totals about 200, with 13 in foster care and two in institutions.
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Vane
Green County Social Services
Ray Kaskey
Monroe Lions Club
Green County
Kaskey
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