Mystery horse fix for 15 tracks named by Bobby Byrnes
Bobby Byrnes testified before the House Select Committee on Crime that he and associates doped horses, swindled bettors, and pressured independent bookmakers at 15 tracks including Suffolk Downs Dover Downs Lincoln Downs and River Downs. He described drugging horses to influence results and discussed Mafia links to sports payoffs. The U S inquiry also cited huge political payoffs as part of its scope.
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Bobby Byrnes
House Select Committee
Byrnes
Suffolk Downs
Dover Downs
Lincoln Downs
River Downs
Hialeah
Florida
House Committee
New York
True Crime and Corruption in New York Public Office
A 1972 New York probe linked officials to hard drugs and organized crime after the Knapp Commission findings. The investigation targets corruption in mayoral era public offices, gambling ties, and drug trafficking, highlighting the need to shield sports from crime influence and uphold public trust.
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Knapp Commission
Lindsay
Hanoi and Moscow Estranged in Bitter Propaganda Exchange
North Vietnamese media condemn the Kremlin for inviting Nixon to Moscow and for tolerating U.S. war moves in Vietnam. Hanoi claims Moscow places national interests over global revolution and warns against imperialist aggression while Radio Moscow defends peaceful coexistence with a socialist world.
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Washington
Hanoi
Moscow
Kremlin
Nixon
Nhan Dan
Soviet Union
Mr. Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
U. S
Emerg
Radio Moscow
South
Radio
New Times
Central Committee
Foreign Affairs Department
Kremlin Promotes Four to Five Meals a Day in Russia
Publicity around Nixon’s Soviet trip highlights a Kremlin campaign urging Russians to abandon three meals for four or five daily meals. Dr. Konstantin Petrovsky cites revived nutrition from heavy breakfasts and frequent eating to combat urban stress, while U.S. dieting trends push the opposite.
Sworn affidavit claims common use of classified papers
A former assistant secretary of state in the Kennedy era says teaked classified information was a normal practice in Washington. An affidavit by Robert Manning supports that informants in the President’s office leaked such material. The document is in the Los Angeles federal case over the Pentagon Papers involving Daniel Ellsberg.
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Washington
John Kennedy
U. S. District Court
Los Angeles
Robert Man
Ning
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Hanoi Press Praises McGovern and Anticipates US Election Impact
North Vietnam’s official newspaper lauds Senator George McGovern as the antiwar anchor and predicts his nomination in November. It argues U.S. voters oppose Nixon’s policy and expects Hanoi to gain leverage before peace talks in Paris, with war effort hampered by bombing and supply shortages.
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Washington
Paris
North Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
George M.govern
McGovern
Democratic Party
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Congress
Indo- China
U. S
United Nations
Security Council
General Assembly
The New Totalitarians Attacks Sweden's Social Democracy
British author Roland Huntford argues in The New Totalitarians that Sweden's Social Democratic system hides a pervasive bureaucracy that crushes individualism. He cites state control of education, housing, religion, media, and labor, plus high taxes and minority discrimination, as evidence.
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Washington
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Switzerland
Roland Huntford
Stockholm
The
Observer
London
Huntford
Social Democratic Party
Educa
Tion
Huxley
Sven “Moberg
Father's Day Messages From 1972 Parental Notes
A collage of Father’s Day letters shows varied themes from apologies and life choices to family notices. George hopes a money order reaches Madrid, Tom confesses pregnancy, Gerald reveals his company fired his father, and Abelard and Thomas promotes suits to accompany a tie as a gift.
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Dad
Gerald
Abelard
Thomas Men’s Clothiers
P.S
Monroe News-Star Publisher History and Staff Listing
A historical note lists the Monroe News-Star staff and offices from 1929 to 1952, detailing publishers John C. Ewing Wilson Ewing and Robert Ewing Jr. and names of officers directors including William H. Bronson Mildred Hunt Ewing and others. It describes postal details, telephone contacts, and association with the Associated Press and Branham Moloney advertising representatives.
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John C. Ewing
Wilson Wing
Robert Ewing Jr
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
William H. Bronson
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Patricia Wine Hendrick
Esther Ewing Nne
Kenneth C. Sarranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Norene
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company Natione al
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
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Monroe News-Sar
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Grover Cleveland
Donnybrook Farm
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Konstantin S. Petrovsky
First Moscow Medical Institute
Manning
Ument
McGovern Radio Hanoi
Ty David Lawrence
Small Society
By Nick Thimmesch
Art Buchwald
American Express
Madrid
Barcelona
Costa del Sol
Morocco
Casablanca
Love, George
Pop
Tommy
Inger
Love, Fred
Hlonror
Willilam H. Bronson
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
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