Mahalia Jackson Reports Cash Theft in Hollywood
Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, 57, reported the theft of 1400 dollars in cash. She said she carried fourteen one hundred dollar bills most of the day while working at CBS television studios in Hollywood and later found the money missing before 6 p.m. She did not know how or when it was taken.
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Miss Jackson
CBS Television
Hollywood
Sheriff’s Deputies
Lady Bird Johnson seeks return of Texas TV AM FM stations
Mrs Claudia T Johnson known as Lady Bird asks the FCC to restore control of KBTC TV AM and FM in Austin Texas to her name. The stations were placed with trustees in 1963 after Johnson became president. Ohio Catholic schools push plan to claim state tax dollars with a six diocese outreach.
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Austin
Tex
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Died Dillinger Gang Member Russell Clark Passes Away
Russell Clark the last of the old John Dillinger gang died reportedly December 24 1968. He had been paroled from the Ohio Penitentiary last September after more than 34 years there for the 1933 slaying of Allen County Sheriff Jess Larber during Dillinger’s jail escape.
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John Dillinger
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George Denton
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Ohio Penitentiary
Allen County
Jess Larber
Dillinger
Lima
Smoking lounge probe at Southwest High in St Louis
A grand jury investigates possible minor smoking in Southwest High School's new smoking lounge opened last month. The St Louis School Patron's Alliance alleges violations of state law as two unidentified students were seen smoking in the lounge.
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St. Louis
Southwest High School
UPI
Expected Higher Food Prices Through June Across Ohio
Ohio State University extension marketing specialist Lois A. Simonds predicts retail food prices will rise through June while prices for other consumer goods rise faster. She notes eggs turkey dairy and potatoes may increase, while many fruit vegetables fats and pork should show lower costs year over year. In Cincinnati a police report says 18 year old Jennifer Judy was found stabbed to death in the Earls building entrance near downtown.
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Ohio State University
Miss Simonds
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Miss Judy
Fontbonne
Israel Shoots Down MIG In Syrian Border Air Clash
Syrian jets crossed into Israeli held territory near Al Qunaytirah as Israel’s air force engaged and shot down a Soviet built MIG 21. The interceptors returned safely to base after the air duel.
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Jerusalem
al Qunaytirah
Simpson Projected For Bills In Cleveland Doubleheader
O J Simpson the top college football player of 1968 is expected to be among Bills when they visit Cleveland August 30 The Bills scheduled to face the Chicago Bears while the Browns meet the Green Bay Packers in Cleveland s eighty annual doubleheader The last seven doubleheaders were standing room only affairs.
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Norwalk Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Cloudy and windy with snow flurries, high around 30, colder tonight with lows in the teens. Thursday and Friday turn fair and cold with light winds. Norwalk highs near 38 and lows near 21. Births: Lyons, Monroeville, a son. Deaths: Lewis, Mikloda, Hill, Mixter, Shepherd in local towns.
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Kipton
Hazel Dillingham Hill
Pontiac
Mich
Mary Martha Mixter
Dean Shepherd
Willard
Mitchell Expands Wiretaps Against Organized Crime
Atty Gen John Mitchell has begun using the 1968 electronic surveillance law to combat racketeering while needing court orders for eavesdropping. He considers emergency 48 hour authority and studies the Buffalo strike force approach, following Clark’s earlier efforts that yielded 189 indictments in 1968.
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N.Y
Rockefeller urges sur tax to fund state welfare and education
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged President Nixon to retain the 10 percent income tax surcharge and turn the revenue over to states and localities to finance welfare and education. He proposed installment distributions starting in 1970 with growth over four years, totaling billions for state programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Rockefeller
Urban Affairs Council
Congressman Will Refuse Pay Hike
Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr will return the $12,500 pay raise to the Treasury for the rest of his term, saying he did not seek a $42,500 job. Senate colleague Robert Byrd plans a $4,000 scholarship fund from his increase, while Jacobs notes Supreme Court rulings prevent refusing salary but allow returning it.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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White Pupils Boycott Negro History Class
At Woodward High School in Toledo nine white students were arrested and 30 suspended after a mass walkout during a mandatory Negro history lecture. About 100 students refused to attend as a Negro minister spoke. the protest saw 30 leave while others returned to class.
West Berlin Faces Nixon Visit Protests and Presidential Election
West Berlin authorities threaten police action against student protests planned for Nixon's February visit. West Germany orders the presidential election to be held in West Berlin March 5, despite Communist threats to block lawmakers and calls to move the site. Kai-Uwe von Hassel reaffirmed the Bonn assembly's meeting in Berlin amid East German warnings.
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