FBI Report Sparks Guard Alibi Clash Over Kent State Shootings
Akron Beacon Journal says FBI found the Kent State killings not necessary or orderly and that six guardsmen fired fatal shots. Ohio Adjutant General Del Corso disputes claims of no injuries, while officials review charges. Victims named Miller Schroeder Scheuer Krause.
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Akron, Ohio
UPI
Ohio National Guard
Kent State
Akron Beacon-Journal
FBI
Justice Department
Washington
Nixon
Portage County
Ronald Kane
Ohio
S.T. del Corso
Ohio Guard
Beacon-Journal
J.E. McCann
del Corso
Kent State University
Ronald W. Roskens
Roskens
Robert S. White
Jeffrey Miller
Plainview
N.Y
William Schroeder
Lorain
Sandra Scheuer
Youngstown
Allison Krause
Pittsburgh
Senators Frown On Welfare Plan
Washington reports senators on May 1 learned under Nixon welfare reforms a welfare mother in some cases benefits more from unemployment than a high paying job. Charts show a New York City mother with three children would be better off on welfare earning 0 income, prompting calls for revisions. Elliott Richardson, HEW secretary, warned that solving the issue would require billions more, noting Medicaid and housing aid counted as income in kind and not real cash.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate Finance Committee
New York City
Elliot L. Richardson
Robert H. Finch
HEW
Richardson
Finch
Congressman disputes reports on tiger cages at Can Son Prison
Rep. Philip M. Crane says a Can Son Prison tour showed tiger cages clean and well lighted with prisoners well treated. He challenged Rep. Hawkins and others who alleged mistreatment, while Democrats and Republicans fault Saigon for political prisoners in “caged hells on earth.”
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Washington
UPI
Philip M. Crane
R-Il
South Vietnam
Can Son
Crane
August F. Hawkins
Dcalif
Hawkins
Con Son
William R. Anderson
D-Tenn
Anderson
Saigon
House Foreign Operations
Hells On Earth
Indictment Returned In Kickback Scheme Tied To Teamsters Leaders
Federal grand jury in Cleveland indicts William Presser head of the Ohio Teamsters on 24 counts for taking about 600000 in kickbacks from employers. Co‑defendant James A. Franks faces similar charges plus conspiracy. Also named are N Louis Triscaro Nick Francis Joseph Blumetti and Ernest Green in the broader probe of northeast Ohio union activities. The case cites Taft Hartley Act violations and conspiracy with alleged improper advertising schemes.
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Cleveland
UPI
William Presser
Ohio Teamster Union
Presser
U.S. Justice Department
Ohio
Teamsters Union
Ohio Teamsters
Teamsters Joint Council 41
Franks
N. Louis
Babe”’ Triscaro
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Star View Drive
Norwalk
John Wayne
Chisum
Kim Novak
Clint Walker
Cedar Point
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Centennial Theater
Golden Palace
Nick Francis
Joseph Blumetti
Ernest Green
American Construction Co
N. Louis Triscaro
Walt Disney
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