Nixon Taps 300000 Donor For Luxembourg Embassy
Dr Ruth L Farkas of New York named by Senate panel for Luxembourg post after giving $300000 to Nixon campaign By late January and February 1973 payments completed The Farkas couple own Alexander's department store in New York and have long funded political and humanitarian causes.
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Washington
UPI
Luxembourg
Harry Truman
Perle Mesta
Mrs. Mesta
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ruth L. Farkas
New York
Nixon
Farkas
Alexander’s
New York City
George
China
Russia
White House
Europe
Nixon seeks death penalty upgrades for wartime treason and drugs
President Nixon asked Congress to restore the death penalty for wartime treason sabotage and espionage and for federal crimes where a death results such as hijacking or kidnapping He also called for harsher mandatory penalties for narcotics offenses to reduce court discretion.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
World’s first erotic art museum opens with 2000 depictions
The Genesis Church owned museum in San Francisco opens next weekend housing 2000 depictions of sexual activity. Reverend Ted McIlvenna defends the collection, arguing erotic art can be high quality and meaningful despite controversy.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ted McIlvenna
Genesis Church
POWs Freed From North Vietnam Face Jubilation at Clark
At Clark Air Base Philippines 108 American prisoners of war walked free after a dawn flight. Col John P Flynn the senior captive in North Vietnam praised their conduct calling them first class soldiers and citizens as they returned to freedom and a cheering crowd.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Weather outlook and local marriage license report
Weather mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers this evening. Lows 43 to 50, highs in the 60s with 80 percent today, 40 tonight, 20 Thursday. Winds 10 to 30 mph. Also reports marriage license applications for Theodore Heitsche and Viola Bubel, Jerry Christopher and Carolyn Pittenger, plus a birth notice for Charles Garcia's daughter.
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Norwalk
Theodore C. Heitsche
Viola E. Bubel
Barberton
Jerry E. Christopher
Greenwich
Carolyn R. Pittenger
Monroeville
City Narrows Plans After Losing Federal Sewer Grant
Norwalk officials announced the $1 million federal grant for a major sewer separation project is forfeited amid austerity cuts. Mayor Wayne Goodsite said the city will pursue alternative funding while proceeding with priority sewer improvements starting this year. The project has faced five years of reviews and a 9.7 million cost over a decade, with a 1970 bond issue aiding Phase One.
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Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Goodsite
Gallup
Old State
Toledo
Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout
Westrick Dies In Bellevue After Long Public Service
Alfred A. Westrick 69 former Norwalk and Bellevue service director died Tuesday night at Bellevue City Hospital after a stroke. A 40 year Army veteran and World War II colonel he served in Norwalk 1952 1957 and Bellevue until 1970. He is survived by widow Gladys son Thomas two grandchildren and siblings. services Friday at St. Pauls with military rites.
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Alfred A. Westrick
Norwalk
Bellevue
Bellevue City Hospital
Mr. Westrick
U.S. Army
Westrick
National Guard
Veteran’s Administration
Edgar Tucker
Henry Young
Louis G. Frey
Morley K. Price
Saxbe urges nationalization of seven northeast railways
Senator William B. Saxbe proposes a bill to nationalize Penn Central Eye-Lackawanna Reading Lehigh New Haven Boston and Maine Central of New Jersey transfer rail assets to the Transportation Department. He estimates a 3.5 to 4 billion takeover cost and criticizes Amtrak as a dismal failure while warning of economic chaos if railroads collapse.
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Washington
UPI
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Northeast
Saxbe
Penn Central
Eye-Lackawanna
Reading
Lehigh, New Haven
Boston & Maine
Central of
Department of Transportation
Amtrak
Naked hitchhiker survives assault in Sherwood dinner honor
Michael Woods, 23, was walking naked and penniless along a road when three robbers assaulted him, taking $4 and all his possessions. By night he had new clothes, a job offer, and a Jaycees hosted dinner in Sherwood, Arkansas, where he became the guest of honor.
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U.S
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United States
South Vietnam
Gila Bend, Ariz
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Burt Reynolds
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Reynolds
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Columbus
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State Department of Economic and Community Development
Sweet
Merson
Clarence Hedgeman
Philadelphia
Penn-Central
Elmer W. Selers
Troxelville
Lower Merion
Charles Garcia
FT Hospital
Carol Buescher
Otto Perry
Michael Huss
Huss
Perrys
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Norwalk Creek
Franklin County
Larry Hadley
Charles Poths
U.S. 20
Broad Street
Richard Goetze
Hadleys
Woodlawn Ave
Cogtz
Mrs. Huss
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Gerald Stein
St. Paul's Cemetery
Jaycees
Stranger
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