Rudolf Abel Dies at 68 Master Spy of US Arrest Era
Soviet master spy Rudolf Abel, top Soviet agent in the United States, died Monday at age 68 after a six month illness from lung cancer. Abel operated from 1948 until his 1957 arrest, was exchanged in 1962 for Francis Gary Powers, and was praised posthumously in Soviet media though no immediate confirmation of death was issued.
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Moscow
Rudolf Abel
United States
Abel
Francis Gary Powers
Canada
Brooklyn
Reino Hayhanen
KGB
Family of four and GP found dead in Charleston
In a fashionable Charleston neighborhood police found Robert Eder a federal statistician killed his wife Pat 29 and two sons ages 4 and 7 before taking his own life. Nearby Dr Charles Cottrell Jr 50 and his wife 36 were shot to death in their recreation room by an unknown assailant. Chief Morris said killings likely unlinked and no suspects named.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lawrence Morris
Robert Eder
Charles Cottrell Jr
Polite
Teresa
Morris
Cottrells
Cottrell
Eder
Pat
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Senate Defeats Tax Exemption Increase Measure
Washington AP Democrats failed to add a $1 billion personal exemption rise for 1971 as part of a $23.9 billion tax cut bill and to trim business benefits. Senate rejected two attempts by Stevenson and Bayh to boost individual relief, leaving only the $800 personal exemption for 1972 onward. House had approved $750.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Sen
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dill
Birch Bavh
D-Ind
Bayh
Railroad Signalmen Reach Tentative 42 Month Contract
The railroad signalmen union announced a tentative 42 month contract, likely mirroring prior rail wage deals with about 42 percent pay gains over the period, averaging roughly 12 percent per year, challenging the Pay Board’s 5.5 percent annual cap. In Manchester New Hampshire Mayor Sam Yorty announced plans to seek the Democratic nomination for president and start his campaign in the state’s early primary.
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Washington
Railroad Signalmens'union
European throwaway cars and $400 autos planned
AP reports a London Europa magazine item on cheap European and Japanese designed cars for mass disposal. In Ithaca New York a 22 year old ex Cornell student was arrested after entering Tompkins County Jail and demanding black prisoners be released at shotgun point. He surrendered when escape routes closed and faces gun law charges.
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London
Europa Magazine
Ithaca, N.Y
Cornell University
Tompkins County
David Nickerson
Testifies at Bribery Trial in Nixon Era Case
U S Deputy Atty General Kleindienst testified that an aide to Senator Fong said a friend would give a $100,000 political contribution to Nixon's re election effort to quash a federal stock fraud indictment. He described the $2 506 payment as part of the bribery and conspiracy charges against Robert T Carson.
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New York
U.S
Richard G. Kleindienst
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Nixon
Kleindienst
U.S. District Court
Robert T. Carson
Fong
Fourteen witnesses called in Frazier murder case
Redwood City California AP Fourteen witnesses have been called by defense lawyer James Jackson for John Linley Frazier accused of murdering five persons and dumping their bodies in a swimming pool The bearded Frazier has sat quietly in court during most of the trial now in its fifth week He is charged with the October 1970 shooting deaths of eye surgeon Dr Victor Ohta his wife two sons and a secretary at Ohta's home near Santa Cruz California
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Redwood City
Calif
John Linley Frazier
Jamesackson
Frazier
Victor Ohta
Ohta
Santa Cruz
Bedford Hills Robbery At Club Nets Cash In Gunpoint Hold-Up
Bedford Hills police report two gunmen entered the Bedford and Tennis Club during a Monday robbery. They seized about $3,900 in cash and other items after luring the manager, Daniel Maceriro, to the door with a package delivery claim.
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Bedford Hills
N.Y. AP
Bedford and Tennis Club
Daniel Maccerio
Healers Cure Cost Buffalo Woman $22 650
A Buffalo woman paid $22 650 to a gpsy healer who claimed to sew a cure in a napkin. Mrs Vera Likutow 46 handed over the cash and stored the bag in a safe deposit box. When she opened it a year early she found play money instead of a cure. Authorities seek the woman who directed the transaction.
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Buffalo
Vera Likutow
Abrams told to plan for 60,000 95,000 Viet force by June 30
Gen. Creighton W. Abrams was instructed to plan a U.S. troop level in Vietnam ranging from sixty thousand to ninety five thousand by June 30. The target was described as a planning goal only, not a binding order, with Nixon weighing possible cuts below those figures.
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Nixon
Pancake Practice Sunday Morning Mass Breakfast
The public is invited to a pancake practice Sunday after the 8 a.m. Mass and after each Mass, with tickets at the door. Pictured are Joseph Murabito co chairman Anthony Murabito president Patrick Finn vice president and Rev. Robert E. Hall pastor of St. Marys Church.
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St. Mary’s Home and School Association
Hopkins Hall
Ight
Joseph Murabito
Cochairman
Anthony Murabito
Home and School Association
Patrick Finn
Robert E. Hall
St. Mary’s Church
China in UN speech calls U.S. out of Indochina and Taiwan
In its first United Nations appearance, Communist China urged the United States to withdraw from Indochina and Taiwan. Deputy Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua accused U.S. and Japanese moves of attempting to split China, praised Maoist policy, and insisted Taiwan is part of China with the U.S. forces in the Taiwan Strait to depart.
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Indochina
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United Nations
U.S
Chiao Kuan-hua
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
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Congress
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Security Council
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Chiaa
Taiwan Strait
United
Dr P N Yu Named President Elect of Heart Association
Dr Paul N Yu head of the cardiology unit at University of Rochester Medical Center was named president elect of the American Heart Association at its annual meeting. He will take office next November and serves as a professor of medicine and consultant at multiple Rochester area hospitals.
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Calif
Paul N. Yu
University of Rochester Medical Center
American Heart Association
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester
Association
Council On Clinical Cardiology
Genesee and Highland Hospitals
N.Y
Veterans Administration Hospital
Bath, N.Y
Newark- Wayne Community Hospital
Newark, N.Y
Frederick Thompson Hospital
Canandaigua
Pay Board weighs retroactive pay for teachers amid wage freeze
Pay Board meets to decide if teachers can receive retroactive raises negotiated before the 90 day wage price freeze. David Selden of the AFT urges recognition of unusual bargaining circumstances and possible case by case approval. Merit pay treatment also on the agenda amid ongoing talks.
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Washington
David Selden
American Federation of Teachers
George Boldt
Selden
Cost of Living Council
US holds off on planes for Israel amid arms balance
The United States ends an urgent review of the Mideast arms situation and decides Israel should not receive new American Phantom warplanes for the time being. The State Department says the arms balance has not shifted against Israel as the Soviet Union restrains its weapons deliveries to Egypt.
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United States
Mideast
Israel
State Department
Soviet Union
Egypt
Effort to Halt Indochina War Funds Heads to House Vote
Washington AP reports a bid to cut all funds for U S combat and support in Indochina heads to a House vote today with little chance of success. Rep Boland proposes a June 1 cutoff subject to American prisoners release. foes warn of chaos from unilateral withdrawal.
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Washington
Indochina
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
U.S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Howard W. Robison
R-N.y
Cooff
Robison
Mansfield
Boland
National Organization
Newsmen Tour Attica Reports Degrading Prison Conditions
Attica prisoners describe worsening conditions since the September uprising. TV interviewer Stewart Dan spoke with inmate Steve Barney, who cited a single unrepaired shower block with plastic partitions, dirty floors, and limited wash time. Barney called the police assault on rebels a slaughter and said rebels were not offered surrender options.
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Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
Stewart Dan
WGR
Buffalo
Steve Barney
Barney
Corrections Department
Dan
Barnpa
10 000 Flee as Tropical Storm Laura Nears Cuba
Cuban troops evacuated about 10 500 people from western Pinar del Rio as Tropical Storm Laura neared Cuba with winds near hurricane force. The storm curved northeast toward Havana Province prompting precautionary measures. the eye was expected near Havana with gale winds in a 300 mile wide area.
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Miami
Fla
Laura
Caribbean
Havana
Pinar del Rio
National Hurricane Center
Florida Keys
Florida
Arnold Sugg
Hurricane Center
Inmates Seek Class Action Over Clinton Prison Conditions
A group from Clinton Correctional Institution in Albany seeks to end alleged inhumane treatment via a federal class action. U S District Judge James T Foley reserved decision on a motion for an injunction as plaintiffs claim systemic abuse in Segregation Unit 14. The suit targets 2,000 inmates, seeks 1.5 million in punitive damages and possible transfers to federal custody or another state prison. Plaintiffs, all Black or Spanish speaking, accuse cells of lacking sinks toilets or lights, beatings tear gas and harassment.
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Clinton Correctional Institution
U.S
James T. Foley
Monis
Foley
Dannemora
Clinton State Prison
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