Train Company Sues Over Penn Central Conspiracy
Philadelphia AP reporting two former Penn Central officers along with a former Wall Street banker and two firms are accused by the railroad of secret manipulation of Penn Central assets for personal gain. The civil complaint seeks recovery of millions tied to losses and reorganization under bankruptcy law. Notes name Bevan Hodge Gersbecker Penphil Co and Du Pont Glore Forgan as defendants. The suit alleges deceptive practices to conceal the scheme and misuse of pension funds and bank relationships for private benefit. Penn Central faced a $431 million loss in 1970 after a $91 million deficit in 1969 as trustees oversee the reorganization.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central
Wall Street
U.S
David C. Bevan
Gladwyne
Penn Central Finance Committee
William R. Gersbecker
Charles J. Hodge
Short Hills
N.J
du Pont (F.I
Glore Forgan, Inc
New York
Penphil Co
Pennsylvania
Bevan, Hodge and
Gersbecker
Bevan
David
Penphil. -du Pont
F.1
Hodge
Bevan and
Gerstecker
Penn Central Board of Directors
du Pont
Glore Forgan
South Africa Sees Rise in Death by Own Action Risk
Johannesburg AP: Local Death by Own Action Prevention Center chair Sam Bloomberg warns that an economic slump this year could lift death by own action rates. He cites declines in prosperity and stock losses as boosting personal crisis reports and the nation's self harm risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Sam Bloomberg
Stock Exchange
Soviet Union names top officials at 24th Congress
At Moscow a presidential list placed Leonid Brezhnev as general secretary and Nikolai Podgorny as No 2 in the Politburo. Kosygin dropped to third. several veteran workers joined the Politburo as Brezhnev announced a 15 member body. The congress closed after 10 days with no foreign press access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Viktor V. Grishin
Dinmukhamed A. Kunayev
Kazakhstan
Bezhnev
Vladimir V. Shcherbitsky
Ukraine
Fyodor D. Kulakov
Grishin
Kunayev
Shcherbitsky
Alexander N. Shelepin
Mikhail A. Suslov
Andrei P. Kirilenko
Arvid Y. Pelshe
Nirill T. Mazurov
Dmitry §. Polyansky
Pyotr Y. Shelest
Gennady I. Vo
Civil rights and antiwar groups unite for May 5 moratorium
Dozens of civil rights and anti poverty groups join with antiwar activists to form the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice U.S. hunger, discrimination and Vietnam war oppose. Hosea Williams says the coalition signals strong potential after 15 years of civil rights work. The coalition includes SCLC National Welfare Rights Organization Jews for Urban Justice and others. It plans a May 5 national moratorium demanding Vietnam withdrawal guaranteed income and political prisoners release. The coalition emerged from the New Mobilization Committee and backs demonstrations led by SCLC and Welfare Rights in New York this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Ment
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
United States
Southeast Asia
David Dellinge
Chicago
People’s Coalition
SCLC
National Welfare
White House and Senate Split Over Vietnam Pullout Date
Washington reports show White House and GOP Leader Hugh Scott clash on whether Nixon signaled a withdrawal target. Scott Byrd say Nixon indicated a date by January 20 1973 while the White House denies a fixed deadline. Hatfield attacks Nixon camouflaged language and cites his own withdrawal proposal. Byrd says he sensed a date in mind but not a definite one.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Nixon
Vietnam
GOP
Hugh Scott
Rpa
Robert C. Byrd
Scott
Byrd
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Hatfield
Ronald L. Ziegler
U.S
Pennsylvania
House
Cal Albert
West Virginia
Oregon Republican
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Edo
Aurt Lancaster
Dean Martin
Jean Seberg
Jacqueline Bisset
George Kennedy
Helen Hayes
van Heflin
Maureen Stapleton
Barry Nelson
Lloyd Nolan
Alfred Newman
Arthur Hailey
George Seaton
Ross Hunter
FBI
And
SUN
Barquero
Lee van Cleef
Hornets Nest
Rock Hudson
Lae van Cleef
Hell Boats
Elvis Prasley
Ron Clevenger
Heart of America
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Master’s Photo Company
Clevenger
Lake Erie
National Geographic
Jerry Allen
Volkswagen
H &R
ILOCK
America
N. Main
Sat
Sutton
Queen’s Kitchen
Main
Hillcrest Drive In
Earl J. Zimmerman
Christ
Faith Lutheran Church
Ottawa
Kansa
Southwestern Bell
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