US Jews urge Nixon intercede over Soviet death sentences
US Jewish leaders in Washington press for presidential intervention in the Leningrad hijack case. A Senate resolution asks Nixon to urge the Soviet Union to commute death sentences and address alleged Jewish injustices. The protest and meetings with officials aim to pressure Moscow on emigration and treatment of Jews.
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U.S
Soviet Union
White House
Nixon
Bertram L. Podell
D-N.y
Congress
Moscow
Senate
Sen
Leningrad
Supreme Court
William P. Rogers
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Israel
Riga
Kishinev
Slow Spanish Basque Death Sentences Await Decision
Madrid continued to process death penalties for six Basque defendants and long prison terms for nine. The court's action awaits approval by Burgos commander Garcia Rebull and final clemency by Franco. A Basque letter from St Jean de Luz urged no clemency while protests occurred across Spain.
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Burgos
Francisco Franco
Tomas Garcia Rebull
Franco
Garcia Rebull
St. Jean de Luz
Teleforo de Monzon
de Monzon
Spain
Bright gift helps Coffey County mother get artificial leg
In Gridley Kansas residents raised over $1100 to fund an artificial leg for Mrs. Frank Paskin after a diabetic blister led to gangrene and knee amputation. The effort united Methodist Women, the Booster Club, and local groups to ease medical costs for her son Jeff and daughter Judy.
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Gridley
Kan
Coffey County
Frank Paskin
Jeff
Judy
How normal are you mental stock quiz from Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle asks a string of ironic questions about impulses morals and social norms to probe personal normalcy as year ends. The piece ends noting readers should assess their own normality against the quiz creator.
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New York
Manson Defense Cries Lynch Claim During Tate Trial
Irving Kanarek told jurors the Tate murder case was a lynching of Charles Manson as he closed his final summation. Defense lawyers argued pretrial publicity tainted the proceedings while alleging key witnesses and fingerprint evidence were circumstantial or unreliable in the August 1969 killings.
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Los Angeles
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Sharon Tate
Manson
Irving Kanarek
Kanarek
Paul Fitzgerald
Patricia Krenwinkel
Miss Tate
Dave Shinn
Susan Atkins
Miss Atkins
Tate
Fitzgerald
Miss Krenwinkel
Tate House
New rabies serum shows promise in Berkeley study
University of California Davis and Cutter Laboratories report a human blood derived antirabies serum that provides temporary protection while the Pasteur vaccine takes effect. In year long trials with 40 volunteers the serum protected mice and showed no ill effects in humans, lasting two to three months. Further testing and federal licensing are needed before production.
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Calif
University of California At Davis
Cutter Laboratories
Louis Pasteur
John C. Loofbourow
Victor Cabasso
Michael Winkler
Wiltshire
Ohio
Michael
U.S. Public Health Service
Loofbourow
Food Stamp Change Policy Expands Cash Change
Washington AP reports that the Agriculture Department broadens food stamp rules allowing up to 49 cents cash back per transaction and permitting stamp use for bottle deposits. The changes, asked by 9 million users and grocers, aim to speed transactions while preserving eligible item lists.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Underground paper warns heroin pushers in Wichita high schools
The Wichita Trucker warned heroin pushers in high schools to leave town or have their names published. A follow up reports the threat worked as main pushers reportedly quit. Police say heroin traffic declined after arrests since November. Captain Bill Cornwell notes several suspects were arrested, reducing traffic.
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Wichita
Wichita Trucker
Nick Mark
Bill Cornwell
Vice Squad
Rumors on Forbes and McConnell Air Bases Denied
Senator Robert Dole dismissed Topeka Forbes Air Force Base closure rumors and said air base operations are not separately listed in defense allocations. He added that defense spending is set by the Secretary of Defense. Congressman elect William Roy of Topeka said he believes Forbes may close but has no official word.
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Topeka
Forbes Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base
Robert Dole
Bkan
Secretary of Defense
Dole
William Roy
Forbes
Law Enforcement Boost for Kansas Agencies
Governor Docking announced federal planning funds of 524000 approved by the Justice Department to upgrade and expand local law enforcement in Kansas. He said more than 2 million has been awarded to local agencies through the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration and that over a million in operating funds will be administered to improve the state criminal justice system.
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Topeka
Governor's Committee On Criminal Administration
Kansas
Robert Docking
The
Justice
Docking
Robbers Hold Up Topeka Firm For $1000
Three men in their 30s robbed the Savings Bond and Mortgage Co. in downtown Topeka taking more than $1,000 in cash. No weapons were shown. They tied up president Mrs. Julia Robertson and two employees with plastic covered wire before fleeing the building. The incident occurred Tuesday.
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Topeka
Savings Bond and Mortgage Co
Sident
Trucker Dies on Oklahoma 2 Bridge Near Welch
William D. Smith, 72, of Chetopa Kansas, was killed when a pipe on a passing truck struck his cab on a bridge on Oklahoma 2 about eight miles north of Welch. The highway patrol reported the incident Tuesday.
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Okla
William D. Smith
Chetopa
Kan
Oklahoma 2
Highway Patrol
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