Most Decorated Marine Is Dead
Lt Gen Lewis B. Puller known as Chesty dies at 73 in Hampton Va after 38 year Marine career. Survived by widow two daughters and son Lewis B Puller Jr, who lost both legs in Vietnam. Death followed strokes and illnesses. funeral plans pending. Puller earned 56 decorations including five Navy Crosses and a Silver Star for Korea.
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Hampton
Lewis B
Chesty
Puller
Marine Corps
Korea
Plier
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
Marines
Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital
Lewis B. Puller Jr
William Howard Dabney
Fairfax
Michael Patrick Downs
Alexandria
Emily P. Fishburn
San Diego
Calif
Virginia Military Institute
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
West Point
Haiti
Long-Fought Consumer Bill Near Big Vote
Washington AP reports a decade in planning and months of infighting culminate in a pivotal House floor vote on a consumer protection bill. The proposal, championed by Ralph Nader and opposed by Chet Holifield, aims to create a federal consumer protection agency with varied amendments under discussion to widen or limit its authority.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Government Operations Committee
Nader
Holifield
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
CPA
Vern Halts Magazine Solicitors in Kansas
Atty. Gen. Vern Miller announced a temporary restraining order from the Shawnee County District Court against Local Readers Service Inc Leisure Readers Service Inc Literary Readers Service Inc and LRS Inc. forbidding their soliciting magazine subscriptions in Kansas for alleged deceptive practices including promising delivery within three months when many magazines are never received. The state says agents harass and pressure residents and notes other firms operate similarly with further actions expected.
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Topeka, Kan
Vern Miller
Terre Haute, Ind
Kansas
Miller
Shawnee County
Local Readers Service Inc
Leisure Readers Service, Inc
Literary Readers Service, Inc
LRS, Inc
Thieu hails high vote totals in re election
In Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu defended the election as fair after winning re election with more than 90 percent support. He cited an 88.3 percent turnout among seven million registered voters and noted 94.3 percent backed him. He spoke during the cornerstone laying for a new 12.3 million hospital funded by Japanese aid in Cholon.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
South Vietnam
Japan
Cholon
Battle Lines Form Among Demos For Important Job
In Washington Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien will urge the party's Executive Committee to appoint Patricia Roberts Harris as acting chairman of the Credentials Committee for the 1972 nominating convention. Reformers backing Sen. Harold Hughes plan a floor fight when the full National Committee meets to decide this key post. Harris, a former ambassador to Luxembourg and ally of Hubert Humphrey, faces a likely split vote. Leeds University announces Britain's first master of science degree in environmental pollution and control.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
Patricia Roberts Harris
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
O’brien
Harris
U.S
Luxembourg
Hubert H. Humphrey
D .Minn
Shirley Chisolm
New York
Democratic National
Leeds
England
Leeds University
Britain
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