House Passes Bill To Extend Draft Two Years
In Washington the House approved a two year draft extension amid war debate and Calley’s My Lai conviction. The bill clears to the Senate 293 99 with a 2.7 billion pay boost and changes to deferments and conscientious objector service.
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House
Washington
William Calley
My Lai
Nixon
Senate
Indochina
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
U.S
Calley
John R. Rarick
D-La
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Pike
Young purse snatcher targets girl in Meriden
A two year old girl, Colleen McCannon, was approached by a child estimated at five or six years old who snatched her purse as she tried to feed a gum ball machine. The purse held a few pennies a doll and a toy lipstick.
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Meriden, Conn
Colleen McCannon
Collen
School Menu Monday Sloppy Joe Lunch
The Monday menu lists Sloppy Joe on bun with pork and beans French fries citrus slaw custard pudding orange juice and milk for students.
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Sloppy Joe
Youth Council Shutdown Sparks Senate Warning
President Nixon announced the closure of the Job Finding Council on Youth Opportunity prompting Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey to warn of "unbelievable trouble" this summer. Humphrey condemned the move as cruel and indefensible while noting high black youth unemployment and inner city hardship.
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Washington
Nixon
Council On Youth Opportunity
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Domestic
Office of Management and Budget
Humphrey
Senate
America
Readers respond on Lt. Calley front page and Pecos doctor push
Letters discuss a front page editorial on Lt. William L Calley and call for accountability while supporting his service. The Pecos chamber seeks local input for recruiting Dr Carlos Carbonelle, urging residents to write detailing who they are why Pecos needs him and why they would live there.
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W. Patterson St
Lansford
William L. Calley
U.S.A
Calley
Lt. Calley
Orb Rowden
Pecos Enterprise P.O
Pecos
Texas
Rowden
Citizens of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Carlos D. Carbonelle
Timolconst
New Orleans
Carbonelle
Medical Development Committee
Texas Weather Consolidates Behind Cold Front
The Associated Press reports cool dry conditions prevailed across Texas after a Thursday cold front. By morning the front lay 100 miles south of Brownsville with winds easing and dust settling. Coastal areas faced sharp north winds and limited clouds remained in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. A warming trend and some cloud increase were forecast for Saturday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Notable Curiosities Spur Trails of Fame and Fares
Comedian Dan Rowan sails to Hawaii claiming a search for reality after leaving Beautiful Downtown Burank and sharing a champagne toast with friends aboard his 27 foot boat. Elizabeth Taylor's chauffeur in Margate found guilty of drunk driving faces a year’s ban and a $600 fine. Herb and Sharon Albert file for divorce in Los Angeles with property division requested and two children identified. Vivien Kellems confronts IRS scrutiny as the agency plans to investigate her signed 1970 blank tax return amid her long tax protest case.
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Marina del Rey
Calif
Dan Rowan
Rowan
Hawaii
Newsmen
Margate
England
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Gaston Sanz
Los Angeles
Herb Albert
Tijuana Brass Music Group
Sharon
Los Angeles Superior Court
Albert
Dore
Eden
Alberts
Washington
Vivien Kellems
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Randolph
W. Thrower
Haddam, Conn
Engineer Registration Law Upheld in Texas Court Ruling
The Thirteenth Court of Civil Appeals at Corpus Christi on March 25 1971 upheld the Texas Engineering Practice Act protecting the public. The ruling affirmed a 1970 Corpus Christi case against Carl E Tackett for using the name Television Engineering Company without registered engineers.
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Thirteenth Court of Civil Appeals
Corpus Christi
Texas
State Board of Registration For Professional Engineers
94Th District Court
Carl E. Tackett
State Board
Tackett
Sam L. Jones, Jr
Paul W. Nye
State Engineer Board
Board of Registration
Four Arrested in Wilmette Bank Extortion Case
Four people were taken into custody in Chicago in connection with a $118,999 extortion against Hartier Plaza bank president Lawrence W. Nortrup. Nortrup’s wife Doreen was held captive in their Wilmette home while $150,000 was demanded. The kidnapped wife was later freed. Suspects Frederick W. Marshke and Lucille Joyce Marshke, Robert Manley, and John Carmen Starble faced robbery related charges.
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Chicago
Wilmette
FBI
Lawrence W. Nortrup
Hartier Plaza Bank
Nortrup
Doreen
Frederick W. Marshke
Lucille Joyce
Homewood
Robert Manley
John Carmen Starble
Berwyn
Manson Jury Foreman Denies Promiscuity Claims
Los Angeles AP. Herman Tubick former foreman of the Tate murder trial jury denied allegations of promiscuity among jurors during sequestration. He rebutted statements by fellow juror William Zamora while noting ongoing after verdict tensions and discussion of a potential story deal.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Herman Tubick
Tubick
Charles Manson
William Zamora
Tate
Zamora
Life Magazine
Life
Just One Of Those Nights In Great Falls
Bruce Lundberg experienced a dramatic car fire after a flat tire at a downtown intersection. Firefighters say he underestimated the problem, revved the engine, causing the vehicle to burst into flames that spread to the gasoline tank and the entire car. Damages were about 3000 dollars. Lundberg was uninjured.
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Great Falls
Mont
Bruce Lundberg
Lundberg
Ben's Spanish Inn Listed In Travel Guide
Ben's Spanish Inn has earned a place in the thirteenth Mobil Travel Guide, one of the nation’s best known travel volumes. The listing, based on independent inspector reports, will be available at Mobil stations and bookstores in April, with the seven volume set offering regional maps, history, and travel tips.
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Mobil
Ben Matta
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