Bronfman to pay record ransom for kidnapped son
Edgar Bronfman Sr reportedly will pay a record four point five million dollars after a tape of his son Samuel Bronfman II, 21, and kidnappers surfaced. The case echoes a Florida abduction from seven years earlier with similar ads in major New York papers signed Fred Dollard. An FBI link to the ads was unconfirmed.
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Bronfman
Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Samuel Bronfman
Seagram
Edgar Bronfman
Samuel
Westchester County
New York City
Florida
Jack
Fred Dollard
New York Daily News
THE
NEW York Post
Princeton
N.J
Post
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Ex mobster declares Hoffa dead during threeweek search
DETROIT AP reports a retired Los Angeles mobster says Jimmy Hoffa is dead and fell into a trap. Mickey Cohen claims Hoffa may never be seen again while FBI probes consider kidnapping or killing theories and prep for a Detroit grand jury.
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Detroit
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Los Angeles
Hoffa
Mickey Cohen
O'Brien
FBI
O’brien
Fitzsimmons
Cohen
Underworld
Jim
Harold Gibbons
Gibbons
St. Louis
Pecos City Council approves raises and rate hikes
The Pecos City Council in regular session approved increased water and sewer rates and across the board pay raises for 56 city employees. Clerks secretaries drivers and laborers received $30 monthly raises while administrative staff saw $50 to $150 boosts. Police chief fire chiefs and other officials listed, plus seven patrolmen three sergeants and one lieutenant of the Police Department saw $100 raises raising patrolmen to $735 monthly.
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Pecos
Eugene Martin
S.B. Hunt
Alfred Gomez
Dick Wadley
Clarence Cox
Concha Gomez
J.T. Precit
Jay Maxey
Frances Powell
Dwayne Dobbs
Tommie Rodriguez
Margaret Ryan
Fred Jaquez
Mary Parsons
Bob Bickley
Bickley
Continental Telephone
Top federal welfare head resigns post
Washington AP reports U.S. Commissioner of Welfare Robert B. Carleson resigns and asks abolition of the post to signal welfare is a state responsibility. He submitted the resignation to HEW Secretary F. David Mathews and plans to leave on September 30.
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Washington
Robert B. Carleson
U.S
Welfare
Health, Education and Welfare
F. David Mathews
Carleson
Airlines fight resumes over Harlingen service dispute
An attorney for Texas International questioned a TAC examiner about her recommendation favoring Southwest for Harlingen service, citing air traffic data between Houston and Dallas and Braniff-Texas International figures. The session touched on public records, salaries, and city issues in Pecos, Texas.
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Southwest
Houston-Dallas
Publications and chicken grease antics headline Pecos column
Terry Burns fiction adds author to his chamber duties after publishing a National Chamber of Commerce selected manual on publications. The piece recalls coffee tasters like Carolyn Grove, bumper stickers, cantaloupe recipes, and a quip about quitting smoking with a rubber band.
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Terry Burns
Terry
National Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise
Rainy Day Brightens White House Construction Mural
Workers at a Washington site saw rain fall overnight on a government funded mural of a reclining bikini clad woman named Sarah. The painting was meant to improve morale for the hardhats in the pit. A tree protected the bikini from washing away as sprinkling continued.
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Washington
Sarah
White House
Duval County Superintendent Surrenders on Theft Indictment
Emede Garcia, long time Duval County school superintendent, surrendered after being indicted on a theft charge involving state funds. He posted a 5,000 dollar bond in San Diego, Texas, as the Travis County grand jury probes alleged misuses totaling under 10,000 dollars.
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San Diego
Tex
Emede Garcia
Duval County
Garcia
Mace Thurman
Austin
Travis County
Travis County Grand Jury
Gerald Carruth
Travis Dist
Bob Smith
Smith
Texas Rangers
Rudy Rodriguez
Ray Martinez
John Wood
Carruth
Defense to stress self defense in Little trial closing
Raleigh AP Marvin Miller plans to highlight evidence in closing arguments supporting Joan Little’s claim she killed a white jailer in self defense rather than as part of an escape plot. Closing arguments began late Wednesday after rebuttal testimony. verdict expected around noon Friday.
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Raleigh, N.C
Marvin Miller
Joan Little
Miller
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William McCrystal
Mullaney
Albert Walker
Ralph Williams
Louis
Walker
Midland
Senior Citizens Center
Boston
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Charles
Chuckie’ O'Brien
Fitzsimmon
City Council
Paso
By John Pitts
Carolyn Grove
Maryland Club
Carolyn
Duval
John Blanton
Blanton
Atty
John Hill
Hill
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