Arson charge in Dallas linked to JFK depository fire
Winfred Jack Anderson, 25, an employee tied to the owner of the old Texas School Book Depository, was arraigned on arson charges after a July 20 fire at the sixth floor site. Bond set at 16000. Mayhew, the Nashville owner, was reportedly unavailable. The building, eyed for a Kennedy museum, has faced funding and ownership tensions.
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Jack ‘Win’? Anderson
Robert G. Cole
Anderson
Nashville
Andrew Mayhew
Nashville Tennesseean
Mayhew
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Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
John Connally
Burglars hit the right house in Dallas
AP report says burglars knew the Pa rasites would be away from home and broke into a luxurious Dallas residence, stealing furs jewels and other items valued at 75000 dollars. Entry was gained by breaking a back door window leaving blood near the door and a cut burglar. Missing items include a jewelry box valued at 50000, a silver tea service 3000, mink stole 1500, sable jacket 2500, mink coat 3000, four diamond watches two diamond stick pins two diamond ear rings 800 in cash 5000 in travelers checks and six ladies suits 300 each.
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Dallas
W. A
Man gets 45 year term for pot in San Antonio
Ramon Aranda, 28, received a 45 year prison term after a jury found him guilty of possessing 79 one-pound bricks of marijuana valued at about 158000 in cigarette form. He had already served 18 months of a 10 year heroin possession sentence and was paroled in 1971.
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San Antonio
Ramon Aranda
Aranda
Bexar County
City rejects 28 percent rate hike by Southwestern Bell
Houston officials bashed Southwestern Bell Telephone for an excessive 28 percent rate increase. City Atty Olson and public service director Tyson urged hiring expert consultants to gauge a smaller rise and to assess current service and expansion plans. Bell argues the hike is needed to maintain and expand service, claiming the proposal would raise annual income by 23.7 million, with business trunkline switchboard rates up 52 percent. Bell may appeal to state courts.
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Houston
Houston City Council
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
City Atty
William A. Olson
Public Service
Thomas Tyson
Bell
Olson and
Tyson
Bell Telephone
McKee Fraud Case Proceeds in Dallas Court
State presses its case against John McKee 66 former Dallas Crime Commission head accused of fraud in Scottish Rite Masonic funds. Eight jurors sequestered in Crimina District Court No.4 amid venue fight and publicity, with two witnesses heard late Wednesday.
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Dallas
Dallas Crime Commission
John McKee
Scottish Rite Masonic Order
Criminal District Court
John Mead
Criminal District Court No. 4
McKee
Veniremen
Teens Arrested in Sheriff’s Grandson Murder Case
In San Antonio two teens were jailed as part of a grand jury investigation into a robbery that left Sheriff Bill Hauck’s grandson Richard Sanford dead. Arrests include Billy Turner and Michael Ward, both 18, with $35,000 bonds posted. Police seek five involved, and a description of the recovered jewelry was not released.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bill Hauck
Virgil Roberson
Police Robbery Bureau
Roberson
Richard Sanford
Sanford
Dudley
Daniel Daley
Billy Turner
Michael Ward
Phil Chavarria
Ernest Hyman
Smith vetoes multi million state higher ed and highway items
Gov. Preston Smith vetoed about six point three five million dollars in state college and school for the retarded appropriations and a controversial eleven story Highway Department building project. He blocked 1 million for a Fort Worth school for the mentally retarded, 1.5 million to acquire a site for a park near the Capitol, 1.2 million for junior college extension centers, 1.5 million to buy Corpus Christi land for a Texas A&I campus, 100,600 each for institutes at Texas A&M, and 250,000 for El Paso Community College startup costs. He also challenged riders restricting Texas Tech medical school funds to human medical education.
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Tex
Preston Smith
State Highway Department
Capitol
Smith
Fort Worth
North Texas
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Highway Department
Capitol Grounds
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Coleman
Lubbock
Palestine
Texas
University of Corpus Christi
Texas A&i
Corpus Christi
University of
Workers Return as Dock Strike Looms in Britain
Thousands of British dock workers returned to work briefly ending a port shutdown. Union leaders then voted to back an official national dock strike set for Friday, as lawmakers debated new labor rules and the Lords ruled unions may be liable for actions by local officials.
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Air
Edward Heath
Vere Sion
House of Lords Judicial Committee
Britain
Pentonville
Industrial Relations Court
Labor Court
John Donldson
Lords
Unionifst
South quits Citadel fight in Quang Tri
South Vietnamese paratroopers retreat from the Citadel at Quang Tri carrying the wounded and dead as Marines prepare to take positions east of the provincial capital. Reported casualties run high with 150 reported daily. Nearby fighting and shelling affect Hue and the Mekong Delta as air and artillery support continues.
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Quang Tri
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Bastogne
Hue
Quang Tri City
le Trung Hien
Saigon Command
Hien
Mekong Delta
Hieu Thien
Kien Tuong
Dinh Tuong
Mekong
Kein becomes patrol agent in Marfa sector
Douglas Keim 23 of Pecos graduates Tuesday from the United States Border Patrol Academy at Los Fresnos and becomes a Patrol Agent in the Marfa Border Patrol Sector. A 1967 Pecos High School graduate, he served 1968 71 in Vietnam as a pilot with the 1st Aviation Brigade. He is married to Patsy Sue Gann of Pecos.
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Douglas Keim
Pecos
United States Border Patrol Academy
Los Fresnos
Marfa
Keim
Border Patrol Academy
Robert J. Keim
Country Club Drive
Pecos High School
United States Army
Vietnam
1St Aviation Brigade
Patsy Sue Gann
Fischer Leads World Chess Championship After Draw
In Reykjavik Fischer remains ahead of Spassky by one full game after a drawn seventh game in the 24 game match. The score stands 4-3 with Fischer needing 8.5 points to win and Spassky 9 to retain. Analysts say Fischer had better chances early but Spassky's rooks posed constant menace as the battle continued into game eight.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
Isaac Kashdan
Associated Press
Kashdan
Hanoi rejects U S cease fire appeal at peace talks
North Vietnam rejected a renewed American call for an immediate cease fire at the Viet Nam peace conference in Paris. Xuan Thuy dismissed President Nixon’s plan, saying a truce must wait until all military and political questions are settled, and urged an end to mining, port blockades, and bombing in the region.
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North Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
U.S
Willian J. Porter
Porter
United States
South Vietnam
Johnson leaves hospital after chest pains scare
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson exited Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio with his wife by his side. A hospital spokesman said his chest pains were not a heart attack and that his illness was angina pectoris. He was flown by helicopter to his ranch about 60 miles away. Johnson has had three prior circulatory attacks, the last in April.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Brooke General Hospital
Johnson
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