Dallas FBI nets Indiana parole violator in 1974 kidnap case
FBI reports Earl Edward West, sought since 1974 for the kidnapping of a 6 year old Dallas girl, was picked up in Salt Lake City on a traffic stop. The capture ends a long pursuit tied to a high profile Dallas crime case with federal involvement.
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Salt Lake City
Indiana
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gordon Shanklin
FBI
Earl Edward West
Senate eyes grain corruption probe in foreign trade
The Senate opens a probe into alleged corruption in the foreign grain trade with à witnesses from the Agriculture Department. The focus includes bribery among inspectors at docks, the mixing of low quality grain, and inquiries into grading standards and handling on U.S. ports. Undersecretary J Phil Campbell testifies in place of Earl L Butz as he travels in South America.
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Agriculture Department
Senate
U.S
J. Phil Campbell
Overseas
Campbell
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
South America
Federal probe widens into grain shipments by ship and farm
A Senate subcommittee led by Justice and Agriculture departments, the IRS, and others investigates grain handling from farms to cargo ships. Beginning in New Orleans, the investigation cites 15 indictments there and five in Houston. Butz mentions options including a possible federal takeover that could add 3,000 federal jobs. Current law requires grain inspectors’ licensing but permits private hiring for inspections.
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Internal Revenue Service
Senate
New
Orleans
New Orleans
Houston
Butz
Agriculture Department
Department of the Grain Inspectors
Boards of Trade
U S
Last known survivor of massacre shocks nation
Mary Jo Estep, a retired teacher, is identified as one of the last survivors of a 1911 massacre of Shoshone Indians in northern Nevada. The discovery follows Dayton O Hyde’s research and ties Estep to a canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho, with her adoption by Evan Estep at Ft. Hall.
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Wash
Mary Jo Estep
United States
Nevada
Miss Estep
Dayton O. Hyde
Mike
Twin Falls
Idaho
California
Sierra Nevada
Winnemucca
Nev
Carson, Nev
Evan Estep
Ft. Hall
Mary Jo
Hyde
Washington Normal School
Ellensburg
Women libbers open conference in Mexico City
Thousands of women from 100 nations begin a two week United Nations International Women's Conference in Mexico City to press for better education higher paying jobs and greater influence in world affairs This first UN gathering focused on women's issues opens as delegates including men discuss family responsibilities economic development education health care and women's financial independence A parallel non governmental tribune draws about 4000 participants while some radical feminists oppose male attendance.
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Mexico City
United Nations International
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Luis Echeverria
Mexico
Helvi Sipila
Finland
Sipila
Women In the World Organization
Threat of rail strike threatens nation wide stoppage
The Ford administration calls the prospect of a railroad strike a matter of deepest concern as talks stall and a 60 day cooling off period nears end. Clerks may strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday, risking crippling effects on steel coal and farming sectors. Federal mediation and emergency legislation are the remaining options.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline
Congress
C.L. Dennis
Dennis
Ford
Penn Central
Rock Island
LBJ State Park Expansion Nears 718 Acres Total
Texas Parks and Wildlife has completed land purchases expanding Lyndon B. Johnson State Park from 269 to 717.8 acres at a cost over $1 million, funded by a cigarette tax. An out of court settlement with Eugene Lindig for 133.9 acres brought the expansion, along with similar deals with Hiram Hodges and Werner Schumann for 125.6 and 103.2 acres. Condemnation proceedings began in 1972 and included several acquisitions without court action.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
Eugene Lindig
Lindig
Pedernales River
LBJ
Stonewall
Lloyd Booth
Parks and Wildlife Department
Lindigs
Lyndon Johnson
Parks and Wildlife
Hiram Hodges
Werner Schumann
Hodges
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Prince Faisal Ibn Musaed Executed in Riyadh Publicly
In Riyadh, Prince Faisal Ibn Musaed, 27, was executed at 4:30 PM in the central square for a public safety incident. His head was displayed briefly on a wooden pole as thousands cheered, then both head and body were buried in unmarked graves per Islamic law. King Faisal witnessed the event from behind the government palace.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Faisal Ibn Musaed
Mohammed
Dira Square
Prince Salaman
Riaydh
Man awakens 21 years after accident in Seymour Texas
Gene Tipps, 28, recovers from a 1967 car crash that left him in a coma for eight years. Doctors say there is no medical explanation for his revival after a gall bladder surgery. He woke with memory of a shorter life and plans to finish a business administration degree at West Texas State University.
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Tex
Gene Tipps
Gene
Tipps
C.m.randal
Randal
O.e.tipps
Cisco Junior College
West Texas State University
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Okla
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Tulsa
Jimmy L. Studie
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