Army probes heroin smuggling in coffins linked to Fayetteville case
UPI reports the U S Customs Service leads an inquiry into a civilian drug operation that allegedly smuggled heroin inside dead soldiers' coffins from Vietnam. Army help is limited and no current link to Fort Bragg is disclosed, though the probe may touch military personnel.
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U.S. Customs Service
Army
Vietnam
Fayetteville
Fort Bragg
Green Berets
Payetteville
Senate
Atorney
Michael E. Marr
Baltimore
Thailand
Honolulu
Washington Post
Fl Bragg
Fr. Bragg
North Carolina
Thomas Edward Southerland
Demos urged to act on federal spending
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield told colleagues they have a new mandate to reestablish congressional control over domestic matters including federal spending. He urged restraint on spending, base closures, and a stronger budget system while signaling active oversight of more than 20 carryover issues.
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Demos
Washington
Mansfield
Montanan
Senate
1St Congress
Nixon
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Albert
House Democrats
Congress
Soviet adopts death penalty laws for hijackings
Tass reports the Soviet presidium adopted a decree making aircraft hijacking punishable by 3 to 10 years for basic hijacking and 5 to 15 years if violence or grave consequences occur. Death or heavy penalties possible if death or serious injury results, including execution with confiscation of property.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Supreme Soviet ‘O
Turkey
Leningrad
Altimeter Errors Sought After Eastern Airlines Crash
Investigators examining the Everglades crash of an Eastern Airlines L 1011 probe altimeter accuracy after the last words Are we sat at 2 000 feet The NTSB interviews 31 of 77 survivors and reports no warning signs while the crew may have set the altitude warning horn and a hatch inspection by a mechanic sparked questions about cockpit distraction.
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MIAM
API
Everglades
Eastern Airlines
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Albert J. Stackstill
Angela Donadeo
Edward Slatery
Slattery
Nader Urges Halt to Nuclear Plant Construction
Ralph Nader criticized nuclear plant safety and urged a stop to further construction. He called the risk of catastrophic accidents an urgent public safety issue and questioned the AEC safety assurances while defending safety records cited by Edison Electric Institute and Atomic Industrial Forum figures.
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Washington
UPS
Ralph Nader
Atomic Energy Commission
Nader
W. Denham Crawford
Edison Electric Institute
Crawford
William R. Gould
Atomic Industrial Forum
Congressional Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
AEC
Gould
Playground Daily News Freedom Publishing and Circulation Details
The record lists the Playground Daily News as a division of Florida Freedom Newspapers Inc with a Fort Walton Beach address and multiple regional offices. It includes masthead details, contact numbers, circulation areas Crestview WALP Niceville and a list of subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by carrier or mail.
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Your Freedom
The
Playground Daily News
Florida
Freedom Newspapers Inc
Eglin Parkway
Ft. Walton Beach
Audit Bureau of
Man Charged After Plane Hijack Attempt At Friendship
Charles A. Wenige, 37, was ordered held on $100000 bail after attempting to hijack a Piedmont Airlines prop jet in Washington and landing at Friendship International. Prosecutors linked Wenige to 1971 threats against President Nixon and Baltimore FBI agents. He was sent to St. Elizabeths for psychiatric testing after hospitalization for mental disorders during the holidays.
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Baltimore
UPD
Friendship International
Nixon
FBI
Charles A. Wenige
Wenige
Piedmont Airlines
Washington
Friendship
Albania
U.S
Clarence Goetz
Paul R. Kramer
Fairfax
Alexander Harvey
William A. Swisher
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington, D.C
Kramer
Hughes Retains Privacy in London Stay
In London Howard Hughes, the billionaire, spent a week on the top floor of the Inn on the Park Hyde Park. Hotel staff and Rothschild representatives refused to confirm his presence or discuss a possible investment or takeover. The guest and entourage occupied two one bed suites and six doubles on the ninth floor.
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London
UPD
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Paradise Island
Vancouver
Managua
Hyde Park
Serge
Rothschild Bank
N. M. Rothschild and Sons Ltd
Rothschild
North Sea
E.M.I
Okaloosa Community Notices Digest Items
Okaloosa Digest items include school menus for Okaloosa County and St Mary's, a county commissioners meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the courthouse board room, and several club and organizational gatherings across Niceville Valparaiso and Fort Walton Beach. Activities include DAV Bay Area Chapter meeting, Stagecrafters audition for Aesop's Fables, Hurlburt Confraternity women meet after Mass, Fort Walton Beach Jaycees meeting, Order of the Arrow Camp Robbins gathering, Pilot Club board meeting, and Eglin Officers Wives Club games night.
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St. Mary's
St. Mary's School
Okaloosa County
Court House
DAV
Bay Area
Disabled American Veterans of
Niceville
Valparaiso
Seminole
Choctaw Beach
Valparaiso City Hall
Southview Avenue
St. Simon's-on-the-Sound Episcopal Church
Ted J. Kingure
YWB Jaycees
Fort Walton Beach
Jaycees
Hurlburt Officers Club
Choctawhatchee Dist
Order of Arrow
Order of the Arrow
Choctawhatchee District
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Robbins
Eglin Afb
Pilot Club of
The
Miracle Strip
Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club
Eglin Officers’ Wives' Club
Eglin Officers’ Wives’ Club
Eglin Officers’ Club
Askew Advisor Rules Out One Big Florida Consumer Agency
Florida consumer affairs adviser Arthur England said no recommendation for a consolidated superagency in the 1973 plan. He described an inventory of state agency duties and suggested reallocations between agencies without endorsing a single merged department. England stressed he favors preserving multiple agencies with specific protections rather than a single umbrella body.
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Reidsville
UPI
Georgia State Prison
Ellis MacDougall
State Department of Offender Rehabilitation
MacDougall
Diagnostic and Classification Center
Jackson
Gay
Tallahassee
Reubin Askew
Arthur England
Consolidated ‘Superagency
Florida
England
Insurance Commissioner
Community Affairs Department
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Agriculture Department
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Somoza
Monterey
Sydney
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