Fingered Gray in FBI intelligence burglary operations
Edward S. Miller, Gray's former assistant director for intelligence, testified that Gray revived a 1972 burglary program to spy on Weather Underground militants. Miller and W. Mark Felt linked Gray to approving illicit break-ins, while Gray denied aiding illegal acts. The Justice Department weighs indictments of FBI personnel for civil rights violations amid a broad probe into domestic political burglaries.
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Patrick Gray
FBI
Assoc
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
Edward S. Miller
Miller
New York Times
W. Mark Felt
Felt
The
Times
Justice Department
Department
Clarence M. Kelley
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Mexico Establishes 200 Mile Zone Affects Fishing
The Coast Guard reports Mexico has set a 200 mile exclusive zone with new recreational fishing rules and licenses for private craft and party boats. It warns U S vessels entering may be boarded and seized for violations while bilateral talks with the United States continue.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Mexico
U.S
Coast Guard
Government of
National Marine Fisheries Service
Man Faces Charges in 3 Slayings in Texas
An Austin electrician, freed on bond after two Kerr County rape indictments, faces murder charges in Austin and Kerrville. Nineteen year old Lyle Richard Brummett alias Richard Stone is charged with the strangulation death of Diane K. Roberts 22 in Austin. The nude body was found at her home. Two other bodies believed to be Carol Ann London 18 and Beth Pearson 15 were found in a pasture 12 miles east of Kerrville. they had been missing since September 17.
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Kerrville
Tex
Austin
Diane K. Roberts
James E. Beck
Miss London
Beth Pearson
Marine recruit Hortense Phillips completes training at Parris Island
Marine Pvt Hortense Phillips 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Phillips of 512 W Center St Port Lavaca completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island SC A 1976 Calhoun High School graduate she joined the Marine Corps in March.
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Marine Pvt
Hortense Phillips
Wesley Phillips
W. Center St
Port Lavaca
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.C
Calhoun High School
Marine Corps
Memorial Gifts Aid Cancer Fight
Calhoun County residents turn losses into victories by giving memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society. Gifts honor loved ones or celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, with cards naming the honoree but not the amount. Donations fund cancer research education and patient services. locals have raised $82.50 to date in the ACS quarter ending Aug 31. Envelopes are available at local banks, funeral homes, post offices, and grocery stores in Port Lavaca Port O Connor and Point Comfort, with organizers listed for the program.
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Bessie Shearer
American Cancer Society
Living Memorial Cancer Fund
Calhoun County
ACS
ASC
Shearer
Port Lavaca
First National Bank
First State Bank and Trust Company
Richardson and Rendon Funeral Homes
U.S. Post Office
Port O
Today In History Aug 19 1976 Associated Press summary
On August 19 historical milestones include 1934 Hitler election as successor to Hindenburg, 1812 Constitution defeats a British frigate, 1862 Greeley accusation against Lincoln over emancipation, 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland, 1955 Northeastern flood deaths, 1966 fatal Turkish earthquake, and 1981 Machinists Union end of a 43 day strike. Births: Willie Shoemaker 45, Philip Potter 55. Thought by George Eliot. Bicentennial note on neutral Indian policy.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenberg
Salem
Mass
U.S
North Atlantic
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Abraham Lincoln
Africa
United States
Connecticut
Turkey
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Vietnamese Gulf of Tonkin
Demilitarized Zone
Ford
Soviet Union
Willie Shoemaker
World Council of Churches
Philip Potter
George Eliot
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Britain
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Long Island
Jack Solerwitz
J. Edgar Hoover
Capitol
Pentagon
State Department
Mexico City
Department of State
Lavaca
Calhoun Citizen
Cancer Fight
Gene Thurmond
Howard Taylor
Port O'Connor
Ken Shearer
P.O
Machinists
First Baptist Church
Calhoun St
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