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Missing oil heir ransom payoff and related items
News briefs cover J Paul Getty III's safe return after a 3.4 million dollar ransom payment in Rome, the Miss World USA crown won by Lexie Brockway, Jack Dempsey pressing for lower rent in New York, a rare book collection found in Chicago, Elmo Wagner selling Playboy set, and miscellaneous ads. The reports name Gail Harris and J Paul Getty II, Miss Brockway's family, and institutions including Bodleian Library and University of Illinois Urbana.
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J. Paul Getty
Gail Harris
J.paul Getty
Rome
J. Paul Getty II
London
Z Uls
Argentina
Getty
Washington State University
Richland
Wash
Pullman
Chicago
Walter N. H. Harding
Harding
England
United States
Bodleian Library
Oxford University
Donald W. Krummel
University of Ilinois
Urbana