Delaware man loses bid to change birth time for draft
Charles W. Brinton of Harmony Crest, 22, failed to convince Wilmington Superior Court to alter his Aug. 12 1998 birth time from 12:09 a.m. DST to 11:03 p.m. EST Aug. 21 to dodge induction. Judge William T. Quillan ruled no proof justified adjusting standards for official time. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon left hospital to their London home amid divorce rumors denied by a spokesman.
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Nixon gives Rose Bowl tickets to Ohio woman wife of prisoner of war
The Columbus Dispatch reports President Nixon gifted Rose Bowl tickets to Mary Lurie of Ohio whose Air Force Maj. Allan Lurie has been a North Vietnam prisoner since June 1866. Lurie from Van Wert resides in Apple Valley, Calif., while Nixon’s tickets to the Ohio State Stanford game spark attendance hopes.
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Defense Asks Russ for Mercy
Defense attorneys for the 11 defendants in the Leningrad hijacking trial appealed to the Russian Supreme Court for milder punishment under Article 43 citing exceptional circumstances. Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov spoke to reporters and relatives outside the courthouse as proceedings paused, with resumption planned Thursday. Eight defendants faced various sentences, including two Jews given death and nine others receiving labor camps, while the group claimed emigration motives and denied treason.
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U S Jews Plead for Hijack 11 in Soviet Union
American Jewish leaders in Washington urged the Kremlin to spare the lives of 11 Leningrad defendants, nine of them Jewish, in a hijacking trial. They pressed for clemency and for Jews in Russia to have the right to live and to leave for a land of their choice. Senate pressure and planned high level meetings sought presidential action to commute the death sentences.
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Kennedy Retracts His Denial
Senator Howard M. Kennedy of Massachusetts retracts a denial about former assistant postmaster general William J. Hartigan allegedly taking part in Kennedy's 1982 campaign. Senator Gordon Allott accuses Hartigan of a White House role and overseeing a major shift of mail delivery to air service with contracts awarded to Sedalia Marshall Bonnville Stage Lines in Des Moines.
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Hartigan
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Post Office Department
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Ile
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Massachusetts
Atott
Justice Department
Tartizan
Post Office
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Aid urged as cyclone endangers millions in East Pakistan
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Joseph Farland warns 2 million people in East Pakistan risk starvation after a cyclone devastates a region comparable to Rhode Island and Delaware. He recalls bodies in tidal surges and mass hunger threats, noting the disaster may fade from public memory despite ongoing aid, with 3 million in the delta lacking food.
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