Lincoln Letter Discovery Reported by Collector
Springfield reports a collector announced a previously unknown letter signed by Abraham Lincoln dated March 11 1849 while he was a congressman. The note claims Lincoln sought patronage for constituents and lists names from Illinois and Montana. the body appears ghostwritten with Lincoln signing the closing. The find coincides with Lincoln's 161st birthday observance.
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Springfield
Taham Lincoln
Lincoln
acKing W. Hostick
Linetol
Incoln
G. W Crawford
Wall Collapse Kills Three, Traps Six Workers
At Aspinwall near Pittsburgh a concrete retaining wall collapsed trapping 19 workers. Three died: James Casey, George Crain, and Albert Cunningham. Six survivors were rescued, with three others hospitalized for injuries. Rescue crews from 30 police and fire departments aided in the effort.
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Pittsburgh
UPT
Aspinwall
James Casey
George Crain
Clairton
Albert Cunningham
Freeport
Samuel Mancuso
Ralph Mancuso
New York Tug Strike Disrupts Harbor Operations
A six thousand strong tugboat crew strike in New York Harbor costs up to 800000 daily, halts aid to ships, diverts bulk materials to trucks, and threatens municipal sewage disposal as federal intervention begins. Coast Guard moves sludge barges to sea and two tugs are chartered to haul garbage.
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New York
South Vietnam
Presdent Nixon
Coast Guard
Westchester County
New York City
Union
Grounded Tanker Arrow Sinks Off Cerebus Rock
The stern section of the grounded tanker Arrow sank in 11 fathoms of water off Cerebus Rock near Port Hawkesbury on Monday at 9 30 am. Oil bubbled to the surface as the stern disappeared. An Imperial Oil spokesman called it an accident not a deliberate act and noted 3 million gallons of heavy bunker oil aboard. The bow remains on the reef and will be destroyed by fire. Transport Minister Don Jamieson pledged that the Siberian firm leasing the ship and Imperial Oil will cover the cleanup costs and liability.
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Port Hawkesbury
Als
UPN
Arrow
Moday
Cerebus Rock
Imperial Oil
Tion
Don Jamieson
Siberian
Aristotle Onassis
Imperiall
Jamieson
House of Commons
Police Find Code Book Tied to Child Molestation Case
In Dothan Alabama authorities seized a footlocker from drifter Kenneth Shilts and uncovered a black notebook containing about 50 names with cities, photos, and coded entries. DA Baxley says the code lists offenses against children from California to Florida, linked to missing girl Peggy Rak and Wendy Stevenson. Police query other jurisdictions about similar cases.
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California
Florida
William G. Baxley
Kenneth Guy Shitts
Dothan
Alabama
Baxley
Shilts
Peggy
Wendy
Pompano Beach
Fla
Peggy Rak
Wendy Stevenson
Calley Trial Date Set For May Eighteen
Lt. Col. Reid W. Kennedy scheduled the start of Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr.’s court martial for May 18 on charges of murdering 122 South Vietnamese civilians. Kennedy deferred a ruling on dismissal motions amid extensive publicity and will question prospective jurors beginning May 16.
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nPt
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Reid W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Miami
George W. Latimer
Lt. Calley
League Honors Millikan Club at Long Beach ceremony
The Long Beach Community Improvement League presented its outstanding services award to Millikan High School Cosmopolitan Club during a school assembly. Richard Harris, league executive director, commended the club for raising funds for the league's tutoring program and other services for Central District youths.
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Long Beach Community Improvement League
Millikan High School
Cosmopolitan Club
Richard Harris
Embittered Scholar Kills Self After Shooting Two Professors
In Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania a 33 year old mathematician, Robert H Cantor, opened fire during a lecture killing his thesis adviser Dr Walter Koppelman and former department head Dr Oscar Goldman before shooting himself. Goldman was wounded and hospitalized. Koppelman was hit in the chest and seriously injured. Cantor had been unable to earn his doctorate and reportedly held a grudge against several professors in the Penn mathematics department.
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Robert H. Cantor
Oscar Goldman
Walter Koppelman
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
UPS
Gerard Washnitzer
Princeton University
Cantor
David Rittenhouse Laboratory
Goldman
University of Pennsylvania - Presbyterian Hospital
Koppelman
Temple Tniveristy
Temple
Kenneth Schwartz
Penh
Arabs Held in Munich Bombing Aimed to Hijack Jetliner
Three Arabs arrested after a Munich Airport bombing planned to hijack an Israeli jetliner. The attacker killed a 32 year old Israeli businessman Arie Katzenstein. his father Heinz Katzenstein, 56, was injured. Officials said the target was the El Al flight to London and that Dayan’s son was not the intended victim. The suspects left notes claiming the raid sought to hijack the plane for an Arab nation.
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Munich
Germany
Bonn
Bruno Merk
Riem
Moshe Dayant
Merk
Asgat Dayan
Dayan
Som
el al Airlines
el al
Arie Katzenstein
Heinz Katzenstein
City Urges Full-Time Youth Adviser for Long Beach
The Human Relations Commission urged assigning a full-time city employee to youth issues. They cited rising juvenile drug arrests from 78 in 1962 to 929 in 1984, more dropouts, unemployment, and venereal disease among under 25s, and called for a youth advisor reporting to the commission.
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D. Bowman
Commissions
Bowman
Commission
Long Beach
Health Department
Human Relations Commission
Commintes
Teen Father Buries Premature Baby Alive in Bellevue
A 16 year old father buried a two pound premature girl alive across from his Bellevue home after thinking the infant was stillborn. Police say the baby cried after being unearthed and both mother and child were treated at a hospital. the infant later transferred to University of Washington Hospital for incubator care. No charges filed yet, authorities said.
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Bellevue
Wash
UPI
Seattle
Set
Garnett Arcand
University of Washington
Arcand
Hellevue
Overlake Hospital
Inventecourt
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Washington
John H. Boothison
Wyoming
Ill
Benjamin F. James
Tremont
Victor B. Bell
Mount Carmel
Watent
Sitgle
Ifl*hois
J. —M. Lucas
Hetly
East River
New Jersey
James R. Coward
Dothan, Ala
Little Black Bank
William R. West
Calley
Aubrey Daniel
Columbus, Ga
Latimer
Millikan Club
Tim
Pal Ice
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