Vidal sues Capote for libel and scandalous claims
Gore Vidal sues Truman Capote Playgirl and Richard Zoerink for 1 million dollars alleging a 1975 Playgirl article libeled him by claiming he was ejected from the Kennedy White House after drunken behavior. The suit seeks damages for public contempt and false statements.
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New York
Gore Vidal
Truman Capote
Playgift
Richard Zoerink
Vidal
Kennedy White House
State Supreme Court
Manhattan
Playgirl
Zoerink
Capote
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Harvard
Arthur Schlesinger
Gore
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jackie
Abe
Ten year old driver leads Spokane chase ends with wreck
A 10-year-old behind the wheel and an 11-year-old passenger from Colville were arrested after a block chase in Spokane. The stolen foreign car skidded off course, missing a curve and striking a fence and house. Passersby once helped the driver back onto the road. The youths faced police questioning.
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Spokane
Wash
Colville
Burglary At Jacksonville Home Angers Owner
Gerald Estabrooks reports a Wednesday burglary at his Jacksonville residence. He found the front door pried open and his $30 burglar alarm missing, leaving him irritated by the break in.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Gerald Estabrook
Estabrook
Hughes moved to Acapulco, Summa confirms reports
Nevada officials said Summa Corp. led by PHM Hannifin has informed them billionaire Howard Hughes is living in Acapulco. Hughes controls seven major Nevada gambling resorts through Summa. Officials had sought updates on Hughes' whereabouts for years.
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Acapulco
Las Vegas
Summa Corp
Hannifin
Nevada Gaming Contral Board
Summa
Hughes
Bahamas
Acroules
Nevada
Nevada Gaming
Flaghes
Postal fraud warnings to curb rising mail schemes
Postal officials designate Postal Consumer Protection Week to warn the public about mail fraud schemes as consumer losses reach 395 million dollars in fiscal 1975. The My Secret diet tonic case in Los Angeles led to two convictions. officials caution offers that sound too good to be true.
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Postal Service
Washington
Los Angeles
George Davis
Nobel winners urge tougher cigarette controls and tax
Dr. Renato Dulbecco and Dr. Howard M Tern urged Congress to tax high tar and nicotine cigarettes to cut cancer risk. They warned the 60,000 annual U S lung cancer deaths demand action, while some tobacco lawmakers warned the plan could devastate tobacco industries and farmers.
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Washington
Renato Dulbecco
Howard M Tern
Senate
U.S
Senate Health
Walter D. Huddleston
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Dulbecco
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories
London
Termin
University of Wisconsin
Southern states hit by tornado outbreak injuring many
A series of tornadoes and near hurricane winds swept six southeastern states from Mississippi to the Atlantic causing extensive damage. Mississippi reported 2.6 million dollars in county property losses, one dead, 70 injured. Gov. Finch sought federal disaster aid. Several counties and towns across Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee reported injuries and significant damage to homes towers and power lines. One area near Oconee County D C reported an injury from a tornado.
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Mississippi
Atlantic
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Cliff Finch
Ford
Oconee County
D.C
Ford delays Scranton U N ambassadorship nomination
President Ford wishes William Scranton to be U N ambassador but no nomination announced for at least ten days. Scranton undecided and away in Washington for a railway meeting. The Times cited sources that Ford plans to announce the appointment soon after Moynihan’s resignation.
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Betty Ford
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ford
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
United Nations
Scranton
Daniel P. Moynihan
U.N. Post
New York Times
Moynihan
the Times
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