Wright seeks revival of presumed death in Arkansas court
Frank J. Wright 68 formerly of North Little Rock asks Chancery Court to declare him alive after being declared dead in 1965. His lawyers cite no Arkansas case on reversing a death declaration. Wright has lived near Ash Fork Arizona for 20 years as his ex wife’s 1965 petition invoked a seven year absence rule.
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North Little Rock, Ark
Chancery Court
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Murray C. Reed
Arkansas
Reed
Ash Work
Ariz
Leu
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
New York
Benjamin A. Javits
Lewis S. Rosenteil
Susan
Rosenteils
Manhattan
Javits
Raymond
Evans
Eric
Sim
Rosenteil
Forgotten Man Taft Fuller Released on Parole from Tennessee Prison
Taft Fuller, 62, known as the forgotten man, walked out Tuesday with 37.10 and a Dallas bus ticket in his locket after 87 years in prison. He was sentenced to 9 years for murder and 20 for attempted bank robbery following a 1933 trial, and his parole prior failures were due to sobriety issues. Fuller says he remembers little of his trial, was semi conscious during it, and now seeks a fresh start with a promised job in Dallas.
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Tennessee State
Dallas
Tex
Taft Fuller
Fuller
Waller
Morrison, Tenn
Bank
Sheriff's Deputies
Two Historic Los Angeles Hotels Evacuated After Fire
Firemen said flames swept through a half block of stacked cardboard boxes prompting the evacuation of nearly 100 tenants from two aging Los Angeles hotels early today. No injuries were reported as crews battled the blaze.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Fragmentary newspaper note from coastal carrier page
Partial OCR shows a busy coastal area item with names and places unreadable. The fragment mentions a carrier and a Beach segment but lacks clear event or outcome details.
Baker to Begin Prison Term for Theft and Tax Evasion
Former Senate secretary Bobby Baker will surrender Jan. 14 at Lewisburg federal penitentiary to serve a one to three year sentence after being convicted in 1967 of theft fraud and income tax evasion. The Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. Attorneys arranged for immediate surrender eight days from now as appeals were terminated.
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Washington
UPI
Robert G
Bobby” Baker
Senate Democratic
Lyndon B. Jenson
Lewisburg
Baker
Supreme Court
Edward Bennett Williams
Senate
Federal Penitentiary
U.S. Court of Appeals
Williams
Ocean City
Clifford P. Case
R.J
Justice Department
Case
United States
Cambodia War Setbacks Force Top Level Parley
U S military leaders fear a deteriorating Cambodia situation and have convened top level talks in Saigon with Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. Khmer forces exploded a fuel boat and blew bridges around Phnom Penh cutting its western supply links via Highway 4. U S command warns Vietnamization relies on stability as withdrawals near May 1.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Kompong Sam
Mekong
Highway 4
Bon
Saigon
da Nang
Ky Defends His Wife's Land Claim Amid Montagnard Dispute
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defended his wife’s effort to obtain 3500 acres of land in the central highlands for fruit, trees, and animal breeding. Minister Paul Nur labeled the parcel as unsuitable waste land due to rice-growing areas, hills, tombs, and ancestral sites, and referred the case to top leaders.
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Saigon
Nguyen Caa Ky
Paul Nur
Tutra
Nur
Tran
Nerve gas mishap in Alaska lake sinks 200 cylinders
The Washington Post reports the Army let 200 nerve gas cylinders sit on a frozen Alaska lake for three years until they sank during thaw. They were slated for destruction in 1966 and later recovered after a new commander acted. No leaks were found. gas neutralized. Georgia L. Lusk, 77, former New Mexico congresswoman, dies in Albuquerque.
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Alaska
Washington Post
Fort Greely Military Reservation
Capitol Hill
Congress
Mike Gravel
Solon
Albuquerque
Georgia L. Lusk
New Mexico
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