FBI Director Post Candidate Rumors Stir Debate
The story notes informal talk with a sixth candidate for FBI director, while President Carter and Attorney General Griffin Bell consider names. It also covers Kennedy family travel, including Michael Kennedy leaving Australia after sheep-farming experiences and plans to verify PT 19 relics near the Solomon Islands for the Kennedy Library.
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Gleason’s Miami Beach Specials Stalled Over Costs
Jackie Gleason’s two Honeys Mooners specials for ABC hit a funding snag as Miami officials refused to cover production costs. The city agreed to donate $20,000 for publicity in exchange, after Gleason’s publicity team outlined a shift from Miami Beach branding to a new venue in the New World Center.
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Ford Tr Memphis Ball Brings 15000 To St Jude Hospital
The golf ball once used by former President Ford to ace the fifth hole in a pro am at Colonial Country Club sold for 15000 dollars to Ha Haggar company. Joe Haggar stood in Ford's group during the event and plans to present the ball to Ford at the Vail celebrity tournament on July 25 26. Danny Thomas the hospital founder organized the auction. Also noted estate news: Morris Lansburgh Miami Beach hotelier left a 5.9 million estate to his two sons with probate details filed.
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Oddballs sail summer seas in unusual journeys
James Meadows from Concord ends a 11 mile Sunfish voyage from Miami shouting Madmen have the right of way as he nears a motorboat. The piece notes other quirky sea trips including an Irishman crossing from Marblehead in a banana shaped craft and a trans Atlantic attempt from Newport. Meadows used a simple gear list and stayed within five miles of shore.
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Legion opens convention mourning last year's dead
The Pennsylvania American Legion opens its annual convention with a memorial for victims of Legionnaires disease. Fifteen thousand Legionnaires and families are slated to attend, up from last year's Philadelphia gathering tied to the mysterious illness that killed 20 and sickened 11. Medical authorities identify a bacterial cause yet debate transmission. Officials plan tightened security and more credential checks, while a monument to victims was dedicated at Legion headquarters in Pittsburgh.
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Congress mulls rules on surplus Library of Congress books
The Library of Congress director Daniel Boorstin proposes new rules to limit lawmakers to borrowing surplus books and earmark others for donation to educational institutions. Rep. Charles Carney of Youngstown faces allegations of diverting about 82,000 books for himself and others. Rep. Lucien Nedzi expects committee approval, while ethics inquiry remains with the House committee.
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German and Yank jailed in Florida for spying
In Fort Lauderdale a German citizen Carl L. Wa 33 and American John Heiser 11 were arrested at the airport on charges of acting as agents for East Germany and the Soviet Union. FBI said they planned to leave for the Bahamas. detailed charges and hearing were to follow.
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Beame Cancels DC Meetings Over Water Aid Push
New York Mayor Vara ram Beaviw canceled a meeting with Washington officials and will join New York to press for federal help as the city faces a potential water shortage.
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