Op con man Weil turns 100 amid old memories
Chicago‑Joseph Weil the Yellow Kid, a famed confidence man once said to have bilked millions, celebrated his 100th birthday at the Lake Front Convalescent Home with a candlelit cake as police noted his historic notoriety. A 1918 bulletin once labeled him head of a “gang of clever con men.”
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Chicago
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Weil
Decatur Copper Mining Co
Lake Front
Richard J. Daley
Elephants and Lightning Strike Hit Shelly and Dubuque
In Shelley Idaho a circus elephant Susie escaped and rampaged through a yard before trainer Al Clark subdued her with a strike and leash. In Dubuque Iowa Patricia Goffinet and party suffered lightning injuries while golfing, with minor burns reported and plans to return to play soon.
Trial delay for Mrs Billy Graham in Charlotte
The trial of Mrs. Billy Graham on assault charges is postponed to August 29 due to the absence of a newsman who witnessed the incident at a Charlotte appearance by President Ford. Demonstrator Daniel Pollock says she took his protest sign and stood on it during the speech, prompting the delay at the request of an assistant district attorney.
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Charlotte
N.C
Billy Graham
Graham
Ford
Daniel Pollock
Consumer panel rejects broad aerosol ban in U S
After two years of study the Consumer Product Safety Commission will not ban aerosol sprays. An educational campaign on sniffing dangers and new valve rules are planned. No across the board ban, with decisions focused on preventing misdirected sprays while leaving broader action to FDA and EPA.
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Michael J. Conlon Washington
UPI
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Commission
Denver
DuPont Co
Edwin Gee
American Society of Safety Engineers
DuPont
Women cadet tops national rifle marksmen at Ft Lewis
Wanda Oliver of Eastern Washington State College leads the ROTC summer camp at Ft Lewis as the top conventional target shooter among both women and men in the United States. The six week session trains cadets in M16 rifles and other weapons, with women proving they can hold their own.
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Ft, Lewis
Wash
Wanda Oliver
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Ft. Lewis
United States
Tacoma
Oliver
Washington State College
U.S
Army
Ft. Benning
Tom Raley
Taeg Hee
Korea
IRS spied on Miami taxpayers sex life and drinking
IRS auditors reviewed 594 informant debriefings from Operation Leprechaun in 1972. They found that 835 documents or 23 percent included references to sexual activity or derogatory drinking behavior. The release prompted a House subcommittee member to threaten contempt of Congress as they prepared to question IRS Commissioner Alexander about the report.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Miami Area
IRS
House
Congress
Miami
John T. Harrison
Burke W. Willsey
Donald C. Alexander
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Dn.y
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Joint Congressional Committee
Rosenthal
Alxander
Indira Gandhi gets stay to appeal doubt on voting ban
The Supreme Court granted Indira Gandhi a conditional stay of her six year ban from office while she appeals a June conviction for election law violations. She remains prime minister but cannot vote in Parliament, prompting mixed reactions from supporters and opponents and prompting cabinet consultations.
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New Delhi
UPI
Supreme Court
Indira Gandhian
India
Mrs. Gandhi
Toust
Krishna Iyer
Raj Narain
Iyer
Congress Party
Kidnap gangs to talk deal in release hold up
In Dar es Salaam Western diplomats say Marxist guerrillas holding three foreigners in a Zaire jungle hideout will negotiate. The captives are Carrie Hunter 21 Atherton California Kenneth Smith 23 Garden Grove California and Emilie Berman Dutch administrator at the reserve all students and staff with Stanford wildlife center.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
UPT
Zaire
U.S
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Smith
Garden Grove
Emilie Berman
Holland
Stanford University-run
Wildlife Center
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Samarkand
Westbury
Kimberly
Sweden
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Toledo
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