Knievel warns fate if Snake River jump halted
Evel Knievel told federal officials they must shoot him down or jail him if they try to stop his planned Snake River Canyon leap. He predicted a national and foreign TV audience for his September 8 stunt and noted a million offer already paid to jump near Twin Falls Idaho. Bureau of Land Management requires a special land use permit for a small portion of federal land near the site. Knievel said the event would draw a crowd larger than the Super Bowl or Pro Bowl.
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Evel Knevel
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Knievel
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Herer
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Kerner term appeal questioned as death aids mercy plea
Former Illinois governor Otto Kerner 65 seeks a federal court delay or suspension of his three year sentence for mail fraud tax evasion and conspiracy. His lawyers cite his wife’s death last year and a recent heart attack to argue circumstances militate against confinement.
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My Fair Lady star calls Higgins role a jinx and death kiss
London actor Charles Stapley recounts six actors who played Professor Higgins ending in disaster. He cites nervous breakdowns, a stage death, a suicide attempt, a walkout, and his own breakdown as the sixth. He told the tale during bankruptcy court as the role blamed for health and financial woes.
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London
Charles Stapley
Henry Higgins
Rex Harrison
Broadway
Australia
Hamburg
Stapley
D-heatth
Runaway boxcar wheels through three states in a wheat chase
A boxcar loaded with wheat raced from Colorado into Kansas after escaping from an elevator siding near Walsh Colorado. Officials, sheriff's deputies, and townsfolk pursued along the line as BILL HAYES and others attempted to brake the car. The vehicle halted only after rolling downhill and being halted by residents with improvised barriers.
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Kansas
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Walsh
Bill Hayes
Phosphorus Tank Car Derails in Night Incident
Fire crews and Union Pacific workers kept an all night vigil beside a derailed phosphorus tank car carrying 244000 pounds of white phosphorus. Fire Captain Thomas Bryan said there was no immediate danger as long as the car remained intact, with ten derailed cars in total. A 100000 pound crane would lift the cars back onto the tracks later today.
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Ndustry
Union Paciio
Thomas Bryan
Bryan
Army trims draft pool to 25000 as years end nears
Washington AP reports the Army has 25000 draftees left, about 3 percent of total strength. Draftees will finish two-year terms and leave at roughly 5000 monthly this summer and fall, with the final 85 due to be discharged next June. Legal authority expired July 1, 1973, mass calls halted six months earlier, leaving only a handful still in uniform.
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Armed Services
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Maine Corps
Navy
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Slaying of teenager provokes Atlanta street clash
In Atlanta a protest over a teen's slaying turned violent as mounted and patrol officers clashed with about 300 demonstrators injuring seven people including four officers and arresting 14. Police used force after an illegal march without a permit near Auburn Avenue. Reverend Hosea Williams and SCLC figures condemned the violence while Mayor Jackson urged calm.
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Atlanta
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Mack
B. J. Rickett
Housewife Climbs Ship Crow Nest for Weight Loss Challenge
Spokane story notes Mrs. Jinnie Cox a 26 year old Geiger Heights resident who spent a week atop the old ship's crow's nest in a downtown shopping complex. She plans to stay for two to three months to set an unlikely record and to work off about 30 pounds gained since marriage.
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Spokane
Wash
Jinnie Cox
Geiger
Proxmire Keeps Guard Unit Open In Wisconsin
Sen William Proxmire of Wisconsin secured continued status for the 15th Fighter Interceptor Group at Truax Field Madison after urging Defense Secretary Schlesinger to find another mission for the unit. The Air Force earlier announced plans to retire five Guard units.
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UPI
Willam Proxmire
D-Wis
Air Force
Air National’ Guard
Truax Field
Madison
James R. Schlesinger
Proxmire
Proxmirevok
Schlesinger
Truax
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