Wall Street boss quits in Wesco furor
Washington GA report states Bradford Cook of the Securities and Exchange Commission resigns as chairman amid criticism over a Vesco donation matter. The letter to President Nixon cites unfortunate circumstances and a decision to step down after guiding SEC reforms. Cook testified in a Vesco probe before a Senate committee.
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Wall Street
Washington
Bradford Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Nixon
Cook
Securities and "Exchange" Commission
SEC
Robert L. Veses
Gird
Senate
Vesco
New York
Maurice Stans
Stans
Texas
State earns about 70 million from horse racing funds
A California Horse Racing Board spokesman states about 70 million dollars is returned to the state each year from pari mutuel bets. Seven percent of each dollar goes to the state, five percent to tracks, 3.75 percent to horsemen, with the rest to bettors. Eight million funds the fair and exposition program, while 62 million goes to the general fund supporting state government.
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California
M.B
Long Beach
Raco
Sid
California Horse Racing Board
Fair and Exposition Fund
University of California At Davis
Cal Poly
General
State Controller’s Office
P.O. Box
Sacramento
Calif
Worker seeks unpaid profit share from United Riggers in Santa Fe Springs
M J of Cerritos describes four years as payroll clerk for United Riggers and Erectors Inc. in Santa Fe Springs. She says retirement and profit sharing contributions were made in her name and, upon quitting in January, she was due about 3000 dollars. She reports callous delays and asks for help as a company executive promises payment by month’s end.
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United Riggers and Erectors Inc
Santa Fe Springs
M.J
Cerritos
Rey Bowlin
President Nixon asks for nonpartisan election reform commission
Spurred by disclosures from the 1972 campaign the President urged Congress to create an eight member nonpartisan Election Reform Commission to study our election system and campaign practices. The panel would report by December 1 and consider a constitutional amendment limiting presidents to one six year term while extending House terms to four years.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Nonpartisan ‘Commission
Nonpartisan Commission On Election Reform
House
Nolan Ryan Fires No-Hit Gem For Angels Win
California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan throws a no hitter to blank the Kansas City Royals in a standout showcase. The game highlights coordination across the sports section with page references noted.
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California Angels
Nolan Ryan
Kansas City Royals
White House pins Watergate probe on Dean
White House officials state that fired counsel John W Dean III bore sole responsibility for the post Watergate inquiry. Press secretary Ronald L Ziegler said Dean led the investigation ordered after the June 17 1972 Democratic National Committee break in.
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Washington
White House
Counser
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Ronald L.ziegler
Dean
Democratic National Committee
Ziegler
Coursel
Barry Goldwater
Nixon Did Wiretap Aides in White House Admission
The White House acknowledged that President Nixon personally approved wiretapping of more than a dozen National Security Council and Pentagon aides beginning in 1969. The spokesman said the intrusions were a national security matter, approved by Nixon and authorized by the attorney general in coordination with the FBI director.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Pentagon
Securiy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Zambians Shoot Kill Two Tourists at Victoria Falls
Zambian troops fired on a party of foreign tourists at Victoria Falls killing at least one Canadian woman and wounding a U.S. man, John Crothers of Troy Ohio. A second Canadian woman was struck and fell into the Zambezi River with bodies not recovered. The falls lie on the Zambia Rhodesia border. authorities fear difficult recovery. It is the second such accusation against Zambian troops for cross border sniper fire.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Victoria Falls
United States
U.S
Lusaka
John Crothers
Troy
Ohio
Zambezi
Zambezi River
Zambia
City may refine own gasoline if no bids come in
Long Beach faces a possible shift to refining its own crude oil after no bids were received for its gasoline supply contract worth about 1.5 million gallons annually. City Manager Mansell said the city could reject bids and seek in-house refining if oil companies do not bid.
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Long Beach
Upland
John R. Mansell
Los Angeles County
Mansell
Gale
Seven Marines Die In Copter Crash Near Fort Knox
FT KNOX Ky seven soldiers were killed when an Army helicopter crashed during a flight to evaluate a new high vision device. The wreckage was found eight hours after its due return, two miles north of Muldraugh near the base airfield. Cause under investigation. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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FT. Knox
Godman Army Air Field
Muldraugh
Skylab faces 150 degree heat as sun shades weighed
Skylab remains uninhabitable as temperatures reach 150 degrees inside the space lab. NASA debates deploying a 12 by 40 foot aluminized curtain to shield the craft while three astronauts may perform a space walk to install the shade. Launch could be delayed. Conrad Jr. Kerwin and Weitz, assigned to the mission, await decision.
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Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
Orbiting Laboratory
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control
Diverted 747 After Bomb Threat Sparks Denver Flight
An extortionist threatened to disintegrate a 747 with 125 passengers en route to Tokyo unless $20,000 was paid. The plane landed at Stapleton Denver at 12:15 a.m. Passengers and crew were evacuated and FBI questioned them as bomb squads searched the jet, deeming it safe after two hours.
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Denver
UPH
Tokyo
Portland
Ore
Northwest Airlines
Stapleton International Airport
FBI
Bob Olds
Woman, 25, steals Coast Line freight train
A 25 year old Sanford woman leaped aboard an unmanned 28 car Sea board Coastline train and rode 30 miles north before diverting onto a spur at Pierson and derailing. Deputies say she may have had an accomplice as the train was switched off two southbound freights to avoid collision. The suspect, Mary Lane Pitkin, was captured at Pierson and faces grand larceny charges.
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Sanford
Fla
UPI
Seaboard Coastline
Pierson
M.R. Herring
Mary Lane Pitkin
Seminole County
Tom Hennigan
Hennigan
Herring
TOMMONT AND THURSDAY Weather
AREA night and morning cloud mostly sunny after noon with low 53. MOUNTAINS some cloudiness with isolated acners low 40. DESERTS same thundershowers low 55 high 102.
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Ial Sayles
Redessa
DGN Srackenbury
Sen. Symington
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Mexico City
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