Waverly Banker Paid Ransom for Abducted Wife
FBI reports a Waverly Minnesota banker paid fifty thousand dollars to secure his wife's release after an abduction. The bank president Daniel Graham allegedly paid the ransom and notified authorities about the incident and timing, with the wife reportedly found unharmed about midnight Wednesday.
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Minneavolis
Mit
FBI
Waverly
Minn
PAL
Philip Enlow
Daniel Graham
Citizens State Bank of Waved
Enlow
Graham
Alent
Minneapolis
Jacqueline Onassis Attends Harriman Dinner Crowd Surges
Jacqueline Onassis appeared in Washington amid a press crush at a dinner for former New York Governor Harriman. She posed with escort Billy Walton, a Washington sculptor, calling him an old friend. She acknowledged missing the American press as she smiled through the photographers. The Democratic Study Group hosted the event, noting Harriman as a long-time Kennedy family friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jacqueline Onassis
Fon
Democratic Study Group
U.S. House of Representatives
Harriman
Ford Shows No Pace Cut as Hawaii Trip Looms
Gerald Ford presses a grueling schedule across Hawaii and Washington State with five one day trips in six days after a busy two day stay in Hawaii. Nixon had urged a slower pace but Ford plans to continue the heavy public engagement including speeches, receptions, and fund raising events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Wolf
Hawaii
Washington State
White House
Arizona Wenatat
Pearl Harbor
National Council of the Boy Scouts
Honolulu
MHS
Clare Boothe Luce
Tacoma
Wash
Capital
New York
Lansing
Mich
Boston
Witness cites Nixon refuse jury test in SLA case
Two witnesses chose jail time over answering questions before a federal grand jury probing an SLA bank robbery linked to Patricia Hearst. Paul Halverson cited Nixon precedent as he refused to comply. Cynthia Garvey echoed noncooperation, risking up to 34 months in jail. Grand jury reconvenes. SLA members allegedly used sex to recruit prisoners at Vacaville Prison under a Black Cultural Association setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Txlay
Cynthia Garvey
Grand Jury
U.S. District Court
Alfonso Zirpoli
Zirpoli
Kgo-Tv
SLA
Symbionese Liberation Army
Vacaville State Prison
T N
KGO
Black Cultural Association
Culstan Westbrook
Vacaville
Oakland
Hibernia Bank
Patricia Hearst
Halverson
Miss Garvey
Joyce
Camilla Hall
FBI
Angels of mercy lift supplies for Baja California clinic
In San Diego on a Wednesday, four of the 200 Flying Samaritans load a plane with medical supplies for a Baja California clinic. For 13 years the group has aided volunteer doctors and dentists serving the needy, while other items describe SLA connections and related court actions.
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Flying Samaritans
San Diego
Mexico
Baja California
Margaret Webber
Nancy
Callison
Shirley Wall
Margie Nunes
Disney Eyes Lake Tahoe Area for Resort Venture
Disney may buy land around Independence Lake north of Lake Tahoe for a year round ski and recreation area. Sierra Pacific Power Co owns the lake and Southern Pacific Land Co owns the surrounding tract, with sale price cited as the main hurdle amid prior Mineral King delays and environmental appeals.
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Los Angeles
Walt Disney Productions
Lake Tahwe
California
Independence Lake
Interstate KI
Nevada
Los Angeles Times
Sierra Pacific Power Co
Southern Pacific Land Co
Southern Pacific Land
Disney
Reno
Sequoia National Park
Forest Service
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Mrs. Onassis
Mrs. Harriman
Jacqueline Thrills
Gerald Ford
Fatty
London
Hlousewife Surley Turner
Tumer
Bula
Nottingham General Hospital
Wallace
Abernathy
Montgomery
Ala
George
Ralph Abernathy
Rishama State University
Whio
Westbrook
Donald Neleeze
Field Marshall Cinque
Angels of Mercy
Cange
Russell Little
Joseph Remira
Alameda County
Little and
Remira
Qakiand
Maceus Foster
Lowell Jensen
Little
Remiro
Poige
Beach
Cannes
Lake Tahoe
MISS
Lakewood
Mike Steele
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
Laguna
Vanity Fair
Fillols
Butlock
Bullock's
Clark Ave
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