Johnson keynote speech linked to UT black educators clash
Lyndon B. Johnson traveled from his Mexican ranch to Austin to keynote a University of Texas conference of black educators. President Johnson died January 22, 1973 after continuing heart problems. Spurr claimed Johnson sacrificed his life for the conference and that UT regents debated firing him, with Mrs. Johnson abstaining.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Texas Conference of
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Johnson
Charlottesville
Spurr
Austin
Charles A. Lemaistre
James McGrath helps police with burglary case
An 8 year old boy James McGrath testified in a Chicago court about seeing a suspect behind the wheel of a getaway car before a burglary two months ago. Four suspects faced charges linked to his sighting as witnesses described the incident.
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James McGrath
John Klicka
James
Chicago
Inflation Hits Santa at Village Animal Acts
Santa Claus faces price hikes as Santa's Village raises costs for animal acts. A dime becomes a quarter to operate the machine that triggers live animals to perform brief acts like dancing chickens, plashing ducks, and rabbits. Manager Don Ruden notes four chickens, fair ducks, and two rabbits work in three shifts amid the price spiral.
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Santa’s Village
Don Ruden
Kidnapped child found sitter held in Mexico
A live-in babysitter Teodora DeBorrelli known as Yolanda Lopez Lara allegedly kidnapped a week-old infant, claiming to need the child to claim her husband inheritance. The baby, Carrenita Pollorena, was found safe in Mexicali and reunited with parents John and Yolanda Pollorena at the Tijuana police station. A police artist sketch helped locate DeBorrelli in Tijuana. she faces Mexican kidnapping charges. Jewelry valued at $800 was recovered from pawnshops in Mexicali and Tijuana.
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Chula Vista
Tijuany
Menicali
Carrenita Pollorena
John
Yolanda Pollorena
Tijuana
DeBorrelli
Mexicali
Rathbun
Mexico
Pollorena
37 nabbed in narcotics crackdown in Gary
Federal agents rounded up 37 suspects in a Lake County narcotics crackdown tied to the Family street gang. Among those arrested were Gary police officers David Bullock Nathan McKinnie and Gerald Patterson and Gary court clerk Euilis Andre. Indictments allege the Family organized since 1970 to traffic heroin and cocaine and extort from rivals amid a gangland war that has produced at least 30 murders.
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UPI
Gary
South Bend
Lake County
Chicago
Richard G. Hatcher
David Bullock
Nathan McKinnie
Gerald Patterson
Euilis Andre
Andrews
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Pan Am union seeks U.S. aid as workers rally in Miami
Pan American World Airways workers gathered at Miami International Airport to press for federal assistance amid the carrier’s financial troubles. Union leader William Redford of the Transport Workers Union warned of a Washington march unless Congress acts. He urged employees to contact their lawmakers.
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UPI
Miami International
Pan American World Airways
Washington
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The
Transport Workers Union
Acid killer Gea de Kaplany wins appeal in murder case
The U.S. Court of Appeals ordered Gea de Kaplany freed on habeas corpus or allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in the 1962 acid slaying of his wife. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1968 after the torture murder. The 2-1 ruling overturned a district court denial of federal relief.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
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