Spinster Embezzler Minnie Mangum Dies at 71
Minnie Mangum a Sunday school teacher jailed for embezzling nearly 5 million dollars died at 71 after a stroke at home. The Portsmouth resident had served 28 years at a Norfolk bank, was paroled in 1965 after a 22 year sentence, and had been involved in Virginia's largest embezzlement case. A later note reports irrigation acreage in Tennessee rising from 1,102 in 1949 to about 27,? times that amount.
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Minnie Mangum
Lillian V. Eure
Minnie
Commonwealth Savings and Loan Association
Norfolk
Virginia
State Farm For
Goochland County
State Parole Board
Teacher Strike Enters Third Week In New York
In New York the teachers walkout enters its third week amid negotiator progress and optimism from Schools Supt. Bernard Donovan and UFT president Albert Shanker. Talks resume at 9 a.m. as 900 public schools prepare to open, with 1.1 million students affected and token operations continuing. Reaching a contract language agreement remains a prerequisite for full classroom return.
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New York
Bernard E. Donovan
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio
United Federation of Teachers
Shanker
City Board of Education
Congressmen Seek Formal Look at Vietnam War Policy
Fifty House members from both parties call for a formal congressional review of U S policy in Southeast Asia. The proposed resolution urges Congress to decide if further action is desirable and to have committees study and report findings to the House and Senate.
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Congress
U.S
House
Southeast Asia
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Na
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
United States
Red
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Senate
Leaflet Campaign Aids South Vietnamese Push Near DMZ
U S planes dropped about 240000 leaflets in a village above the border urging villagers to switch to the South, warning of death from B52 bombing. Westmoreland said allied victories improve prospects for military success as Con Thien endures heavy shelling and 11th Armored Cavalry clashes near Tam Ky, with 45 enemy killed and eight weapons captured.
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South Vietnam
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Dmz
North Vietnam
Con Thien
Associated Press
Edwin Q. White
Con Thein
U.S. Army
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Tam Ky
Bereaved skydiver ends life after wife's death
Skydiver John Wasik, carrying a funeral contract and two parachutes, jumped from 3200 feet and died after folding his hands in prayer instead of pulling rip cord. Five weeks earlier his wife Rickie, 22, died during a jump when her chute tangled. Wasik, an aerospace reporter, planned to be buried beside her in a $1700 silver casket.
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Rockledge
Fila
John Wasik
Wasik
Green Air Park
Rickie
Rambler American Car Ad Claims Value Against Imports
Rambler American markets as the only U S car that can deter buyers from imports. It seats six versus four and offers nearly twice the trunk space and more than twice the engine capacity. It matches imports on style year to year and delivers about 20 miles per gallon.
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U.S
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