Newark Mayor Hugh Addonizio charged in extortion plot
Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and 14 others including three city councilmen faced 65 counts of extortion and tax evasion in a $253,000 scheme with Constrand Inc. He posted $25,000 bail and promised to run city business while awaiting court. The indictments followed broader probes into organized crime and government corruption in New Jersey.
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Newark
UPD
Hugh J. Addonizio
New Jersey
Constrand, Inc
Paul Rigo
Anthony
Tony Boy
Boiardo
Frank Addoni«zio
Anthony Guiliano
Philip E. Gordon
U.S. District Court
U.S
Herbert J. Stern
Grobert Shaw
Shaw
Stern
Grand Jury
John N. Mitchell
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Not Puffing Up at a Dodgers Fan Wedding Vows
United Press International items quote Herbert B. Khaury known as Tiny Tim on a wedding vow to a young girl, British diplomat Lord Caradon on Middle East delays warning of chaos, President Nixon on a new era with the press, and Rev Pietro Bezzi on the Longarone disaster verdicts.
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United Press International
New York
Herbert
Tiny Jim
Khaury
Dodgers
United Nations
Lord Caradon
Middle East
Idaho Top Stories of 1969 Chosen by UPI Editors
UPI editors ranked Idaho news by importance in 1969 led by the White Clouds mining dispute and House Bill 304 controversy. Other top items included the 40th Idaho Legislature budget, higher education funding, Gov Don Samuelson's clash with the Forest Service, and a mid air Boise collision that killed six. The White Clouds debate sparked hearings in Boise and Idaho Falls as ASARCO pressed molybdenum claims. An opponent resigned from the State Parks Board after disputes with the governor.
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UPI
Idaho
Don Samuelson
Forest Service
Boise
Idaho Falls
Americas’ Smelting and Refining Company
Asarco
State Parks Board
Ernest Day
Citizens Start Recall Petitions in Lewiston Orchards
Citizens of the Lewiston Orchards begin circulating recall petitions to oust Lewiston City Council members. Howard Jepson, chairman of the Orchards Community Project, says recall is needed for equal representation after annexation expanded the city to about 10 000 residents and only one council member offered to resign. Petitions require 320 valid signatures to trigger a recall election.
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Lewiston
UPE
Howard Jepson
Orchards
Jepson
Idaho
Prisoner Holds 23 Hostages With Knife
A Tennessee state prison inmate named Haywood Quinn forced entry into the visitors’ area using a foot long homemade dagger and held 23 people, including a one year old, for five hours before surrendering after demands were met. He was taken to Central State Mental Hospital for examination.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Haywood Quinn
Lake Russell
Quinn
Central State Mental Hospital
Senate approves giant supersonic passenger plane project
The Senate voted 58 to 22 to back SST construction amid critics claims it diverts funds from urban mass transit. Sen. Proxmire opposed diverting 80 million from the Transportation Department bill to finance two SST prototypes. President Nixon had urged initial funds and announced continued plans despite a cabinet report labeling the SST a white elephant.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Transportation Department
Proximire
Appropriations Committee
Nixon Administration
Nixon
Congress
Capital Punishment Abolition Gains Ground in Britain
In London UPI reports opponents of Harold Wilson’s bill to abolish capital punishment rally two amendments in the Lords. The Commons backed abolition by 342 to 185 to end capital punishment after a five year trial next July 31. Lords debate showed split views as amendments could delay action.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lords
Lord Brooke of
Cumnor
Britain
Lord Dilhorne
Decorative Coarse Sugar For Cookies And Mushrooms Dish
Decorative coarse sugar in metallic or pastel colors is sold for decorating confections. To make at home crush sugar cubes on waxed paper and color with a few drops of food coloring. For an appetizer or salad mix, thinly slice two cups of fresh mushrooms and marinate in oil and vinegar with sugar, salt to taste.
Italian Christmas traditions and the Rome manger display
The article describes Christmas customs in Italy with the Christ Child figure and the Christian tree. It notes the Vatican stance and mentions the large life sized manger on the Spanish Steps in Rome built by shepherds, inviting visitors to see carved wooden figures and hear traditional pipe music.
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Rome
Christina
Christinas
Italy
Mediterranean
St. Prancs
Assia
Vatican
Caty
Co Sservatore Romane
Valais
Honeers
Piazza di Spagna
Piazza
Navona
Piazza di Spagani
Othe
Abruzzi
Oousiethes
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Manger
Brant
Skeeter
Sandpoint Marina
Evinrude
Lake Street
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