Oswald's Widow Awarded $3000 for Personal Effects
A federal judge awarded Marina Oswald Porter $3000 for Lee Harvey Oswald's personal effects seized by the government after the JFK assassination. The ruling rejected her claim that the materials were worth up to $447,000 to private collectors, noting higher value could spur further assassins.
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Dallas
UPID
Lee Harvey
Oswald
John. F. Kennedy
U.S
Jod E. Estes
Marina Oswald Porter
Tokyo Governor Warns China Preparing for War
Tokyo Governor Ryokichi Minobe told foreign reporters that China is making serious preparations for war against the Soviet Union. He also said Premier Chou En-lai showed warm feelings toward the United States but would not predict the outcome of talks with President Nixon, who was scheduled to visit Peking in February for talks with Chou and other mainland officials.
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Tokyo
WUPI
Ryokichi Minobe
Chou En-lai
Peking
Soviet Union
Minobe
Chou
United States
Nixon
Mainland China
China
North Korea
Kim Il Sung
Landlords Get Rent Increase Across the Board
The Price Commission in Washington decided to allow landlords to raise rents by 2.5 percent to cover operating costs and approve higher increases for tax hikes. Rent hikes above this since the 90 day price wage freeze must be rolled back. Critics say inflation will continue, while the commission argues the cap protects equity.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
Rose Wylie
Commission
Jackson Grayson
Thomas Curtis
Curtis
Price Commission
Grayson
Wylie
National Tenants Organization
Water Quality Rules May Block Middle Snake Dam Plan
Idaho Statesman reports that the Federal Power Commission aims to require dam applicants on navigable streams to certify no violation of state water quality standards. Dr. Lee Stokes says the private and public power consortium behind the Middle Snake project would struggle to meet Idaho water standards. The consortium has not yet sought certification.
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Boise
UPN
Idaho
Middle Snake River
Idaho Statesman
John Corlett
Federal Power Commission
Corlett
Lee Stokes
Health Department
Middle Snake
Stokes
Man fatally stabbed during Christmas Santa line
John Fitzpatrick 35, a U S Steel salesman, was stabbed once in the chest and four times in the abdomen while waiting in line with his children to see Santa at the Higbee store in Euclid. A 21 year old suspect with an Afro hairstyle was arrested shortly after. Mrs Fitzpatrick, pregnant with their fifth child, and the four other children witnessed the attack.
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Cleveland
UPD
John Fitzpatrick
Euclid
Fitzpatrick
Santa Claus
Iligbee
Fitzgerald
Santalaus
U.s.steel Corp
Sharon
Idaho traffic toll hits 311 amid Coeur d Alene crash
The Idaho traffic death toll rose to 311 today, down from 318 a year ago, after a two car collision Tuesday in Coeur d Alene killed 39 year old Sherry W Willows of Coeur d Alene. Teddy D Stewart 22 of Hayden Lake, the other driver, was not seriously injured.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
Sherry “W. Willows
Teddy D. Stewart
Hayden Lake
Ile
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