Inmates Free Two Hostages at Lorton Reformatory Stand-off
Rebellious inmates at Lorton Reformatory freed two of nine hostages and met with lawyers after seizing guards in a Christmas night dining room takeover. Officials report one hostage suffered a hernia and another a headache. An agreement offered guarantees against transfer to federal prisons, extended visiting hours, and a reinstated furlough program.
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Edward Roby
Ers
District of Columbia
Washington
Lorton
William B. Saxbe
Custer County Sheriff Quits to Move to Boise Area
CHALLIS Idaho UPI Sheriff Duane Sorenson resigns citing inadequate pay and family health needs and will move his family to the Boise Valley. His resignation takes effect January 1 with Deputy Sid Teuscher in charge until a replacement is named.
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Challis
Idaho
UPI
Custer County
Boise Valley
Duane Sorenson
Custer County Commission
Sorenson
Boise
Sid Teuscher
Ehrlichman Lawyer Describes Dean as Pitiful Witness
William S. Frates said John W. Dean III is a articulate but pitiful young man who urged others to lie about Watergate. He argued Dean trapped others and that Ehrlichman should be judged only by the evidence as the jury nears deliberations after 60 days of trial.
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Wesley G Pippert
Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean
John Ehrlichman
William S. Frates
White House
Egil Krogh
Herbert L. Porter
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Frates
Ehrlichman
James F. Neal
Nixon
Robert Mardian
Kenneth Parkinson
Community Grange Notices and Events
Pack River Grange hosts a no host pinochle night at 8 p.m. Saturday open to the public. Edgemere Grange No. 255 card party December 28. St Joseph's Altar Society meets January 2 at 7 30 p.m. Parish Hall with Tom Woodland presenting Medical Alert film. Some meetings rescheduled to new dates in January.
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Pack River Grange Hall
Edgemere Grange
Westmond Grange
St. Joseph’s Altar Society
Thurs
Tom Woodland
Mountain Bell weighs coin call and directory aid charges
Boise based Mountain Bell Idaho spokesman says consider charges for coin telephone calls and for directory assistance. W A Gus Miller cites national trend, notes Idaho directory assistance calls rising while total DA calls near 12 million annually.
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BOISE
CPI
Mountain Bell
W.A
Gus’’ Miller
Mountain Bell of Idaho
Miller
Idaho
World War II Holdout Found on Morotai Island
A man claiming to be Teruo Nakamura, 57, a Taiwanese native, was found alive on Morotai Island in Indonesia and taken into custody by Indonesian Air Force personnel. He says he hid there since August 1945. Japanese officials plan to interview him as health officials report good condition.
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Tokyo
UPI
Indonesia
Health and Welfare Ministry
Jakarta
Man
Morotai
Teruo Nakamura
Taiwan
Imperial Army
Hiroo Onoda
Philippine
Lubang Island
Shoichi Yokoi
Guam
Japan
Social Security Field Rep Visits Sand Point Start Jan 7
S. S. Rep. will be in Sand Point starting January 7 and every Tuesday through March. The representative will be at the Senior Citizen Services Center at 304 N. First from 10 a.m. to noon on those dates.
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Social Security
Sandpoint
Senior Citizen Services Center
N. First
Bank Ordered to Pay Loan Damage in Spokane Case
The Washington state appellate courts ruled Farmers and Merchants Bank of Spokane must pay Pacific National Bank 100000 for breach of a loan agreement tied to J. E. Hall former Farmers and Merchants director. Hall Inc filed bankruptcy in 1971 after Hall arranged a 250000 loan in 1970 for logging ventures.
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Spokane
UPI
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Spokane
Pacific National Bank of Washington
Farmers and Merchants
State Court of Appeals
J.E. Hall
Hall, Inc
Idaho
Washington
Montana
Hall
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Pacific National Bank
Superior Court
Collat
Eral
Appelate
Pacific National
President Ford telephones Liberty woman on 86th birthday
Mrs Helen Hall in Liberty, Missouri received a Christmas Eve call from President Ford in Vail, Colorado to congratulate her on turning 86. She recalled being shocked and unable to respond while Ford chatted, driven by her granddaughter Joy Chiles a White House aide who organized the call.
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Liberty, Mo
UPI
Helen Hall
Ford
Vail
Colo
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Rogers Lee Porter
Porter
the Daily Bee
Stoddard
Zenith
S. S. Rep
Panida
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