Hoffa Says Government Tried to Break His Spirit in Prison
Former Teamsters leader James R. Hoffa claims he was held in maximum security at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary for about three years. He says he was confined in a cage-like cell for seven hours daily under orders from Washington as part of a government campaign to break his will.
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James R. Hoffa
Lewisburg
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Justice Department
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Nixon
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Hogs Show 12 Percent Drop on Idaho Farms
Boise report from the Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes a 12 percent decrease in total hogs and pigs on Idaho farms from a year earlier as of December first. Breeding stock fell 14 percent while hogs for market descended 12 percent.
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Boise
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Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Idaho
Britain to Withdraw Troops From Malta
Britain plans to pull all troops from Malta after Maltese Prime Minister Mintoff demanded immediate $11 million payment for the right to station British forces. Britain currently keeps about 1,000 army troops 2,000 airmen and a small naval detachment under a 1964 10 year agreement.
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London
UPI
Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Foreign Office
Dom Mintoff
Spokane Crime Trends Show Increases and Declines
Spokane reports mixed crime shifts in the first nine months of the year with gains in five major categories and declines in forcible rape and robberies. Robberies and rapes down from 1970 levels, burglaries up, aggravated assaults and larcenies rising, and auto thefts increasing to 539 this year.
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Spokane
UPS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Mitchell
Island History Turns Over New Era of Independence
The island, long a British colony since 1814, gains independence following its capture from France in 1800 during the Napoleonic wars, marking a major political shift in its status and future direction.
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