Nixon pressure seen in prosecution delays
A House Banking subcommittee heard that the federal government delayed prosecuting Dr. Thomas Matthew for grand larceny of more than $1 million in federal funds to avoid embarrassment to the Nixon administration. Curtis Prins said an SBA audit was sent to the Justice Department two years ago but no action followed, while New York had already convicted Matthew on Medicaid mismanagement.
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Washington
UPI
Curtis Prins
House Banking Committee
Thomas Matthew
New York City
Small Business Administration
SBA
Justice Department
Prins
Anthony Chase
Matthew
State of
New York
Marvin Shelton
Shelton
Nixon
Soviet dissident Sakharov hospitalized in Moscow
Prominent dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov and his wife entered a Moscow hospital for two weeks of treatment. Doctors address Sakharov’s high blood pressure and Telena Sakharova’s eye problems, while he contemplates an exit visa to the United States for a Princeton teaching post.
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Moscow
Andrei D. Sakharov
Soviet Union
Telena Sakharov
Sakharov
United States
Princeton University
Sakharev
Soroptimist Club Fetes Vista Children With Christmas Party
The Soroptimist Club and Vista del Camino Branch Library host a 2:30 p.m. Christmas party for kindergarten through sixth grade neighborhood children at the Vista del Camino Neighborhood Center. Joe and Peggy Murphy and Donald Wilke perform with Santa Claus visiting. a Santa drawing contest offers a book prize.
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Soraptumist Club
Scottsdale
Vista del Camino
Joe
Peggy Murphy
Soroptimist Club
Donald Wilke
Santa Claus
Margaret Lee
E. Roosevelt St
Aces Win M V R Tournament Pairs Title in Belleville
In Belleville Illinois the Aces David Carter and Rover Lord of St Louis won the Men's Pairs Championship in the Mississippi Valley Regional Tournament. The report discusses no trump play and signaling lessons from declarers, including holdup and blocking plays, under vulnerability All Dealer.
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Belleville
David Carter
Rover Lord
St. Louis
Flash
West
Hearts
Opening lead choice decides bridge contract outcome
The article discusses how an opening lead can determine a contract in bridge. It explains that if East avoids playing the heart five or king under the ace, the declarer gains a crucial stopper and momentum. The point is that both opening lead and declarer’s first-trick play shape the result.
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West
Dummay
Dumny
Fast
Dumus
East
Declarer
Honorary taps 35 at SCC Phi Theta Kappa initiation
Scottsdale Community College inducted 35 students into Phi Theta Kappa this week for junior colleges. Initiates include Rick Asmus and Mary Ann Roberts. eligibility requires 19 semester hours, one term completed, and a 3.9 GPA. Dr. Gloria Little led the ceremony and Dr. Ray Cattani delivered the address.
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Scottsdale Community College
Phi Theta Kappa
Rick Asmus
Loretta Bauer
Mary Alice Boland
Terri Bowers
Kim Catlett
Neil Farrington
Washington on Gas Rationing Uncertainty Grows
Washington officials debate gasoline rationing as a last resort while preparing contingency steps. A 1.4 million barrel daily shortfall is forecast for early 1974, with potential options including price signals, higher taxes, or targeted rationing to curb demand.
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George J. Marder
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Ulster cease-fire in jeopardy as sniper kills British soldier
In Belfast a sniper kill on patrol raises tensions amid a new three-way peace accord. UVF warns it will end the Christmas cease-fire if political leaders overturn the agreement. British troops search the Lower Falls area for the shooter as violence nears 918 deaths in four years.
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UPI
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republic
James Hesketh
Lower Falls
Irish Republican Army
TRA
UVF
Cox to Speak at Testimonial Dinner in Tucson
Ousted Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox is set to address a testimonial dinner in Tucson on January 5. Rep. Morris Udall said Cox would be making his first public appearance since his dismissal by President Nixon, after a retreat in rural Maine.
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Cox
Tucson
UPI
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Udall
Nixon
Maine
Kiva Cocopah Students Named to Principal's List and Activities
Kiva students across grades one through eight earn Principal's List honors for top grade averages. Seventh and eighth graders at Cocopah join choir, dance lessons, and a Christmas drive as Cadette Troop 926 works on Clerk Badge and plans community service activities in Scottsdale.
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Kiva
Mary Hogg
Holly Kessler
Charlotte Mao
Marilyn McCree
Howard Goodkin
Ron Kanwischer
Ives Machiz
Kristin Bull
Anne Friend
Carolyn Levine
Susan Lyon
Anna Szmorlinski
Cameron Artigue
Paul Beroza
Robert Call
Gary Ciminski
Daniel Flyte
Ben Nosky
Peter Kagan
Lisa Friedman
Lisa Kaya‘Mao
Ellen Martin
Ken Comiess
David LeBeau
Greg Fox
James Trimble
Elizabeth Burley
Heather Cain
Karen Cullen
Laura Galloway
Paul Leffmann
Susan Lenzner
Marjorie MacLean
Chris McFarland
Robin Reid
Julie Ruth
Sophie Sheen
Carolyn van Ness
Walter Cherny
John Freund
Matt Gordon
Mike Manning
Dan Mattson
Mark Waldron
Steve White
Michael Reed
Scottsdale
Cocopah
Vicki Brandes
Susan MacNeil
Stacy Leiben
Susan Wummy
John F. McNeil
Cyrille Melrose
Kiva Tee Pees
Christmas program set for Kiva cafetorium
A combined instrumental and vocal Christmas program will be presented in the Kiva cafetorium on December 18 at 7 30 p.m. The event promises festive music and seasonal performances by local groups.
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Kiva
Nude wedding at topless club shocks Houston crowd
Linda Stillings and Melvin McClintock wed Monday in a ceremony at a topless bottomless club. The couple married without a license after Norman Wells arranged it. Sandy Lumpkin of the Universal Life Church performed the service. The bride wore a gold cross and the groom a watch and smile.
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Norman Wells
Melvin
Norman
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