Emalfarb and Powell aide convicted of extortion
Seymour Emalfarb, former Statewide Tire Sales president and associate of the late Paul Powell, was found guilty on three counts of interstate extortion for taking $2,000 to deter Illinois state police from ticketing a Indiana firm’s 60-truck fleet. Sentencing set for Jan. 25 by Judge Hubert L. Will.
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Chicago
Hubert L. Will
U.S. District Court
Seymour Emalfarb
Paul Powell
Emalfarb
Illinois
Indiana
Statewide Tire Sales Co
Robert Schreiber
Hebron
Ind
Schreiber
Highland
Powell
Hoffa Freed by Nixon Reunites With Family at Home
Jimmy Hoffa, ex Teamsters president, is released from Lewisburg prison by President Nixon and reunites with wife Josephine and family in Glendale after years in federal custody. He will not manage any labor organization until 1980 and plans to live in Michigan.
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St. Louis
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Nixon
Josephine Hoffa
Glendale
Federal
Lewisburg
Hoffa
Morris Shenker
Robert Crancer
Detroit
James
Crancer
Frank Fitzsimmons
Michigan
Teamsters
Union
Afl-Cio
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Chattanooga
Tenn
Christmas Peace Moment Shines Through Global Strife
The world pause for Christmas as servicemen in Vietnam join families for the holidays. In Belfast 100 children travel to London for festive relief, while Arabs visit Bethlehem amid security as 35 000 pilgrims prepare for celebrations. President Nixon and Pope Paul VI issue peace messages and a Brazilian ad offers world leader phone numbers for calls promoting peace. Carbondale fines for speeding listed at end.
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Vietnam
Belfast
London
Bethlehem
Christ
South Vietnam
Long Binh
Saigon
Bob Hope
Johnny Grant
Northern Ireland
Shankill Road
Ardoyne
Israel
Church of the Nativity
Jesus
Nixon
Paul VI
Vatican
Indian Subcontinent
Middle East
Indochina
Indira Gandhi
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Golda Meir
Mao Tse-tung
North Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Bob Hope urges North Vietnam to free POWs for withdrawal date
Comedian Bob Hope said North Vietnamese official Nguyen Van Thanh told him POWs would be released tomorrow if President Nixon sets a terminal withdrawal date. Hope described a long talk at a northern Vietnam base and offered a possible charity donation to aid prisoners and orphans as part of a broader people to people plan. He noted slim chances of entering North Vietnam privately and planned another Christmas show before a Europe tour.
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U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Thanh
Hope
Bangkok
United States
America
Seven die in suburban house fire Arlington Heights
Seven members of a family spanning three generations died in a suburban Chicago fire in Arlington Heights. A delivery driver spotted flames, and firefighters from nearby communities rushed to the scene. Victims include Robert Schaag 30 his wife Nancy 29 their children Deborah 9 Michael 7 and Jennifer 2 and Nancy Schaags parents Mr and Mrs A Stueber of St Joseph Missouri.
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Arlington Heights
Chicago
Robert Schaag
Quaker Oats Co
Nancy
Deborah
Michael
Jennifer
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David Rothenberg
William S. Wells
Irving Wisemann
Alton
Rothenberg
Wells
Madison County
Decatur
Vicky Sue Small
Lee Small
Vicky
Mike Followell
Orvil Followell
Murphysboro
U.S. Marine Corp
Pfc
Fallowell
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Murphysboro Township
Carbondale
Lester L. Tope
Jimmy Hoffa
Jonesboro
Frederick E. Meyer
Vietnam, Ireland
Associated Press
Prince of Peace
Martha Raye
Thomas L. Whittenberg Jr
Susan M. Harwood
William H. Murphy
Paris
Southern Illinois
Huff
Hunter Salvage
Route 51
Tia la Hele
Edwards Hardware
Locust Murphysboro
Friends Groves
E. DeYoung
Marion
Talaakas
Crawford
Meguire
Orchard & Market
Hwy
Hlinois Appleland
Earth
Carbondale TV Mart
S. Illinois
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