Three Men Held in Stennis Shooting Case
Tyrone Marshall 19 John Marshall 21 and Derick Holloway 18, all of Northeast Washington, were arrested on armed robbery and federal attack on a member of Congress charges in the January 30 shooting of Sen. John C. Stennis. Bonds set at 100000 each. Stennis, 71, remained hospitalized after the attack.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Tyrone Marshall
John S. Marshall
Derick Holloway
District of Columbia
FBI
Congress
U. S
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gilly links Boyle to Yablonski slayings in trial
Paul E. Gilly the convicted middleman in the Yablonski murder case testified that William J. Prater told him Tony Boyle ordered the killings as part of a pension scheme. Boyle denied any connection and appeared before a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh.
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Erie
Paul E. Gilly
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Gilly
William J. Prater
Prater
Mr. Prater
Yablonski
Sprague
Tony Boyle
Pittsburgh
Nixon worker chastised after FBI interview
Judith Hoback, a Nixon campaign employee, swore she was called on the carpet by a campaign lawyer 48 hours after private talks with the FBI during the Watergate probe. The affidavit was released as the Judiciary Committee weighs L. Patrick Gray III’s FBI director nomination.
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Tom Seppy Washington
Nixon
FBI
Judith Hoback
Birch Bayh
Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray III
Hoback
Gray
John W. Dean III
White House
Kenneth Wells Parkinson
Benton escapees captured after jail breakout
Two Franklin County jail escapees were captured near Delta Missouri after police spotted them hitchhiking. Robert Lee, 29, Seattle, and Kenneth Melvin, 20, Herrin, fled Benton jail Saturday night by overpowering a jailer. Federal authorities will take Lee into custody on armed robbery charges. Extr aidition for Melvin to begin.
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Franklin County
Benton
Delta
Cape Girardeau
Robert Lee
Seattle
Wash
Kenneth Melvin
Herrin
Lee
Melvin
McClellan Sentenced to Prison in Battery Case
Charles McClellan, 40, regional director of the Illinois Migrant Council Delta region, was sentenced to 2 to 10 years for aggravated battery tied to injuring his estranged wife. He was convicted of assault, but acquitted of murdering his 11-year-old daughter. His 90 day leave of absence expired March 6 and was not renewed.
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Chicago
Illinois Migrant Council
Illinois
Charles McClellan
McClellan
Migrant Council
Office of Economic Opportunity Organization
Cairo-Cobden
Doctors Memorial seeks zoning approval for hospital heliport
Doctors Memorial Hospital will ask the Carbondale Board of Appeals for a special exception on March 22 at 7 30 p m to build a helicopter landing pad atop its new four story wing. The heliport will allow direct transfer to surgery or intensive care and is supported by the FAA as part of the regional trauma system.
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Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale Board of Appeals
City Hall Court Room
John B. Taylor
Trauma
Doctors Hospital
Illinois
Taylor
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Tentative rail settlement told before contract expirations
A tentative wage and fringe benefit settlement covering virtually all 500,000 railroad workers would raise wages and benefits by 10.7 percent over 18 months starting July 1. It includes a 4 percent raise next January and a revised pension adding $42.75 per month, with the industry funding retirement payments. Union ratification by 15 unions is needed, except Sheet Metal Workers require member vote. Penn Central workers gain retirement benefits if Congress amends the Railroad Retirement Act.
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Washington
Sheet Metal
Railroad Retirement Fund
National Railway Labor Conference
Penn Central
Congress
Federal barricades reestablish around Wounded Knee siege
Federal authorities renew a blockade around Wounded Knee South Dakota to cut supplies to about 300 Native American Occupiers and deter reinforcements. FBI marshals and Indian Affairs police reported shortages and tightened controls as gunfire subsided after a weekend of clashes.
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Wounded Knee
S. D
Justice Department
FBI
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Wayne Colburn
U. S
Pine Ridge Reservation
Curtis Fitzgerald
Chicago
Colburn
Jus
Tice
Interior Departments
Russell Means
Means
Missouri River
Dakota Territory
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Longest held American prisoner to be freed in release
Viet Cong announced that Maj Floyd Thompson the longest held American prisoner in U S history is among those to be released Friday in Hanoi. The list also includes Philip Manhard the senior U S diplomat captured in Hue and Pfc Ronald Ridgeway whose patrol was ambushed.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
U. S
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Vietnam
Maj
Floyd Thompson
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Thompson
Navy
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez
North Vietnam
Philip Manhard
U. S. State Department
Manhard
Hue
McLean
Ronald L. Ridgeway
Khe Sahn
Ridgeway
United States
Mildred A. Ridgeway
Houston
Tex
Michael Patrick Branch
Highland
Radio
Floyd Kushner
Danville
Medical Corps
Alfonso Riate
Bell Gardens
Calif
Pentagon
Pvt
Frederick Lewis Elbert Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Clark
South Vietnam
Washington
Theodore William Costa
Sheridan
Wyo
Costa
Lake near spillway rises as heavy rains hit Southern Illinois
Heavy weekend rains boosted Kinkaid Lake levels to within a foot four inches of the spillway and prompted officials to warn of possible cresting later this week. Roads in Jackson County were closed by internal drainage and widespread minor flooding affected low lying areas and several towns. No homes were evacuated and most levees held protecting farmland and facilities including Conagra Illinois mill operations.
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Illinois
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Dave Fliger
Fligor
Jackson County
Rt. 3
Rt. 151
Jacob
High Hill
Mississippi River
Linois Inc
H. C. Cole Milling Co
Water Street
Thebes
Alexander County
Cairo
East St. Louis
Centralia
Mount Vernon
Decatur
Republicans propose 2 point drop in food sales tax to three
House Republicans announced a bill to cut the 5 percent state sales tax on food to 3 percent. Speaker W Robert Blair said the plan shifts relief away from an income tax exemption proposal and would cost about 90 million in revenue. He called the income tax fair and the sales tax regressive while backing targeted food relief.
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Springfield
House
Blair
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers This Week
Occasional showers and thunderstorms due tonight. Windy and warmer with lows in the 60s. Wednesday brings continued showers, windy and mild with highs in the 70s. Thursday sees more showers, and Friday and Saturday turn partly cloudy and cooler.
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Bullfighter
Antonio Lopez
Ventorrillo” Hur
Tles
Sebastian de Los Reyes Stada
Sanium
Madrid
D. C
Marshalls
Mahlon R. Pitts
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Walter Reed
Middleman
Boyle
Richard Sprague
Hospital
U.S
New Lake
Mississippi
Chester
Menard Penitentiary
Paul W. Sympson
Sympson
Conagra - Il
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