Agents stage largest gambling raid to date
Attorney General John N. Mitchell announced federal agents led the largest coordinated raid on organized gambling, striking 26 cities. At least 27 people were arrested on interstate gambling charges as hundreds of FBI agents joined from Albuquerque, Buffalo, and Oklahoma City to seize handguns and disrupt the financial networks backing crime.
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Walter Strickland Faces Christmas Without Parents
In Raleigh North Carolina Walter Strickland a two year old boy faces Christmas without immediate family after a woman left him at a day nursery with a note claiming a brain tumor and limited time to live. Police seek relatives as Walter stays with a foster mother in a rural home.
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Congress faces dim prospects to end session before January
Congress wrestles with a potential January 3 adjournment as a $210 million SST funding fight blocks end. Senate filibusters threaten to stall welfare reform and other agenda items, while Nixon pressures for a special session if bills stall. A nationwide raid on illegal bookmakers nets about $69,500.
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Hughes and aide never met face to face in four years
Robert A. Maheu testified in Las Vegas that he ran Hughes Nevada interests for four years without a single in person talk with Howard Hughes. Maheu described telephone letters and aides as the main links and said he met Hughes twice, hearing orders but not conversing.
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Boston
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Cat Dog Hybrids Stun Manston Pet Shop Owner
Roy Tutt of Manston reports two hybrids with dog heads but cat whiskers and legs after a cross between a Scots Terrier and a black cat. He fed them cat and dog food and calls them astonishing. Zoo spokesmen and animal welfare groups react with surprise and caution.
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England
UPI
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Regent’s Park Zoo
London
President Nixon rejects Scranton campus report on moral authority
Nixon says the nation must rely on the academic community to keep the peace on campuses and rejects the Scranton commission’s claim that only the President can provide moral leadership. He praises Agnew, defends Vietnam and civil rights programs, and says dissent is inevitable but not a veto on policy.
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UPI
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Spiro T. Agnew
Emergency Proclaimed in England Over Power Crisis
Queen Elizabeth II declared a state of emergency to allow government powers to tackle a six day electric shortage threatening a blackout Christmas. The move enables calling the army if needed, rationing power, banning floodlighting, and imposing fines while troops await potential deployment.
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UPI
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