Inauguration dominates nation news in post term era
The nation watched President Nixon begin a second term with a call for self reliance while his inaugural ceremonies mixed ceremony and protest. Congress crowding and reactions highlighted political division as Haig met Thieu in Saigon and a Delaney clause debate ran in New York amid scientific opposition to weakening food safety laws.
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Three charged in Grandin extortion slayings case
Three men from Van Buren Missouri were charged with first degree murder in the extortion killings of banker Robert Kitterman his wife Bertha and their 17 year old daughter Roberta. Investigators linked the crime to a camping site where a fake bomb device currency and a pistol were found.
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Grandin, Mo
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Robert Kitterman
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Lloyd Dwaine Cowin
Jerry Rector
van Buren
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Kitterman
Bertha
Roberta
Bank of Grandin
Murder weapon traced to Philadelphia suspects in Washington mosque killings
A .38 pistol found at the Washington mosque tied to five Philadelphia men wanted for rape and robbery. Police say the weapon links to a Philadelphia house party robbery and multiple sexual assaults. investigators pursue possible ties to rival Black Muslim groups.
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Washington
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Joseph O’brien
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Evacuation Ordered After Selma Derailment Fumes
About 750 residents within two miles of Selma Indiana were ordered to evacuate as two derailed tank cars released methyl methacylate fumes. Fire crews fought fires, one firefighter exposed to fumes, a Dayton expert was summoned, officials cite wheel failure as the likely cause.
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Ohio
Cross-examination begins in Watergate bugging trial
The defense starts cross examining Monday in the Watergate bugging trial of the prosecution witness who testified about monitoring about 200 Democratic National Committee telephone calls to learn political strategy for the Republicans. Attorney Gerald Alch of Boston represents James W. McCord Jr. and plans to challenge much of Alfred C. Baldwin III's testimony, including claims he hired Baldwin to spy on the Democrats.
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CIA
James W. McCord Jr
FBI
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Alch
F. Lee Bailey
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Nixon
Committee
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Policewoman Recounts Capture of Would-Be Hijacker in Louisville
Martha Green, a 35-year-old Louisville policewoman, recalls her 3 a.m. takedown of Dennis Durkin, 17, a Fort Knox AWOL soldier who hijacked an Ozark Airlines DC9. Durkin traded for hostages but yielded after Green convinced him to relinquish the gun. Durkin and hostage David Yaeckel, a Dallas mechanic, were briefly held at Standiford Field before authorities intervened.
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UPI
Martha
Marty’’ Green
Dennis Durkin
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Ft. Knox
Ozark Airlines
Standiford Field
David Yaeckel
Ozark
Dallas
Tex
Durkin
Republicans praise Nixon inaugural speech amid mixed Reviews
Nixon's second inaugural address drew praise from Republicans including Ford Scott and Reagan for peace and decentralization. Democrats faulted the speech for lacking specifics and failing to reach out to Congress. Governor Wallace attended the ceremony in his wheelchair.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Kidnaper Sought After Underground Box Captivity Case
Police hunted Richard Alvin Ausley 32 in the Tidewater area for suspected kidnap and assault of a 13 year old boy held eight days in a ground level plywood box. The victim, beaten and sexually assaulted, was found in a buried four by eight by four foot box near Nansemond.
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Nansemond
UPI
Tidewater
Virginia
Portsmouth
Richard Alvin Ausley
Ausley
North Carolina
Suffolk
Portmouth
Bat rabies surge noted by NCDC in 1972
UPI reports the National Center for Disease Control notes a sharp rise in bat rabies cases nationwide in 1972 led by Virginia and Delaware. Epizootic activity observed in Charlottesville and Seaford with infections tapering as cold weather arrived. No evidence of wider spread to other animals. bat destruction campaigns urged only in affected districts.
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Charlottesville
Seaford
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