Widow Blasts Probate Court Problems in Wisconsin
A Milwaukee group backs probate reform as widow Mrs. Ben Schaefer criticizes a decade of legal costs from her late husband’s million dollar estate. She notes 30 percent federal taxes nine percent state taxes ten percent for administration and lawyers leaving less than half the estate after three years in court.
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Kenosha, Wis
Wisconsin
Ben Schaefer
Citizens For Probate Reform
Walter G. E. Heiden
Reform Group
Schaefer
Heiden
State Bar Association
Veterans eligible for new Modi Life plan conversion
VA reports a new Modi field Life plan allows 200000 aging veterans with term policies to convert to a plan with premiums kept at a level amount.
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Modifield
Town Rallies For Injured Girl In Altoona
Cheryl Nale, 9, battles a gangrene infection after a Sept. crash in Altoona. community fund drives led by WVAM DJ Don Girard, the Lions Club, police, and state lawmakers have raised over 20 thousand dollars to cover hospital bills as Cheryl's medical saga continues through March.
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Altoona
UPI
Cheryl Nale
Pennsylvania
The
Lions Club
State Welfare Department
Cheryl
Altoona General Hospital
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
Girard
Police Department
Altoona Lions Club
Police
Denny J. Bixler
British Troops Brace For IRA Offensive In Northern Ireland
British troops in Northern Ireland prepare for a possible offensive by IRA guerrillas armed with RPG7 rocket launchers. Army intelligence suspects a two week window before Christmas with up to 20 Soviet rockets in circulation. A soldier was killed while examining a rocket found Sunday, raising the death toll amid ongoing violence to 659.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Londonderry
Middle East
Gas blast in Clinton claims eight lives in town square
Investigators blame natural gas buildup for a fatal explosion and fire that leveled a half-block of Clinton town square. Eight people died including five would-be rescuers who tried to reach a mother and daughter trapped in rubble. Seven others were injured and four remained hospitalized. damage expected to exceed $250,000.
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Clinton, Mo
Clinton Town Square
Women Enter VA Medicine Rise to 518 Physicians
At the close of fiscal year 1972 the Veterans Administration Department of Medicine and Surgery counted 518 women physicians up from 338 in 1967, reflecting growing female participation in VA medical staff.
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Veterans Administration
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Toy games industry eyes record 1972 holiday sales surge
The UPI report notes the toy games sector expects its biggest sales year as shipments rise toward 2.6 billion if the August pace continues. Ideal Toy Corp and Milton Bradley push staples and nostalgia products while consumers shun junk.
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New York
UPI
Assa
Ideal Toy Corp
Shirley Temple
Herbert R. Sand
Ideal
Milton Bradley
Charlie Chaplin
Edward Parker
Parker Brothers
Monopoly
United States
Free
Parker
Fisher Price Toys
Pentagon Papers Trial Delayed Until Next Year
Los Angeles UPI report states the Pentagon Papers trial against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo is postponed again. Judge Matt Byrne plans a mistrial and dismissal of the jury after an appeals court ruling finding further proceedings imprudent with the four month old jury.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Pentagon Papers
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Byrne
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
San Francisco
U.S. Supreme Court
Elisberg
Russo
Rand Corp
Pentagon
Appeals Court
Ellsberg
Harris to Strictly Enforce 27-Degree Strip Mine Limit
Frankfort Kentucky Thomas Harris the new state Natural Resources commissioner says he will interpret the 27 degree limit for land that can be strip mined strictly. He notes the absence of standard measurements has hindered enforcement of the slope ban.
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Frankfort
Thomas Harris
Harris
Market Reports Indianapolis Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Steady
Market notes from Indianapolis show hogs trading active with prices mostly steady to higher, cattle and calves up 1.00-1.50, cows steady to strong, and sheep steady with slaughter lambs and ewes ranged. Indiana hog market at 70 yards notes demand fair to good with several price upticks across weights. Estimated receipts 15,000, week ago 16,100, year ago 17,200.
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Indianapolis
USDA
Ap-Usda
Indiana
Four victims identified in Midway air crash aftermath
Chicago AP reports the four dead were identified after the Midway crash while 12 of eight survivors remained hospitalized. NTSB teams moved wreckage to a hangar. cockpit voice recordings and data recorder analyzed. A purse with 10585 cash belonged to passenger Mrs. Howard Hunt, linking to the Watergate era case and unrelated cash trail.
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Chicago
Margarite McCausland
Midway Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
Midway
Edward T. Slattery
NTSB
Slattery
San Francisco
United Air Lines
Washington
Howard FE. Hunt
Potomac
Hunt
Wage price controls face mounting doubts amid November price rise
The argument to drop wage price controls next April weakens as wholesale prices jump in November. The piece notes inflation around 3.5 percent in the US versus over 6 percent in some European nations. It warns of rising wages and prices as economies expand and cites strong spending in government, business, and consumer sectors.
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New York
Canada
Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Japan
United States
Europe
Wall Street sees Dow above 1000 as investors cheer
Wall Street firms note media and broker optimism as the Dow Jones Industrial Average tops 1000. They warn that portfolios lag the index, urge profit protection after a 10 percent gain in under two months, and call for leadership to broaden beyond high flyers.
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New York
UPI
Reynolds Securities, Inc
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Walston & Co., Inc
FBI Arrests Hoosier in Texas Robbery
A 72-year-old man who fought back led officers to a robbery suspect, Johnny Ray Scott, 27, of Solsberry Indiana, arrested on Interstate 20 in West Texas after an attempted assault on Les B. Spengler, 72, of Martinez California. Scott faces attempted robbery charges and is jailed on $10,000 bond.
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Midland
Tex
UPI
FBI
Kentucky
Johnny Ray Scott
Solsberry
Ind
West
Texas
Les B. Spengler
Martinez
Calif
Department of Public Safety
Scott
Spengler
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