Confidence Men Take Man At Columbus
Joe Wertz a 62 year old Hartsville farmer reports losing 12000 dollars to two con men in Columbus Indiana after a cattle sale and a staged poker game The scam began when Wertz rode with the men to a rural area and a fake insurance man joined The envelope with the cash disappeared after being placed in a mailbox and the post office found no such envelope later.
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Columbus
Ind
UPI
Joe Wertz
Hartsville
Wertz
Lindsay Wins Broad GOP Backing in New York Mayoral Primary
Sixty five House Republicans including Gerald Ford and John Anderson back Mayor John Lindsay in New York's June 17 GOP mayoralty primary. Lindsay also has Liberal Party support while Sen. John Marchi is backed by the Conservative Party. Anderson says he wants the party identified with Lindsay's city leadership.
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Washington
UPIL
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
John B. Anderson
Illinois
John V. Lindsay
New York
Lindsay
John Marchi
Anderson
Agnew Denies Wrongdoing Over Maryland Tidelands Sale
Vice President Spiro Agnew rejected implications of wrongdoing in the state tidelands transfer to James B. Caine of Ocean City. He asked Maryland officials to prepare a full report on the 190 acres sold and the adjacent 300 acres subdivided into over 2,000 lots at 4000 to 8000 dollars each. A study found no evidence Agnew personally profited from the deal.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
James B. Caine
Ocean City
Mad
Lam
Washington
Caine
Maryland Seashore
Assawoman Bay
Body of Man Found in River Near Blind River
The body of John Piggott, 31, of De Kalb Illinois, was found in the Mississapi River after a dam was closed to aid dragging operations. He drowned Saturday when his boat capsized while fishing with companions Thomas Ludwig and Charles Nicholson, who survived. Blind River sits about 70 miles southeast of Sault Ste. Marie.
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Ont
John Piggott
de Kalb
Ill
Mississapi River
Piggott
Thomas Ludwig
Charles Nicholson
de. Kalb
Ludwig
Nicholson
Sault Ste. Marie
Oak Park unveils yellow fire truck for visibility
The new 85-foot, bucket aerial fire truck costing 84000 dollars arrived in Oak Park Michigan and was painted yellow for greater safety and visibility. Fire Marshal Charles Tice announced the unveiling on Wednesday.
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Oak Park
Mich
Charles Tice
Hospital to Build 158-Bed Center With Grant
The Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates 670,646 to Community Hospital Indianapolis. The project includes a 158-bed long term care unit and rehabilitation center costing 13,564,390, announced by Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr. from Indiana.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfar
Community Hospital
Indianapolis
Andrew Jacobs
D-Ind
Kentucky Petrochemical Industry Survey Planned
Frankfort Kentucky. The state Commerce Department has contracted for a survey of Kentucky potential in the petrochemical industry.
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Frankfort
State Commerce Department
Kentucky
U S Battle Casualties At Same Level In Vietnam Week
AP report shows U S combat deaths at 261 last week, four fewer than the prior week, with 1 810 US wounded. South Vietnamese losses run 325 killed and 1 021 wounded while enemy fatalities total 9 637. Vietnam war tolls peak as talks begin in Paris.
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Saigon
U.S
Buddha
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
Meir hopes France eases arms embargo on Israel
In Haifa Prime Minister Golda Meir urged that France lift the arms embargo imposed by Charles de Gaulle saying it has been a terrible evil for Israel. Pompidou and Poher indicated support for relaxing the embargo ahead of the June 15 presidential runoff.
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Haifa
Israel
Golda Meir
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Beirut
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Fire Damages Rear Building on 329 North 15th Street
A Wednesday afternoon fire caused about 150 dollars in damage to a rear building at 329 N. 15th St. The owner is Imogene Gibson. Officials say a trash fire started the blaze. Responding units were Pumpers 3 and 8, Truck 4 and Assistant Chief George Fallowfield.
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N. 15Th St
Imogene Gibson
George Fallowfield
Fire destroys historic Lake Forest gym on campus
Lake Forest College in Illinois reports a Wednesday fire heavily damaged its 79 year old gymnasium, a campus landmark. Officials estimate losses at 131000 with fire damage at 95000. the blaze began in the basement of the student activity building built in 1890, and a firefighter sustained minor cuts.
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Lake Forest, Ill
Lake Forest College
Robert McLaughlin
Cobe Jones Former Pirates Shortstop Dies at 61
Coburn D. Cobe Jones 61, former major league shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, died at his Denver home Wednesday from an apparent heart attack. Texas produces 35 percent of the nation s petroleum.
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Denver
UPI
Coburn D. “Cobe” Jones
Pittsburgh Pirates
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