Lowell Thomas, 84, signs off from radio after long career
New York AP reports broadcaster Lowell Thomas ends his daily farewell “So long until tomorrow” after a 60 year run. At the Hotel Pierre he mused about retiring at 100 or 105, planning vacations, books, a public TV series, and multiple business ventures while still guiding the Lowell Thomas Law Center in Denver. He recalled early reporting days in Cripple Creek and wartime coverage, noting his role in shaping the Lawrence of Arabia legend.
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New York
Probeer Nidin Car Mentator
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Pierre
CBS
British Columbia
Alaska
University of Denver
Pawling
Lowel
Dispute over handwriting in purported Hughes will grows
In Las Vegas experts clash over a will claim tied to Howard Hughes. A third handwriting specialist finds striking similarities to Hughes writing but notes significant dissimilarities, while others call the document a forgery. The case centers on executor fees and potential court rulings affecting Beverly Hills figures and Hughes aides.
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Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Kew
Bilionaire
Beverly Hills
Charles Sacks
Hughes
Hill Gay
Chester Davis
Life Magazine
Sacks
Hughes Momog
Hank Greenspun
Harold Rhaden
Attamey
Nesh Dietrich
Rhoden
Dietrich
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Mormon
Henry Silver
ABC Television
Jack Harris
Los Angeles
Iboden
Greenspun
Roden
Sqare
England
Lilly Rose Longshaw
Newbury
Herkshire
Calif
St.Ya
Jean Peters
Senator Schweiker pushes new Kennedy assassination clues
Senator Len Schweiker says agencies lied and hints at fresh material linking Oswald to both pro and anti Fidel factions. He questions Warren Commission findings and urges continued Senate oversight. Civil scrutiny includes CIA and FBI actions and a proposed new intelligence oversight panel.
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Tee Harvey Oswald
Len Richard
Schweixer
R-Pa
Warren Commission
Oswald
Kennedy
Schweiker
Senate
Himiner
Gary Bart
D Palo
CIA
Fidel Castro
Dallas
Intelligence Committee
K Iing
Senate Intelligence
Callaway accused of using influence to expand ski resort
Senate panel chair Floyd Haskell says Army Secretary Callaway used political pressure to enlarge his Crested Butte Colorado ski resort onto federally owned land. Evidence before Interior subcommittee shows an attempt to influence, though necessity is in doubt.
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Monard
Callaway
Army
Colorado
Senate
Floyd ¥. Haskell
Colp
Crested Butte
Mrs Interior
Haskell Loke
Russian actress sues paper over wartime romance saga
Fyodorova files a $4.5 million suit in US District Court accusing the National Enquirer, Jim paper and Henry Gris of fraud and civil rights violations rooted in an exclusive story about her wartime liaison with Adm. Tate. She seeks $24 million in compensatory damages plus $2 million punitive, saying the tabloid duped her and deprived her of earnings from using her name and photos.
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Leche
National
Requirer
Tr US
District Coast
Jim Paper
Henry Gris
Jas Augeles
Kennedy Airport
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Florida
Tate
Orange Park
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Fyadotova
Stamford
Conn
Victoria
Fredenek
Pouy
Russia
Polly
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Brink's Robbery Suspect Killed by Police in Montreal
AP reports a suspect in the March 30 Brink's armored truck raid near Montreal was shot dead by police in a west side apartment building. Five gunmen allegedly used an antiaircraft gun to steal 2.8 million in cash and commemorative coins.
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Mumheal
Falice
Montreal
West Side
Pullee
Fin
Dispute Could Delay Alaska Oil Pipeline Forty Years
Alaska oil pipeline faces possible delay as state and federal overseers dispute 1,972 welds on 44 inch line from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. Audit found 1,660 welding discontinuities, 250 corrected, 28 with cracks—some to be reworked, possibly delaying river crossing work. Officials cite environmental rules and possible need for winter repairs. final federal decision pending.
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Anchorage
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic
Valdex
Gulf of Alaska
Pha
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Chaserliai
Associated Press
Robert Miller
Alyeska
Miller
Aol We de
Interior Department
Harry Eppenback
Alaska
Suncanzald
Ita Treasury
Eppenbach
Weld Inn
Thomas Kivppe
Civil War Flares as 50 Die Across Lebanon Fronts
In Beirut area fighting between Christian and Moslem militias escalates on a 3 mile line north of the Christian enclave. Police report 50 killed as renegade army officers bring tanks and heavy artillery to the hills. A ceasefire kept by a Syrian Lebanese Palestinian committee faltered within minutes.
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Beinut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Christan
Eairst
Man jumps from plane during bail pickup
Tulsa man Howard Myron King, 23, fled from a bail bondsman midflight over Alversie Airport while being returned from Oklahoma City on drug charges. King opened a door at about 1,600 feet and leaped to his death as the plane, piloted by bail bondsman Billy James Chenhall, prepared for final approach.
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Uas
Sheriff's
Sai
Howard Myron King
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Billy James Chenhall
Alversie
King
Ing Bad
Chenball
Jim
Fred Boss
Chochnt
Three policemen killed in Ulster gun attack near Belfast
gunmen opened fire at a border post near Belcoo eight miles southwest of Belfast killing three officers and wounding a fourth. IRA Provisional wing blamed. violence continues as police tally reaches over 100 officers killed since the Troubles began. Incendiary bombs exploded in Belfast boutiques and troops used plastic bullets to disperse Catholics after a suspected fascist arrest attempt.
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Northerm Ireland AP
Belcop
Trish Republic
Ulster Defense Regiment
Alitema
Optlawet
Rish Republican Army
Guncen
Provisionaals
Britain
Ireland
Northern Ireland
GOR
Londonderry
Academy reinstates accused cadet at West Point
West Point states Cadet Ringgold 22 was cleared of cheating charges and reinstated in good standing after an army investigation found no cheating occurred. The honor code violation accusation stemmed from Ringgold’s statement to Norman Augustine about widespread cheating.
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US. Military Academy
Phoenix
Ringgold
Academy
Army
Norman Augustine
Honor Committee
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