Prezio Charged in Troy Extortion Case
Troy police records show former public safety commissioner Albert F. Prezio released on $5 000 cash bail after pleading innocent to three counts of extortion in Rensselaer County Court. He allegedly threatened three Troy men who refused to pay money to avoid arrest for alleged bookmaking operations.
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Troy
Albert F. Prezio
Rensselaer
Public Safety
Ralph A. DeSantis
James W. Doherty
Prezio
Rensselaer County
Grand Jury
Peter Pignone
Peter Gallo
Lansingburgh
Troy Police Dept
Troy Public Safety
Timothy J. Fogarty
John R. Dwyer
District Attorney's Office
BCI
Joseph Kivlin
Harry McKenna
Prezio Arrested After Courthouse Warrant Execution
A report states Prezio was arrested at Broad way and Third Street shortly after 3 p.m. by Dwyer and Kivlin, then taken to the State Police barracks at Brunswick for processing and arraignment before CAPT. Prezio.
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Prezio
Broadway
Third Street
Dwyer
Kivlin
State Police
Brunswick
Nixon Plans Slight Withdrawal Step Up in Vietnam Troops
President Nixon announced a modest withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam for a seven month period from May to December. He aims to reduce the total to about 184000, averaging a little over 14000 monthly, while insisting the end of American involvement is near and defending Cambodia and Laos incursions as strategic successes. He urged accountability for the My Lai case without dwelling on it and called for the unconditional release of all POWs in Indochina.
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South Vietnam
Nixon
Army
William Calley Jr
My Lai
Vietnam
Calley
Hanoi
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Red Losses Heavy Near Fire Bases in Central Highlands
In the central highlands near Fire Base 6 and Fire Base Lonely heavy fighting killed about 400 North Vietnamese soldiers overall. South Vietnamese losses numbered 14 killed and 51 wounded, with U.S. air strikes and artillery aiding infantry and ranger reinforcements.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Lonely
Triborder
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Bayh Accuses Nixon of Politically Intervening in Calley Case
Sen. Birch Bayh charges President Nixon with political meddling after Calley's My Lai conviction. Taft defends Nixon, citing military morale. White House says it will respond to a critical letter from prosecutor Aubrey Daniel III. Calley awaits further review of the verdict. Muskie expresses concern for legal integrity.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Nixon
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
White House
Aubrey M. Daniel III
Calley
Ft. Benning
Daniel
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
House Blocks $728 Million Education funding Increase Fight
The House rejected a plan to raise federal education spending by 728 million beyond Nixon’s request 191 to 187. Support came from 173 Democrats and 14 Republicans, while 149 Republicans and 42 Democrats opposed. The chamber then approved a 4.8 billion Office of Education bill, 131 million over budget. A voter on bus desegregation language failed 205 to 149.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Office of Education
Senate
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
Conte
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Emergency Committee For
Congress
Soviets Widen Airlift and Missile Buildup in Middle East
Western diplomats report ongoing Soviet airlift to Egypt with a significant missile expansion. Estimates place 16,000 Soviet personnel in Egypt last year, more this year, and a large antiaircraft defense complex along the Nile and into western Libyan approaches. President Sadat warns April could decide the Middle East fate if Israel stalls peace proposals.
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Egypt
London
Cairo
Nile Valley
Aswan Dam
Mediterranean Seaboard
Libya
Institute
Esti
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Israel
House To Hire Firm For Wiretap Checks
House will hire an electronics firm to inspect members telephone lines for taps. Chairman Wayne L Hays says the firm will be kept on retainer for periodic checks. Rep Fletcher Thompson asks if taps could be traced to their installer. Hays says no. The Dow Jones average rose to 918 49 in trading, a 22 month high.
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Washington
House
Wayne L. Hays
Dohio
Administration Committee
New York
FBI
Hale Boggs
D-La
Justice Department
Hays
Fletcher Thompson
Rea
Thompson
Governor OKs Welfare Reform Forcing Work In New Plan
Governor Rockefeller signed welfare reform measures including a job work requirement for able recipients. The bills authorize local agencies to create public works projects and place recipients in work in exchange for benefits, with reforms to welfare administration and identification requirements.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Assembly
Senate
Albert H. Blumenthal
Manhattan
Lawrence Corbett
Fort Edward
Leonard Simon
Brooklyn
U.S
Rockefellers
State Social Services Department
State Division
State Social Welfare Board
Rockefeller Beer and Liquor Tax Proposal Reemerges
Gov. Rockefeller backs a new liquor tax rise of 20 cents per fifth and a beer tax hike of 11.5 cents per gallon aiming to generate 60 to 70 million dollars for counties. The plan mirrors earlier shelfed increases and would lift beer prices by about five cents per quart and roughly ten cents on a six pack.
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Rockefeller
Berkeley Elections Shake City Council Power Balance
Radical candidates won three of four contested Berkeley council seats and backed a mayoral ally, prompting a standoff with moderates. A plan to split the Police Department by neighborhood was rejected, while a black mayor backed radicals took office. In Chicago, Mayor Daley secured a fifth term amid low turnout, with Daley claiming a mandate to improve the city.
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Berkeley
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Apublican
Richard E. Friedman
Daley
Calif
D’army Bailey
Ilona Hancock
Ira Simmons
23 Black P Stone members indicted for fraud in Chicago
A federal grand jury charged 23 members of the Black P Stone Nation with stealing funds from The Woodlawn Organization funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The 123 counts allege salaries for non existent teaching duties, kickbacks, and misappropriated trainee wages.
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Chicago
Black P Stone Nation
Office of Economic Opportunity
Woodlawn
T.W.O
South Side
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State Supreme Court
John L. Larkin
Supreme Court
John R. Dwyer J
Joseph J. Burns
District Attorney’s Office
Capt
Muskie
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British Institute For Strategic
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