Entertainer Marilyn Maxwell Found Dead At Home
Beverly Hills California AP reports actress Marilyn Maxwell was found dead at age 49 in her duplex after an apparent heart attack. Her son Matthew discovered the body, Maxwell had battled hypertension and pulmonary disease, and she had divorced producer Jerry Davis in 1960. Maxwell's career spanned singing with Buddy Rogers and Ted Weems, film and TV roles, and appearances on Bob Hope and George Gobel shows. Born in Clarinda Iowa, she later worked at Pasadena Playhouse and debuted on screen in Stand By for Action in 1942. She had previous marriages to actor John Conte and restaurateur Andy Melntyre.
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Pasadena Playhouse
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Welfare waste blamed on chaotic system not recipient fraud
Washington AP report cites HEW official John G. Venneman saying over 500 million tax dollars were wasted last year. He warned one in 20 recipients was ineligible and a quarter were paid wrong amounts, with field checks noting a welfare office storing records in beer cartons.
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John G. Venneman
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Joint Economic Committee
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Elmer Staats
General Accounting Office
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ITT Claims Genuine Memo Found Could Harm Firm
ITT says it has located a genuine memorandum that could embarrass the company and plans to release a full copy soon. The June 25 1971 memo allegedly links ITT pledges of aid to antitrust talks and mergers, a claim contested by ITT with witnesses and sworn statements from Susan Lichtman.
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Sheraton Corp
Judiciary Committee
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Facial Hair Seen Hazard In Industry
AEC funded Los Alamos scientists indicate beards and sideburns may disrupt air tight seals of respirators, posing an occupational hazard for workers in industry science and mining. Preliminary tests used volunteers with facial hair to gauge seal effectiveness and safety.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Los Alamos
No fault car insurance debate splits lawmakers
A proposed no-fault plan faces opposition over fault, medical costs, and property damage rules. Legislators Gordon and Laverne discuss limits on medical claims, with critics arguing the bill is too restrictive. Debates touch on culpable negligence and required collision coverage. Massachusetts example cited for adding property damage later.
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Laverne
John Hughes
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John G. McCarthy
Assembly Insurance Committee
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Assembly
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Tunisian Leader Sees 100 Years Of Crisis
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba warned that the Middle East crisis could persist for 100 more years due to Arab military inferiority to Israel. He criticized past settlements, urged Arabs to reassess strength, and noted danger of continued conflict. Iraq proposed a united Arab front, while Jordanian King Hussein sought a federalized peace plan with Jerusalem as capital.
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Fulbright Says USIA Ineffective in Berlin Wall Memo
Sen. J W Fulbright labeled a USIA memo on the Berlin Wall as evidence the agency is a Cold War tool hindering peace efforts. The document urged a major publicization of the wall's 10th anniversary, arguing that Communist societies become prisons for those fleeing for freedom. VOA broadcasts were defended as objective. A separate Norwood NY family massacre left three dead, a fourth in critical condition, under investigation for possible asphyxiation.
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Voice of America
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Abortion Law Sparks Debate In Britain
London AP report says Sir John Peel, Queen Elizabeth II's gynecologist and BMA president, attacked Britain's 1968 abortion act and its social use. He noted abortions rose from 6,000 to 120,000 yearly, with 45,000 among unmarried women in 1970, and argued rising unplanned pregnancies especially among under-20s.
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Spring Debut Brings Mild Sunny Weather Across Nation
The opening day of spring arrived with mild sunny conditions across most regions. Temperatures mostly in the 60s with a few spots near freezing in Lake Superior and New England. Readings climbed into the 90s in the Southwest while rain dotted the Ohio Valley and Great Plains saw scattered showers. Some high mountain snow fell in Wyoming with Cheyenne reporting an inch. Afternoon readings varied from 25 degrees in Burlington Vermont to 84 in McAllen Texas and Fort Myers Florida.
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Man Confesses To Slaying Wife
WATKINS GLEN UP I Mrs Barbara Parsons 42 was found shot to death in her home Monday and her husband James was taken into custody. Deputies said she was shot three times with a .45 rubber pistol and the husband confessed to the district attorney's office.
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Schuyler County Sheriff's Deputies
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District Attorney's Office
Time Act Amended By House
The House voted to let a dozen states on time zone boundaries exempt parts from Daylight Saving Time. If approved by Senate and Nixon, divided states could opt out only in the zones they belong to, while single zone states remain unchanged. Alaska spans four time zones. States in two zones include Indiana Florida Tennessee Kentucky Texas Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Oregon Idaho.
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House
Indiana
Senate
Nixon
Alaska
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oregon
Idaho
First Bonus Drawing Set In Lottery
In New York City the first bonus drawing of the 50 cent lottery will start the sequence toward a top prize of 541,166. The grand tier and consolation prizes will be set April 13. Eligible are tickets with the last two digits of winning numbers from the first nine weekly drawings. A three digit number will be drawn and tickets with the first two digits may win 30 dollars the next day, while tickets with all three digits enter the April 13 drawing for 54,166 top prize and other awards.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
New York City
Norman F. Gallman
Grand Central Station
High Court To Review 1966 Miranda Ruling
The High Court will not stay the California ruling but agreed to decide related constitutional questions. The Ware case centers on whether Miranda applies retroactively to crimes committed before the ruling, with Ware charged in 1963 but tried after Miranda was handed down. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled his confessions inadmissible for lacking warnings.
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High Court
Paul D. Ware
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ware
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Oil Pipeline Routes Seen As Tossup
Interior Department report finds no route clearly better, with Canada and Alaska paths each carrying environmental trade offs. It notes potential gains if a gas pipeline shares rights of way and says none of the options dominates. Morton will review the findings before action on the Alaska North Slope to Valdez proposal.
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Interior Department
Canada
Alaska
Interior
William T. Pecora
Pecora
Rogers C
Morton
North Slope
Valdex
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