Knapp Panel Hearings Reveal Wide Police Corruption
New York AP report. Knapp Commission hearing hears plainclothesman William Phillips testify that all plainclothes officers are on the take and Harlem assignments pay at least 1,000 dollars monthly in payoffs from gamblers tavern owners and others. Phillips notes easy access to identify officers and their alleged corruption.
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Whitman Knapp
John V. Lindsay
Nixon Seeks Wider Powers in Inflation Fight
The article reports on proposed broadened authority to enforce post freeze controls, including criminal penalties of up to 5000 per violation and 2500 civil penalties, extended subpoena powers for the Pay Board and Price Commission, and Senate confirmation debates led by Rep. Wright Patman.
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Federal panel voids tax exemptions for racially restrictive clubs
A three judge federal panel ruled Wisconsin may not grant tax breaks to private groups that limit membership by race. The decision, written by Judge Robert E Tehan, holds exemptions violate the 14th Amendment equal protection. Alderman Orvill Pitts and Lawrence D Attilio filed suit as taxpayers challenging exemptions for clubs like the Eagles and Elks.
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Orvill Pitts
Lawrence D’attilio
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
State Department of Revenue
Wisconsin
The
Eagles and the Elks
Pitts
Eagles Club
D’attilio
U.S. District Court
Robert E. Tehan
Alaska Native land claims bill moves to House vote
The House debates a sweeping Alaska land claims bill proposing 425 million cash to 55,000 Eskimos Aleuts and Indians over ten years and 500 million in royalties from mineral lands plus 40 million acres for village expansion. Opponents note the administration once backed 7.2 million. supporters cite a 1 billion target today.
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Russia
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Antacid study notes rebound stomach acid in ulcers
Atlantic City AP report shows calcium carbonate in some antacids doubled stomach acid 2 to 4 hours after four tablets in 13 duodenal ulcer patients. Dr. David D. Reeder of the University of Texas Medical Branch says normal people might also see the rebound effect, but not with sodium bicarbonate.
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University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
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Transportation Bond Gains TWU Backing
The Transportation Workers Union endorsed the proposed 2.5 billion dollar state transportation bond, saying there is no other way to rehabilitate the city's rapid transit system. TWU leaders Matthew Guinan and Daniel Gilmartin cited 1.15 billion for highways and grade crossing elimination.
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UPI
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Matthew Guinan
TWU International
Daniel Gilmartin
Indians Rail Abdication of Federal Duty Before Senate Panel
Indian witnesses told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that land and water rights were stolen or harmed by encroachers with the U.S. government failing to protect them and sometimes aiding the trespassers. They cited shrinking Pyramid Lake and Navajo air and water issues as evidence of ongoing federal neglect and broken treaty obligations. A Lummi woman recalled wartime promises of land return, while Congress later decided land ownership with Pocacillo receiving land for $1.
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Edward F. Kennedy
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Idaho
Congress
Police hunt sixth suspect in slaying case
Arlington widow Linda Ammidown was found murdered after an alleged kidnapping and rape following a Washington waterfront dinner. Her husband, economist Robert Ammidown, already charged with murder, faces a wider extortion plot involving three laborers a woman and a fourth suspect. Authorities say payoff of 50000 was arranged. detectives arrested the extortion group after a staged money handoff.
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UPI
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Office of Economic Opportunity
John J. Moriarty
Memphis teen's death ruled homicide by prosecutor
Dist Atty Phil Canale ruled the death of Elton Hayes 17 a homicide. 23 Memphis police officers were placed on vacation status pending investigation after Hayes was critically injured when a pickup truck fleeing a roadblock crashed east of Memphis.
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Francisco
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Henry Lux
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Two Spacecraft To Study Man And Nature
NASA announced early plans for two earth resources satellites in 1972 and 1973. The missions will scan the planet with remote sensors to assess human impact and natural resource use, with initial plans involving 28 U.S. and 22 foreign scientists.
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UPI
Maine
Saudi Arabia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Tear Gas Quells Riot At Joliet Prison
Riot equipped guards used tear gas to subdue hostile inmates armed with torn bedposts and makeshift weapons. About 24 inmates, mostly former Chicago gang members, were moved to secure cells after refusing to leave their unit.
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Joliet Prison
Chicago
Vernon Scott Jr
A.R. Monahan
Monahan
Helicopters To Aid Recovery Of Crash Victims
Army National Guard helicopters moved to a snow covered plateau 95 miles northeast of Las Vegas to recover the bodies of former U S education commissioner Dr James H Allen and nine others after a Cessna 402 crash on a Grand Canyon flight from Las Vegas. The ground team reported the victims could only be retrieved by air as the terrain prevented ground access. Also killed were Mrs Florence Allen and three German and two French tourists.
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Ariz
UPI
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U.S. Commissioner of Education
Las Vegas
James H. Allen
Florence
Grand Canyon
Late Market Rally Staves Off Bigger Dow Loss
The New York stock market rebounded in late trading Tuesday after a sharp earlier drop blamed on technical factors. The Dow Jones average fell 4.01 points to 868.43, after being down 9.63 points near the close, extending a five session loss to 25.12 points.
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Dow Jones
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Youth United Hosts Two Candidates for Cohoes Ward Alderman
Youth United will host two candidates for Third Ward alderman John Gillie of the Citizens Party and Leonard Kane a Democrat at a Cohoes meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Human Resources Center 169 Mohawk Street All young voters are urged to attend and the event is open to the public The group aims to show citizens the youth are willing to work with them for the citys best interests says David Fitzmaurice chairman of Youth United
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Cohoes
David Fitzmaurice
Youth United
Sunny fair weather across the nation Tuesday
A high pressure system stretched from New England to the lower Great Lakes and Gulf States. Temperatures ranged from the 40s and 50s in New England to 80s in the Deep South, with Chicago at 84 setting a date record. Rain persisted in the Pacific Northwest and showers dotted the Southern Plains, Middle Atlantic, and Florida.
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Plastic Cream Invention For Artificial Teeth
An innovation called FIXODENT offers a plastic cream that forms an elastic membrane to hold dentures to natural mouth tissues. This daily home use product claims a revolutionary method to secure dentures, referenced by U.S. Patent 3,003,988.
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