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Mills spends evening drinking dancing, before mishap

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Wilbur D. Mills spent at least part of the evening drinking, dining and dancing with friends hours before he was involved in a biiarre incident in which one of his women companions was rescued from drowning by police. The manager of a Washington night club where the Arkansas Democrat has been a frequent patron said Mills, three women and another man were in the establishment for about three hours on Sunday night During that tone they had

dinner and drinks which cost about $80 in all and then left, according to George Bertran. 47, manager of the Junkanoo restaurant on fashionable Connecticut Avenue. None of the group appeared intoxicated when they left about 9:30 p.m., he said. The whereabouts of the influential 65-year-old congressman. chairman of the tax-writ-ing Ways and Means committee. remained a mystery between that hour and the 2 a m. incident at the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. Mills himself remained in se-

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elusion late Wednesday as the U.S. Park Police disputed a claim Mills made through aides that he was not present at the incident and knew nothing about it. Mills is currently involved in a re-election campaign and facing his stiffest challenge in years from a woman Republican candidate. As recounted by police, the Tidal Basin incident occurred when two officers stopped a 1973 Lincoln Continental that was traveling at an unreasonable speed with lights out at 2 a.m. Monday. Five people spilled out. The car was registered to Mills, police said. They said one of the men identified himself to the officers as Mills and the police report, according to Franklin A. Arthur, assistant chief of the Park Police, described this man as “intoxicated." His face was scratched and bleeding, they said. While police questioned the group, a woman identified as Anabella Battistella. crying

and shouting In mixed Spanish and English, ran to a bridge and leaped into the water. She was rescued by an officer who dove in after her. In a news conference called after Mills’ claim that he was not involved, Arthur said, “We can assume it was Rep. Mills.” He added, “I think the officers would recognize” him. Mills' administrative assistant, Oscar “Gene” Goss, who had earlier relayed Mills’ denials of involvement to newsmen, said after the police press conference, “I cannot refute what the police say." Mrs. Battistella was admitted to a hospital but later released and reporters who called her apartment on Wednesday were told by another woman that she was sleeping under sedation. The doorbell at the apartment also went unanswered, although people could be heard moving about inside. The woman lives in a luxury, high-rise apartment complex

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McGrath finds no drinking

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Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.. has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after her convertible crashed into the back of an auto stopped for a street light. Fairfax County police said the charge on conviction carries maximum penalties of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, and suspension of driver’s license for six months. Police said, however, that such penalties are reserved for very grave cases that usually involve injuries or fleeing the scene of the accident, circumstances that don’t exist in Mrs. Kennedy’s case. Police said Mrs. Kennedy was administered a breathalyzer test, but they would not

disclose the results. The charge of driving under the influence is the only charge in the state of Virginia if alcohol or drugs are found above a certain level. Mrs. Kennedy was alone in her car driving southbound on Route 123 at about 1:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday when her auto struck another southbound vehicle at an intersection. The other vehicle, driven by Edward F. McGrath, 49, of nearby Vienna, Va., was pushed into the car ahead driven by Mrs. Carol A. Pinder, 25, also of

Vienna.

All three cars sustained damages that police said totaled around $1,400. McGrath said Mrs. Kennedy was very apologetic after the chain-reaction collision and

that she said she was “pleased there were no children in the

cars at the time.’’

McGrath, a civilian employe in the Pentagon’s telecommunications center, said he detected no sign that Mrs. Kennedy had been drinking. “If she had been drinking, it didn’t appear to be in any great degree," McGrath said. Mrs. Kennedy recently has spent time in rest homes in Connecticut and California.

King Solomon’s Temple stood for four centuries before it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem is not a remnant of Solomon’s Temple, but of one built later on the same site by Herod, the National Geographic says.

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VOTE FOR F. 'LIE' HAMILTON AND 25 YEARS POLICE EXPERIENCE (PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF CANDIDATE)

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F. 'Loo' Hamilton who retired from the Indiana State + Police after 7.1 years of service with the rank of A Sergeant is new Assistant Chief of Security at DePauw ^ University * EfhiMrtion a A graduate of Jefferson High School y Henderson State Teachers' College V/i years (Sociology)* Personnel Supervision, General Motors Institute ^ Human Relations, Indiana Bell Telephone Company *

3 years WW II Second Armored Division M/SGT. *

Police Training * Indiana State Police Academy * U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, * Department of Justice ^ Police In-Training Schools - Certificates * Criminal Investigation * Trafk Centre! and Supervision * Arsen Investigation 4-

Finger-Printing and Classification ^ Command and Personnel Supervision *

If ELECTED I PROMISE I WILL NOT TAKE ANOTHER JOB AND WILL DEVOTE FULL TIME TO THIS OFFICE. !

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