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Double agent
takes own life
By PETER A. BROWN
SOUTHBURY, Conn. (UPI)
— For Norman John Rees, the
secret years of stress and
stealth as Soviet spy and FBI
double agent must have paled
beside the fear of exposure.
He apparently took his own
life early Sunday rather than
face his family and friends who
would awaken to read about his
deeds.
The Dallas Times-Herald
reported that day the former
Mobil Oil Co. engineer admitted
selling information to Soviet
intelligence agents from 1942 to
1971. The FBI convinced Rees
to become a double agent in
1971.
“We’re quite certain it was a
suicide,’’ said a source close to
the Connecticut state police
investigation. “We were told he
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had been acting despondent
lately, and we guess it was
because he knew the truth was
going to come out and he
bottled it up inside him.”
Rees, 69, apparently shot
himself with his .38 caliber
revolver as his wife of more
than 30 years lay asleep in the
bedroom of their luxury retire
ment condominium in rural
western Connecticut.
He was found dressed in
pajamas and sitting on a sofa
in the den, according to Dr.
Marcus Cox, assistant medical
examiner. The weapon was in
his right hand and the wound in
his right temple.
Rees did not leave his wife,
Ann, a farewell note, Cox said.
She awoke to find his body on
the sofa.
Rees made a last-minute plea
but the Dallas Times Herald
said it could not suppress the
story.
“His delivery to the Soviets
of the latest advances in U.S.
petroleum technology led one
intelligence officer to charac
terize Rees as ‘the single most
important individual in the
development of the Russian oil
and gas industry during the
relevant period (1945-1960)’,”
the newspaper said in a
copyrighted story.
He successfully kept the
secret from his wife and
family. “She acts as though it
were a dream,” said Rees’ son,
John, a 31-year-old teacher.
“She had no idea.”
To the reporters who would
tell his story, Rees said: “I was
a Communist sympathizer,
helping them during the war
(World War II) and I Just never
got out. Looking back on it
now, it’s enough to make me
sick. It’s an incredible situa
tion.”
People
By United Press International
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Henry visits Kirk
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI) - Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger was winding up a brief stay at the desert
home of actor Kirk Douglas today, with no official word on
whether he would try to contact his former boss, Richard
Nixon, about his China visit.
Kissinger arrived Friday to join his wife, Nancy, who
had spent the week in this desert resort on the mend from
stomach surgery.
Newsmen at the entrance to the Douglas home saw
additional telephones and phone lines being brought
inside.
Nixon returned to California from his China visit
Sunday evening, but there were no plans for him to visit or
talk with Kissinger about his trip.
Lowell Thomas honored
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Pioneer broadcaster Lowell
Thomas, 84, will receive the Carbon Mike Award this
month for outstanding contribution to the radio industry.
Art Linkletter, a former recipient of the award from the
Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, will present Thomas with
the award at a luncheon March 19.
Other recipients include Meredith Willson, Ralph Ed
wards, Norman Corwin, Jimmy Durante, Ozzie and
Harriet Nelson, Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen and Jim
Jordan.
Israeli appeal
MIAMI BEACH (UPI) - Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal
Allon, appealing to American Jews to increase their aid,
says Israel’s economy may be the “weak link in our chain
of defense.”
Allon, speaking at a dinner for the 1976 Israeli bond
drive, said that for the first time in many years Israel is
faced with a sharp rise in unemployment at a time when it
is backing the right of Jews in the Soviet Union, Syria and
other Arab nations to emigrate to Israel.
“It would be a very sad state of affairs if we failed to
have the economic means to give jobs to those who might
be permitted to come to Israel in larger numbers in the
near future,” Allon told the more than 1,000 Jewish
leaders.
Damaging leaks
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The former director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency believes reporters who
publish leaked national defense secrets “are guilty of
violation of the Espionage Act.”
Gen. Daniel Graham, who retired Jan. 1 after President
Ford fired Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and CIA
Director William Colby, discussed news leaks in a 17-page
report prepared for the U.S. Strategic Institute, an unof
ficial, nonprofit organization.
Most leaks, Graham said, are untraceable but “there
are always at least two people involved in these matters —
an untrustworthy insider and an agent of the public news
media.
“Both parties in this collusion are guilty of violation of
the Espionage Act if the information passed is ‘related to
the national defense’. They can be charged jointly.”
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By ROYAL BRIGHTBILL
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -
Carnival revelers rested weary
legs, aching heads and upset
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the costumed antics of the final
Mardi Gras day that ushers in
the 40-day religious observance
of Lent.
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But on Mardi Gras day, “Fat
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such gaudy sidelights as a
French Quarter beauty contest
Two men
killed
in wreck
By United Press International
Weekend accidents in Georgia
claimed four lives, including
two men killed Sunday in a
two-car wreck in north Fulton
County.
Floyd Bart Walden HI, 24, of
Alpharetta, and 15-year-old
Danny Thomas of Canton died
in the crash on Georgia 372 in
north Fulton. Three other
persons were injured.
The state patrol said Wal
den’s car cut in front of a
second vehicle and was struck
in the left side. Thomas was a
passenger in the second vehi
cle.
George Robert Marchant, 18,
of Millen, was killed Sunday in
the wreck of his car in Telfair
County. The patrol said Mar
chant rounded a curve, lost
control of his car and was
thrown from the vehicle just
west of Mcßae on Georgia 132.
Max Dunn, 42, of Morrow,
died late Friday when the small
motor boat he was piloting
crashed into a private dock on
Jackson Lake in Butts County.
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By United Press International
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At midnight Tuesday it will
be over and Lent —a solemn
period of fasting and religious
contemplation — will begin.
Perry Como, reigning as King
Bacchus VIII, led the last of 16
weekend parades on a winding,
five-mile route through down
town Sunday. The parade
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Screaming the traditional cry
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and commemorative coins
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Like most of the parades that
have been going on for nine
days Bacchus, named for the
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Bicentennial for its theme of
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Spectators pranced to the
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IN MEMORUM
In loving memory of our
loved one Elmer Kent who
passed away March 1, 1970.
It's been six long years
Since you were called away.
We miss you more and more
With each passing day.
We miss your smile
We miss your voice.
Your going away
Was not our choice.
We were hurt so deep
When you were taken home.
But you're in a peaceful
sleep
With Jesus, you're never
along.
We'll see you one day soon
On the streets of gold.
We'll be together forever
To have and to hold.
Wife - Mrs. Nellie Kent
Children and Grandchildren
— Griffin Daily News Monday, March 1,1976 ,
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