Powell's suit to regain seat in Congress dismissed
U S District Judge George L Hart Jr dismissed Adam Clayton Powell's bid to reclaim his congressional seat and denied his request for a three judge panel. Hart held federal courts lack jurisdiction and warned granting Powell's injunction would violate the separation of powers. Powell intends an immediate appeal to the U S Court of Appeals as he lingers toward a possible special election.
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Humphrey in Paris Amid Antiwar Protests
U S Vice President Hubert H Humphrey met President Charles de Gaulle and laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier as protests rose along the Champs Elysees and Place de l Etoile. Police moved in to separate demonstrators including students. Earlier in West Berlin and at Orly Airport demonstrators shouted peace in Vietnam and hurled eggs and paint during coverage by news crews.
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Thieu Threatens Bombing Hanoi Over DMZ Attacks
Saigon announces South Viet Nam may bomb Hanoi or invade North Vietnam in retaliation for Communist attacks on the DMZ. Premier Ky surveys Quang Tri damage as North Vietnamese forces cross the Ben Hai bridge and press on Quang Tri City.
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Policemen Die as By Standers Do Not Intervene
West Palm Beach Florida AP Two police officers were killed when a deranged man disarmed Sgt William Fletcher and killed him with his service revolver Several witnesses including women stood by as the attacker roamed outside a Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association Cooley a 32 year old unemployed Negro was charged with first degree murder He was subdued by Army veteran Thomas Gorham who retrieved Van Curler s gun and held Cooley at gunpoint after the killings
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Bill Offers Industrial Tax Break in Ohio Senate
In Columbus, the Ohio Senate saw a bill introduced to grant tax advantages for local industrial development. Senator Walter Powell notes the measure allows municipalities and counties to issue self retiring revenue bonds for industrial projects, exempt from federal taxes unlike bonds from community improvement corporations.
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Bob Baker sentenced for income tax evasion and theft
Bobby Baker, a former Senate aide once tied to Lyndon Johnson, received a prison term of one to three years on seven counts of income tax evasion theft and conspiracy. Judge Oliver Gasch ordered concurrent sentences amid an appeal plan by Baker and statements of maintaining busy outside ventures since resigning in 1963.
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State Audit Into Alden Trips At Ohio University
A state audit will analyze trips made by Ohio University President Vernon R. Alden and officials using university aircraft. The audit, led by Rex E. Haecker and John Fox, is an analytical study to identify who flew where and why, prompted by a Columbus Citizen-Journal report alleging trips for nonofficial purposes. Alden says funding came from nonpublic sources and taxpayer money was not used.
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Jets clash as Israeli Syrian air duel erupts
Israeli Mirage jets and Syrian MIG21s dueled over the desert frontier south of the Sea of Galilee. Both sides claimed downed planes with conflicting accounts from Damascus and Tel Aviv. fighting followed a ground tank duel and involved antiaircraft fire near the armistice line.
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Talks continue as Teamsters seek national trucking contract
Federal mediators push for round the clock talks between the Teamsters Union and trucking industry in pursuit of a national contract. Progress reported in all night negotiations, with talks set to resume at 1 pm. Employers raised wage offer to 44 cents per hour for three years while the union maintains a 56 cent demand.
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William E. Simkin
Rate Slash Trouble For Surtax Plan
The Federal Reserve cut the discount rate from 4.5 percent to 4 percent in a dramatic move. The action, the first drop in over six years, could complicate the administration’s plan for a 6 percent surtax on most corporate and individual incomes and signals broader credit easing.
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Federal Reserve
Television strikes widen as AFTRA pickets join signatories
In New York representatives of NBC ABC and CBS, along with AFTRA, resume bargaining as a 10 day strike persists. Picket lines are joined by Teamster members engineers cameramen and some writers while supervisory staff fill gaps in programming.
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Soldier sentenced to life for murder of four Vietnamese civilians
Saigon reports a second American soldier received life in a general court martial for killings of four Vietnamese civilians on January 28. Spec. 4 Chambers H. Gray of Cleveland, Ohio, was also ordered to forfeit all pay and allowances and receive a dishonorable discharge. In Cincinnati, witnesses testified Posteal Laskey Jr. was seen near where Barbara Bowman was found dying in August 1966, as he faces first degree murder charges for the secretary's death amid claims a stolen taxi was used.
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Wilson's Daughter Dead At 77
Eleanor McAdoo, last surviving daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, died Thursday at her Montecito home at age 77. She married William Gibbs McAdoo in 1914, later divorcing about 20 years ago.
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Monkees actor David Jones not drafted yet
Hollywood reports David Jones, 21, star of The Monkees, has not been drafted or classified and has not taken a physical. A London teenage picket opposed his induction, but Jones remains a British subject and his draft status is undeclared.
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Speck trial details how bodies were found in nurse killings
In Peoria Illinois a Chicago detective described locating the bodies of eight murdered nurses as the Speck trial moves through evidence. Detective Jack Wallenda testified after a brief cross examination of Corazon Amarao, the surviving Philippine nurse who identified Richard Speck as the killer.
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Rhode Island backs LBJ man in Rhode Island election
Democratic State Senator Robert C. Tiernan of Warwick has been declared the winner of the special Rhode Island congressional election for Congress. Tiernan supports President Johnson's Vietnam policies and is expected to take the seat.
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Vietnam
Two Millionth Car of Year Delayed In Auto Slump
The U S auto industry produced its two millionth car of the year on Thursday twenty two days after the 1966 total. The delay stems from production cuts as dealers face a sales slump and rising inventories of unsold cars.
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U. S
Bailey blasts pre judging in Coppolino case trial
In Naples Florida defense attorney F Lee Bailey dismissed jury candidate Paul H Lineback Jr saying pre judging of criminal cases is to blame for the ongoing jury selection in the Carl Coppolino murder trial Bailey warned the process may be biased if Coppolino does not testify himself The 34 year old anesthesiologist is Coppolino.
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Democratic Landslide Prediction Ties to Johnson Story
Inside Today notes a 1968 Democratic landslide forecast if the party effectively touts Johnson’s story to voters. Page 2. The edition also highlights Middleport High’s basketball awards and scholastic certificates from a school assembly. Page 8. And it reports Miami coach Tates Locke addressing Seoul all-stars in Athens. Page 9. Women.
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