New Group Forms to Push West Virginia Abolition
Charleston AP reports Mountaineers to Save West Virginia forms as militant anti strip group. Joe Cook says 5000 West Virginians back the effort and that abolition will create jobs not destroy them. Key attendees include Clifton Bryant and Bob Flint as movement seeks direction.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Joe Cook
Office of Federal State Relations
Mountaineers To Save
Mary Ann Johnson
Parkersburg
Rockefeller
William Schecter
Cook
West
Boone County
Soviet Indian Peace Pact Seen Shaping Asia Balance
India and the Soviet Union signed a twenty year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation stated by Foreign Minister Swaran Singh as a stabilizing factor for peace in Asia The pact binds neither to military aid but commits both to consult and deter third party aggression while pledging non aggression amid India Pakistan tensions and U S backing for Pakistan.
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New Delhi
India
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Asia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Singh
East Pakistan
Russia
United States
America
Central Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Gromyko
Internment Declared as Northern Ireland Violence Escalates
Prime Minister Faulkner orders internment without trial for IRA guerrillas and bans Protestant parades. British troops launch house to house searches arresting about 200 republican and leftist leaders. A weekend of killings and street clashes in Belfast and Londonderry continues with snipers firing on troops and mobs torching cars.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Harry Thornton
Thronton
Thornton
Huey P Newton Faces Third Trial After Hung Jury
Huey P Newton, cofounder of the Black Panthers, faces a potential third trial after an 11-1 hung jury on charges tied to the killing of an Oakland policeman. The jury of 10 women and two men was deadlocked after six days of deliberation. Newton, free on $50,000 bail, will appear before a new judge for trial scheduling.
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Oakland
Calif
Huey P. Newton
Superior Court
Harold Howe
Newton
Criminal Calendar
Army acquits sergeant in racial shooting at Da Nang camp
Sgt. Jerry L. Holden of Fort Worth Texas is found not guilty of unpremeditated murder in the shooting of Spec. 4 Christopher Brown of Ridgeville South Carolina after an all white jury convicts self defense. In Saigon US forces report a 48th strike in North Vietnam and B52s hit positions near the DMZ.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Sgt
Jerry L. Holden
Fort Worth
Tex
Christopher Brown
Ridgevile, S.C
Saigon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
No Freaks Wanted In New Park
Walt Disney World seeks 5,500 vacant positions filled by short haired clean cut people before opening Oct 1. Disney human relations manager Tom Eastman says for girls makeup minimal and natural hair. for guys no long hair. He adds casting is about roles and appearance in the $300 million fantasy world.
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Orlando
Fla
Walt Disney World
Disney
Tom Eastman
Eastman
Commerce Chief Hit By Nader
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader calls for Secretary Maurice Stans to resign, accusing him of serving big business rather than the public. Nader aired the demand on CBS Face the Nation, stating Stans is not a public official and should resign immediately.
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Washington (Ap
Maurice Stans
Ralph Nader
Stans
Nader
CBS
Tangled web of influence behind failed Vietnam generators
A House Armed Services report faulted contractor influence over Marine Corps personnel for hundreds of failed generators sold to the U S government. The defective units built by Consolidated Diesel Electric Co failed within seven months, hampering radar and increasing Marine casualties near Danang. the matter was sent to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.
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Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Corps
House Armed Services
Subcommittee
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
Conn
Danang
Generators procurement case ties Consolidated to officials
Since 1967 Consolidated won four contracts totaling over 27 million to build 7000 generators. Daniel Elmore, a Marine Corps contracting official, and Daniel Ross, Consolidated’s Washington representative, were named as principals. Elmore approved a 3.4 million option despite defects, while Jennings McLain, a Ross ally, pushed a related contract despite lower bids.
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Consolidated
Daniel Elmore
Marine Corps
Daniel Ross
Washington
Pentagon
Elmore
Ross
Jennings McLain
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