Fuel Theft Report Rocks U S Military Fuel in Thailand
GAO findings released to Senator Proxmire disclose that 5.5 million gallons of petroleum products were stolen in 1967 in Thailand where hundreds of U S Air Force aircraft operate in the Vietnam era. The scheme involved bribery forgery and collusion with weak controls allowing siphoning and delivery fraud across the Navy Fuel Supply Office contracts with major oil firms.
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Washington
U.S
Thailand
William Proxmire
General Accounting Office
U.S. Air Force
The
GAO
Proxmire
Associated Press
Defense
Air Force
Pentagon
Navy Fuel Supply Office
Asiatic Petroleum Corp
Shell Oil Co
Esso International Inc
Caltex Oil Ltd
New York
John McGee
Navy
Bangkok
Kennedy Seeks Senate Whip Post As 1972 Run Seen
Washington AP reports Edward M. Kennedy, 36, privately unlikely to win the No 2 Senate Democratic post, a move viewed as a potential step toward a 1972 White House bid. Supporters say he could emerge as a leader for Senate liberals, with pledges from Humphrey and Muskie and others backing his candidacy amid regional political maneuvering. In another front, Middle East violence flares as Israel renews attacks on Jordanian targets and Beirut, drawing Vatican critique over its response to the violence after a deadly airport assault and subsequent regional tensions.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
White House
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Muskie
Israeli leader cites papal silence on Holocaust and violence
An Israeli elder statesman, David Ben-Gurion, called for the death penalty for captured Arab guerrillas while accusing Pope Paul VI of not speaking out against Jewish killings in the Mahaneh Yehuda market and noting Pope Pius XII’s silence during the Nazi Holocaust.
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Abraham
Hebron
Israel
Vatican
Paul VI
Lebanon
Beirut
Zerah Warhaftig
Paul
Mahaneh Yehuda
Jerusalem
Pius XII
David Ben-Gurion
Ohio mental hospitals fail to meet federal standards
A state official told a HEW panel in Columbus that most of Ohio’s state mental hospitals do not meet minimum federal standards and only one is federally accredited. Officials warn lack of accreditation implies about 90 percent of Ohio mental health facilities are not decent to live in.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Gordon F. Ogram
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Louis Rolnick
Protest Planned for Inauguration Events by Mobilization
Washington AP The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam plans three days of counter Inaugural protests during Nixon's inauguration. They seek permits for up to 10,000 participants and say there will be no civil disobedience or intent to disrupt official ceremonies.
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Washington
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Rennie Davis
Davis
North Koreans Upset By Crew Action Behind Beatings
Two Pueblo survivors, Charles Law Jr and Lee Hayes, describe intensified beatings after captors learned a widely circulated photo showed prisoners in good health. They testified at a San Diego hospital as U.S. officials called for a Navy inquiry and lawmakers debated the crew’s actions and treatment after 11 months in a North Korean camp. Cmdr Bucher had previously said crew members were terrorized and forced to sign statements.
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San Diego
Calif
Uss Pueblo
U.S
Charles Benton Law Jr
Lee Roy Hayes
Pueblo
Law
Hayes
Navy
United States
Lloyd M. Bucher
San Diego Naval Hospital
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Secretary of Navy
Paul Ignatius
North Korea
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Winder
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Atlanta
WSB
Bucher
U S Army Officer Freed From Viet Cong After Five Years
A first lieutenant in the Special Forces held since 1963 was released by South Vietnamese troops near the U Minh forest about 150 miles southwest of Saigon and taken to hospital in satisfactory condition. A Vietnamese officer also freed, both securely guarded, with no resistance reported amid the Viet Cong New Year cease fire patrols.
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My Hoa
da Nang
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
U.8 Command
Trol
21St Division
U Minh
Viet Cong
Evers
Sinatra and Haley Jr to marry after surprise engagement
Los Angeles Nancy Sinatra, 28, and Jack Haley Jr., 35, plan to marry after a Sunday engagement announcement. Haley, an Emmy winner for directing Nancy Sinatra’s Movin with Nancy, directed two of her TV specials and will have no wedding date set yet.
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Los Angeles
Nancy Sinatra
Jack Haley Jr
Frank Sinatra
Miss Sinatra
Beverly Hills
Haley
Nancy
Fire causes $200000 damage in Massillon shops
A Monday night fire at a shopping center on the northeast Massillon city limits caused an estimated $200,000 in damage. All inside shoppers escaped safely and no injuries were reported.
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Massillon
Ohio
Top Aide Named For HEW Job
Bruce Michael Kahl 27 of Novato Calif named top aide to Secretary designate Robert H Finch of the Department of Health Education and Welfare He is a Los Angeles native and UC Berkeley graduate.
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Berkeley
Calif
W — Bruce Michael Kahl
Novato
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Los Angeles
Kahl
University of California At Berkeley
Ohio to spend 430 million on road work in 1969
Columbus highway director P. E. Masheter announced on Monday that Ohio will have 430 million dollars in highway construction work under contract for 1969. He also noted that the state had contracted 436 million dollars of highway work for 1968.
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Columbus
Ohio
P. E. Masheter
Masheter
Packard Named Defense Aide
A multimillionaire industrialist David Packard of California was named deputy defense secretary to run day to day Pentagon operations while Melvin R. Laird focuses on policy. The appointment aligns with prior hints by Laird and President elect Nixon.
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Washington
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Nixon
David Packard
Robert Taylor Released From Hospital After Cancer Surgery
Santa Monica California actor Robert Taylor 57 was released from St John’s Hospital after treatment for complications from a lung cancer operation. He left on Monday for the third time in three months and retreated to his 113 acre ranch in Mandeville Canyon. His left lung was removed Oct 8 and he was admitted again Dec 13.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Robert Taylor
St. John’s Hospital
Taylor
Mandeville Canyon
John Law Tops Athens County Child Welfare Board Bet
Athens column reports John Law, exiting county commissioners, as a leading candidate for a seat on the child welfare board. The paper notes Meigs victory and a 68 45 result powering the Athens Bulldogs league lead, and Mary Hyre’s 1968 reflection in her column.
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John Law
Athens County Commissioners
Child Welfare Board
Athens Bulldogs
Meigs County
Mary Hyre
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