Ruby's Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty
MIAMI BEACH Fla Efforts by the Labor Department top troubleshooter to settle a union boycott of U S wheat shipments to the Soviet Union have failed Insistence by labor leaders that at least half the grain be transported in U S vessels dashed President Johnsons hopes of an early solution James J Reynolds assistant secretary of labor who
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Soviet Union
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Labor tensions flare as AFL CIO meets amid wheat dispute
President plans a news conference on the wheat dispute but it is canceled. Meany backs the union stance while appealing to Johnson for settlement. Reynolds heads to Daytona Beach for a Florida railway strike slowing Cape Kennedy space work. Longshoremen halt wheat loading in New Orleans Houston and Cairo invites send reps to Belgrade for a non aligned summit prep.
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George Meany
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International Longshoremen’s Association
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Houston
Jury picking under way in Jack Ruby murder trial
Dallas district attorney Henry Wade said the state will seek the death penalty if a juror must decide Ruby’s case. Prospective juror Hillard Stone expressed being able to vote for death, as Ruby sits with defense lawyers Melvin Belli and Joe Tonnhill. The trial context recalls Kennedy’s November 22 assassination and Oswald’s murder two days later. Belli urged moving the trial out of Dallas.
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Police Plan For Cyprus Wins Okay
UNITED NATIONS NY Britain and Cyprus agreed on principles for a plan to police the island with an international force. An impartial mediator seeks peace between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The plan includes a consultative committee of UN members and a general Security Council resolution.
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Nine killed eight injured in northern Nigeria violence
Lagos dispatch reports police saying nine persons died and eight were wounded in tribal clashes in the north, Monday. The attack adds to regional ethnic violence flaring in the area.
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Equal Representation Ruling Pleases Congressmen
Congressmen hailed the Supreme Court decision requiring equal population in House districts. Emanuel Celler praised the ruling as a step toward fair representation, while Silvio Conte called it long coming. Analysts expect party seat shifts. Harlan warned it could threaten many current seats.
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OAS Fails In Panama Negotiation
The Organization of American States ends its week-long effort in Panama after failing to resolve the U S Panama dispute. The five nation committee departs for Washington with U S special negotiator Edwin M Martin also leaving for the capital. Informants say the group would have stayed longer if either side favored a peace proposal from Juan Plate of Paraguay. Terms remain undisclosed.
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Middleport Man Confesses to Wife Shot Death
Jack L. Osler 34, a Meigs County man, faces second degree murder charges after confessing to shooting Anna Margaret Oiler 33 at their Oliver Street home. Sheriff Hartenbach testified the 12 gauge shotgun was four feet from her face causing a fatal jaw wound. Bond set at 20000 dollars.
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Middleport
Jack L. Osler
Meigs County
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Frank W. Por
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London
Mark
American Installations Under Special Guard
In Saigon the U S Army kept special guards on American installations to counter a Communist terror campaign that killed three Americans and wounded over fifty in the last two nights. A Joint Security Council was formed with Vietnamese officials to boost safety for U S personnel and families. Military police guarded schools, rode buses, and patrolled installations as Vietnamese officers assisted, including some known for roughing Buddhists and Western reporters last summer.
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West Logan 2 Residents Protest Sewers
West Logan 2 residents told Hocking County commissioners on Old McArthur Rd about open sewers and related hazards. They were informed they have five days to file written objections or approval for a sewer improvement plan before the commissioners may take legal action.
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State States Big Huddle Over Schools
Columbus reports a looming clash as State economizers seek to avoid a subsidy shortfall for public schools. Estimates of overspend beyond the school foundation budget run from eight to ten million dollars for the calendar year. The fight centers on whether the School Board and Education Department can operate within appropriations or require legislative appropriation to cover overruns.
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Rockefeller Scotts Overtime Proposal
Rockefeller of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York denounced the White House 18-hour day and the administrations double pay for overtime plan as ironic and inadequate. He urged a 35-hour week and criticized union leaders for proposing further expansion of overtime.
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Tax Cut Bill Aims Early Pay Benefits
Senate and House conferees agreed to start lower withholding rates eight days after signing. The measure, seen as a victory for the administration, would roughly total $11.5 billion annually in individual and corporate tax cuts, with most individuals seeing about a 19 percent reduction.
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Senate House
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Government Case Against Hoffa May Be Squelched
Judge grants a hearing to determine if Partin illegally recorded Hoffa telephone conversations. If Partin’s testimony is excluded, a major part of the government case in the Hoffa jury tampering trial could be thrown out. Later: Pakistan negotiates a comprehensive trade agreement with the Soviet Union per Radio Pakistan interview.
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Soviets Reject Western Disarmament Plans at Geneva
In Geneva the Soviet Union called Western phased gradual disarmament proposals unrealistic and one sided. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin accused the United States of unreality in an across the board 30 percent initial cut and warned U S rocket production would raise nuclear war danger before disarmament could start.
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Commander Cuts Gitmo Water Main
Rear Adm. John D. Bulkeley ordered to “cut the damn thing in half” and four Cuban workers severed the 14 inch pipeline at Guantanamo Bay. Two million gallons a day had flowed from the Yateras Reservoir until Feb. 6. The system is now independent of Cuban water supplies.
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North Korea offers leniency for pilots if spying admission
North Korea says it will treat two U.S. helicopter pilots more leniently if the U.N. Command admits they were spying and pledges it will not recur. The pilots have been held for nine months and the statement frames a potential resolution to the captivity.
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U.N
Woman Critically Hurt In Collision At Logan
Mrs. Novello Linn, 54, of Rockbridge Route 1, is in critical condition at Hocking Valley Hospital after a 12:15 am crash on W Hunter Street near Logan. Her car struck a parked auto owned by Lowell Dicken, pushing it into Susan Davis’s car, which then hit Mary Shanley’s vehicle on W Hunter. Patrolmen continue investigation.
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Rockbridge
Hocking Valley Hospital
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Lowell Michael Dicken
W. Hunter
Susan J. Davis
Mary Olive Shanley
Taft Wins Certification For Ohio Senate Run
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown certified Republican Robert Taft Jr. as a candidate for the U S senatorial nomination in Ohio’s May 5 primary after a 30 minute hearing in the Statehouse. Brown had previously withheld certification pending petition checks.
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Robert Taft Jr
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Ohio
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Africa Coup Brings Revolt to Congo Republic Capital
Rebels overthrow Gabon President Leon M Ba in a midnight coup and form a revolutionary council in Libreville. The event, part of 1964’s upheavals in newly independent Africa, involves Gabon near Lambarene where Dr Albert Schweitzer runs a jungle hospital 100 miles southeast of Libreville. No bloodshed reported.
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