JFK Death Plot Details Kept Secret
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison refuses to reveal details of his Kennedy assassination inquiry. He claims federal intervention could slow progress while asserting a conspiracy centered in New Orleans. He notes progress but declines to name individuals or confirm Oswald involvement.
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Students Who Ratted On CIA Not Expected To Face Prosecution
Washington AP report says the government is unlikely to prosecute NSA members who disclosed CIA ties. CIA general counsel Lawrence R. Houston cited no intent to breach national security and warned disclosures do not grant carte blanche. The Nation also alleged CIA backed grants to USIS subsidiary OPPRI. Senators Javits and Fulbright urged closer oversight and regular CIA reporting.
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Speck Trial Opens Amid Media Coverage Clash in Peoria
Richard Speck faces eight murder counts in Chicago nursing student slayings as Judge Paschen limits press access. A pretrial news conference is planned, with police guarding a circuitous courthouse route. Rulings bar transcript access, in-court sketches, and publication of juror names drawing ANPA RTNDA criticism.
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Latin Chiefs Plan Summit In Mid-April
Buenos Aires AP reports the Western Hemisphere presidents will meet around April 14 in Punta del Este Uruguay to launch a Latin American common market. Johnson and 19 Latin American chiefs of state expected. agenda reached in weekend sessions aboard Argentina's presidential yacht.
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Forty-One Congress Members Employ Relatives on Payroll
An Associated Press survey shows at least 41 members of Congress have relatives on the congressional payroll with some earning salaries over 20 000 a year. The kin range from wives and children to a aunt and a grandnephew and two mothers in law. Over $355 000 was paid to relative employees last year though several have left those posts. Representative Neal Smith has again proposed a nepotism ban in the federal government.
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Rio hillside collapse leaves dozens dead in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro a house and two apartment buildings slid down a hillside after 24 hours of rain. By midmorning 22 bodies were recovered from the debris with no reliable count of missing persons. In Washington, the government weighs forcing gasoline price rollback by permitting more imports after meetings with eight companies failed to cut prices.
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Rhodes Seeks Lake Erie Bridge
Gov. James A. Rhodes traveled to Toronto to back a proposed Lake Erie bridge. An engineering firm has already been asked to conduct preliminary studies on the project.
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Bride shoots groom at Columbus wedding reception
In Columbus Ohio James Davis 37 was shot at his wedding reception by his bride Effie 29 after a confrontation. Davis received abdomen and left hand wounds and is listed in satisfactory condition. he will not press charges per police.
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METAL POWDER union votes to continue strike fourth week
Athens peers report union workers vote to extend the strike as workers press for concessions. Charles McAfee named coach of the year among SEC all stars, with Jack Clark earning MVP honors. Athens mayor to discuss annexation plan tied to the McBee plant with commissioners.
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Two Coastal Battles Kill 864. Toll Climb in Vietnam
South Vietnamese paratroopers and U.S. Marines report 864 enemy deaths in two battles 50 miles apart along the central coast near Quang Ngai City and Da Nang. The government says 746 North Vietnamese regulars fell in the Quang Ngai area, with air and artillery accounting for 400 additional kills. A separate Marine-led engagement near Da Nang left 118 enemy dead. Air operations reported over 200 U.S. aircraft flights against coastal shipping and targets in North Vietnam, including sightings of MiGs west of Hanoi. The destroyer Duncan fired on a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Bombing strategy judged ineffective in Vietnam conflict
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told Congress that the bombing of North Vietnam has not significantly reduced the flow of men and materiel to the South and that stronger attacks would unlikely help. He said the air campaign did meet objectives by boosting South Vietnamese morale, raising costs to the North, and increasing the political cost for continuing the campaign.
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Mao Backers Urge Ho To Stiffen Peace Terms
In Tokyo AP report Mao supporters press Hanoi to harden demands in peace talks over Vietnam. People's Daily rebukes Ho Chi Minh for talk of talks if bombing ends, cites US USSR pressure and Kosygin Wilson meetings as imperial blackmail. Reports of border unrest and worker departures hint at internal strain on Maoist leadership.
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London
Harold Wilson
Death Bill Again Before Legislature
Ohio state lawmakers reopen a capital punishment abolition bill led by Rep. Robert G. Jones. The Columbus freshman touts improved chances, arguing ending capital punishment is inevitable and that if his bill fails, another will pass in the future. Jones, a wholesale shoe salesman, maintains it is improper for the state to take a life.
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Robert G. Jones
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Persuasion Effort Under Way for Crime Plan Rollout
President Johnson's crime commission seeks state and city action with 200 plus recommendations. About 30 000 copies of the blue bound report go to governors mayors legislators and civic leaders. State crime commissions proliferate with 28 states forming panels and 11 more in progress as an outreach and speaking campaign is prepared.
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Group Urges Federal Rule on Negro Student Limits
Civil Rights Commission urges a federal law setting a simple numerical standard to desegregate schools. It notes nearly 9 of 10 Negro elementary students in cities attend majority-Negro schools and that attendance correlates with weaker achievement and later civic participation. The commission cites New York and Massachusetts 50 percent lines as a model.
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