Pueblo Skipper Tells of White House Message During Seizure
Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher testified at the Navy court of inquiry that he sent priority messages to the White House and to Japan as North Korean gunboats surrounded the USS Pueblo. A subchaser barrage wounded him and three crewmen, while he chose not to order a gun fight to avoid certain death.
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Kurfess Seeks to Silence Rhodes Attacks at Workshop
In Glouster Ohio House Speaker Charles F Kurfess seeks to keep his legislative workshop from becoming a forum for attacks on Gov James A Rhodes programs. The Burr Oak State Park seminar drew blasts from university professors with more expected and milder criticisms noted by Rep Vernal G Riffe Jr.
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Columbus
Ohio University
Rhodes budget to top 1967-69 by 500 million
Gov James A Rhodes proposes a 1969 71 operating budget near 6 billion with no tax increase and heavy funding for education welfare and state departments. Finance Director Collier and budget director Nowell defend the plan as realistic and progressive while lawmakers clash over the program at a Columbus seminar.
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Howard L. Collier
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Four Boat Launching Parks Planned on Ohio River
U. S. Corps of Engineers plans four boat launching facilities on the Ohio River between the Racine and Reedsville Belleville Locks and Dam. Two parks will be in Meigs County and two in Jackson County West Virginia with two units slated within 18 months and two more later as funding allows.
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Hickel Approval Forecast: Interior Secretary Nomination
The White House predicts Senate confirmation for Walter J. Hickel as interior secretary though he was not sworn in with 11 other appointees. Democrats plan brief statements of votes as debate and transcript delays could push confirmation to the next session. Dirksen defends Hickel as highly capable for the interior post.
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Wisconsin
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Utah
Ments
William Proxmire
Alan GB. Cranston
California
Everett M. Dirksen
U S Forces Seize Major Viet Cong Munitions Stockpile
U S air cavalrymen near the Cambodian border north of Saigon uncovered a large Viet Cong munitions base and seized the second largest stockpile of war materiel. Three jet fighters were shot down in the week with two pilots rescued and one killed. The base contained 30 bunkers and 30 tons of weapons and explosives.
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U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Alarming Malnutrition Found Among U S Poor
Government survey findings show alarming malnutrition among poverty groups in Texas Louisiana Kentucky and New York excluding New York City Dr Arnold E Schaefer says problems mirror those in developing nations and include 18 cases of rickets and seven severe malnutrition cases in 12 000 people studied by HEW field teams and the National Nutrition Survey.
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America
Arnold E. Schaefer
Senate Committee On Nutrition and Human
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Texas
Louisiana
Kentucky
New York
New York City
United States
Schaefer
Jury Pool Strains Under Pay Gap in Shaw Trial
In New Orleans the trial of Clay Shaw for conspiring to murder President Kennedy faced jury selection difficulties. The prosecution warned the process could last two months with jurors unpaid by the state. Only two of eighteen jurors met all criteria. many were dismissed because employers would not continue pay during service.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Viet Cong say they will release more American prisoners
Viet Cong radio announced plans to release additional U S prisoners of war but gave no numbers or dates. The broadcast echoed a claim from Tuesday that Spec. 4 James Brigham from Ocala Florida was killed after returning to the United States to withhold information about the war. Brigham, 21, died Sunday in Washington after surgery for a brain abscess linked to an earlier capture wound.
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Viet Cong
James Brigham
United States
Brigham
Washington
Steele Faces Hearing By Bar Over Affair
Judge Robert L. Steele of Euclid Municipal Court is asked by the Cleveland Bar Association to appear before its grievance committee and refrain from judicial duties until the hearing. He previously named Donald D. Smith as substitute and planned to return Thursday night for traffic court as investigators look into an alleged affair with Mrs. Barbara Swartz.
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Ohio
Robert L. Steele
Euclid
Steele
Donald D. Smith
Traffic Court
Cuyahoga County
Barbara Swartz
Marlene
Athens Jaycees name three finalists for service award
Inside Today reports the Athens Jaycees announce three finalists for their distinguished service award. The item notes page references for Ohio board of regents seeking 53.9 million more for higher education with limited impact on Ohio University.
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