New Law Includes OK On Wiretaps And Gun Limits
Washington AP President Johnson signed a new federal crime bill granting a five year grant program for police training and equipment with $100 million this year and $300 million next year. It makes voluntary confessions and eyewitness lineups admissible, authorizes wiretapping under court orders, restricts handgun sales to residents and nonresidents under 21, bars felons and certain groups from possession, and requires FBI director confirmation. The measure faced opposition over gun controls and was seen as a safe streets program expanding federal aid to local enforcement.
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Pilots Must Serve Year In Vietnam
Washington AP reports the Air Force requires all pilots flying combat missions against North Vietnam to complete a full 12 months of duty, regardless of mission count. The change ends inequities with pilots targeting only South Vietnam, who already faced a yearlong tour. The move aims to slow rotations and ease replacement pressure, not to address pilot shortages.
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Top Lawyer To Defend Sirhan In Kennedy Shooting Case
Russell E. Parsons, a 69 year old veteran lawyer known as the “lawyer’s lawyer,” will defend Sirhan Bishara Sirhan without fee. Parsons may argue brain damage as part of Sirhan’s defense. a psychiatrist will examine him. Parsons has tried about 5,000 cases, won the Caban decision on illegally obtained evidence, and is described as a formidable courtroom orator.
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Alcoholic Said Worse Driver Than Social Drinker
A three year study of fatal crashes finds chronic alcoholics pose greater danger than social drinkers. Dr Melvin Selzer of University of Michigan Hospital says unrecognized alcohol-addicted drivers show emotional and mental problems, with half of 36 fatal crash drivers identified as alcoholics. He notes risk rises with more drinks and urges attention to the addict driver.
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Ice Pick Killing of the Texas Hotel Man
True Detective magazine reports the February Baytown murder of é-year-old Harry Creger, owner of a hotel, found stabbed with an ice pick on February 27. A couple linked to missing checks was charged, later upgraded to murder, and await trial. police are praised in the feature.
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Texans Awarded Carnegie Medals For Heroism
Nine Texans received Carnegie Hero Fund medals and cash for acts of bravery. Houston residents Hale B. Ingram and Joe E. Savage earned bronze medals and 750 dollars for rescuing three people from a burning drilling platform off the Louisiana coast last July. Also honored were Delbert Chance of Moore Oklahoma and others for rescues in Guthrie and Aspermont Texas, with two more awards for a Houston airman rescue and a 1947 boat fire rescue near McQueeny.
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Johnson Surcharge Tax Faces House Vote Amid Budget Fight
President Johnson seeks a 10 percent federal income tax surcharge with retroactive effect to April 1, 1968, plus continued excise taxes. Senate support looms as House debate tests passage amid $15.2 billion revenue rise and $6 billion in spending cuts across the next fiscal year.
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