Clay Fight Appeal Sways Amid Draft Case turmoil
The Houston AP report outlines heavyweight champion Cassius Clay facing an appeal motion after conviction in a draft case. Attorneys Harden Covington and Quinnan Hodges argued for reversal as U.S. Circuit court proceedings loom in New Orleans, with potential paths to the Supreme Court if needed. Covington predicted delays into 1968, while prosecutors led by Morton Susman pressed for sentencing after jury verdict. Clay, asserting Muslim beliefs, faced 1-A draft classification and related civil suits, with the trial reflecting racial and religious tensions of the era.
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High Court
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Harris County
Co-Counse
Selective Service
Hodges
Muhammad Adi
U.S
Morton Susman
Susman
Rouse Installed As AMA Chief
Texan Dr Milford O Rouse was installed as president of the American Medical Association. The gastroenterologist, born 1902 in Jacksonville Texas, plans a year of nationwide travel to stress physicians as community servants. He opposes Medicare in principle but supports it as law, vows to watch Congress to prevent expansion. He and wife Laureanne McDavid married in 1927. he left the Democratic Party in the 1930s.
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Baylor
Education About Drugs Urged At Early Age
Washington AP report cites Stanford consultant Richard Blum urging early school programs to curb drug abuse. He backs broader research on marijuana and calls for reduced penalties for possession. The commission study estimates 3300 pounds of heroin smuggled yearly. opium base sold on black market for $350 per pound, heroin resold at $225,000.
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President's Crime Commission
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Stanford University
United States
Commission
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Katzenbach
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Natonal Institute of Mental Health
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Chiang Ching rises as Red China's powerful guardian of Maoism
Chiang Ching, once a housewife, has become the dominant force in Maoist China. She leads cultural purges, influences top officials, and helped stage Mao's comeback by attacking opponents and shaping the arts and propaganda. Her rise mirrors the era's power shifts around Mao and Liu Shao-chi.
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Tao Chu
Yeh Chien-ting
Mazo
Liu Shao‘chi
Mao
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Wu Heiao
Kir
Lin
Piao
Peng Teh-hsai
Hospital Notes Admits and New Arrivals List
Hospital notes list multiple admissions at Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist hospitals. It records names and rooms such as Erby Burnett Sr in 10T, Thearon Williams in 103, Mrs Willie Shewell in 2H, and Deborah Crawford in 1, among others. New arrivals include Chester Gib’s son born June 20 at San Jacinto Bietholist and William Kearns’ son born June 20 at San Jacinto Methodist.
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Gresham
Thearon L. Williams
Liberty
Willie ‘Shewell
Bay- Way
Arthur’ G. Woods
Chester W. Gib
Oregon
San Jacinto
Bietholst
Ronald D. Bledsoe
W. Cleveland
San Jacinto Methodist
Fishing Reef Buoy Dislodged Off Galveston Coast
LA PORTE reports the Texas Parks and Wildlife buoy marking a fishing reef 10 miles south of the Galveston jetties was washed ashore on West Galveston Island in May. It will be reconditioned and returned to the reef to aid fishermen.
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Galveston
Jim Stevens
Stevens
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