Death of mental patient blamed on Army mescaline tests
In 1953 Harold Blauer a 42 year old mental hospital patient died two and a half hours after being given a mescaline derivative in a Navy Army Institute sponsored experiment. The envelope of notes remains inconclusive about a direct death link while investigations seek official reports and contract copies.
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Defense
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Laitin
Frank Olson
CIA
van M. Sim
Chemical
Edgewood Arsenal
Navy
Air Force
Blauer
Locust Valley
N.Y
Edgewood
Army Inspector General
Little defense rests in Beaufort jailer murder trial
After nearly seven hours on the stand Joan Little, 21, concluded her testimony in the murder trial of Clarence Alligood, a Beaufort County jailer. The defense rested after she described being forced at icepick point, fleeing, and eight days in hiding, while prosecutors pressed her on the initial lack of resistance and details of the fatal confrontation.
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Beaufort County
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Alligood
Miss Little
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James Rowan
United States
William Griffin
Kennedy assassination case to be reopened in LA
Los Angeles officials move to reexamine the Robert Kennedy killing. The Board of Supervisors votes 5-0 to back a suit on whether Sirhan Sirhan acted alone or a second gun was used and asks the DA to cooperate with rechecking ballistics from the 1969 trial. Acting DA John Howard agrees, but notes conditions.
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UPI
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Board of Supervisors
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District Attorney’s Office
Sirhan
John Howard
Los Angeles Superior Court
Paul Schrade
United Auto Workers
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Schrade
Kissinger says he knew nothing of assassination plots
Kissinger testified before the Senate intelligence panel saying there was no policy to assassinate foreign leaders during his Nixon era. The committee subpoenaed Nixon papers and may seek his testimony to clarify policy on Chile and CIA actions around 1970 to 1973, including the death of Gen Rene Schneider and Allende's overthrow. The panel notes Nixon is unlikely to testify. subpoenas for his papers were issued with an Aug 25 deadline.
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Rene Schneider
Salvador Allende
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Arthur Sampson
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Portugal Combatants Face Communist Witch Hunt Claims
In Lisbon Communists accuse leftist military rulers of tolerating an anti Communist witch hunt as mobs sack four party headquarters in Vila Verde Tondela Porto and Viseu. Socialist rally in Lisbon calls for Prime Minister Vasco Goncalves removal amid uprisings and rival marches in Evora.
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Portugal
UPI
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Tondela
Porto
Viseu
Socialist Party
Vasco Goncalves
Evora
Revolutionary Council
Nine Injured as Boston Unrest Spreads Through Roxbury
Hundreds of black youths roamed housing projects in Boston's Roxbury area on Tuesday stoning about 60 cars. Nine injured including two white doctors, with 22 arrests of which 15 were CAR members armed with clubs. Over 200 police deployed, unrest subsiding after nightfall amid rain.
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UPI
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Earl Bolt
Mission Hill
Orchard Park
Roxbury
Committee Against Racism
Bicyclist Killed After Slamming Into House
Oakland police report Doris Smith, 23, rode a 10 speed bicycle at about 50 mph when she struck a house, dying from the crash. Investigators said she was traveling roughly 30 mph and about 25 mph over the speed limit at the time of the Monday accident.
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Calif
UPI
Doris Smith
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Bennington Banner Classified Info and Delivery Rates
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for classifieds and advertising, notes daily publication excluding Sundays and holidays, provides address at 425 Main St Bennington VT, and outlines home delivery, subscription rates, and postage details.
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Main St
Bennington
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Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
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