Federal Judge Charles Walker Violated Secrecy of Grand Jury
Chicago UPI report says Judge William Campbell warned that Daniel Walker may have breached grand jury secrecy by releasing a report accusing police of rioting during the Democratic National Convention. Campbell said the Oct 3 verbal agreement aimed to protect grand jury work, and he condemned Washington aides present during the investigation.
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Charles Walker
Chicago
UPI
Daniel Walker
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Walker
Campbell
National Commission On Violence
Grand Jury
Campbell Also Said He Was Disturbed By Reports That Atty
Ramsay Clark
Clark
Chack
Washington
West Germans Warned On Rise of Extremism
Berlin reports confrontations between left and right extremists at a Siegen rally of the National Democratic Party renew concerns over a polarization in Germany in 1968. Observers warn against democracy erosion and compare rioting to pre 1933 tensions while noting far left movements draw less outside attention.
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Berlin
Siegen
National Democratic Party
NPD
Germany
Democratic Republic
Adolf Hitler
Death Toll Tops 30,000 in Vietnam War Losses
UPI reports U.S. fatalities in Vietnam have surpassed 30,000 with nearly half dying this year. Official tallies through Nov 30 show 29,865 killed since 1961. more than 190,000 wounded and about 1,200 missing or captured. New shellings near Saigon and border fighting added to the toll as a pilot was rescued from a downed plane.
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Vietnam
Saigon
Upi
U.S
Air Force
Robert L. McCann
Dedham
Mass
Fake Cop Steals $833,000 in Tokyo Highway Heist
A man dressed as a traffic policeman tricked four Toshiba Electric bank employees into leaving a car and three metal boxes of unrecorded banknotes, then rode away on a stolen motorcycle. Police called it Japan's greatest highway robbery with no shots fired.
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Tokyo
UPD
Fuchu
Toshiba Electric Co
Eiji Nakada
Koganei
Justice Dept Drops Charges Against Powell
The Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury did not indict Adam Clayton Powell after reviewing allegations of mishandling $42,000 in congressional funds. The statement said evidence did not warrant prosecution and no indictment was returned. The House had previously denied Powell his seat amid financial scrutiny.
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Washington
UPD
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Justice Department
Powell
Department of Justice
Plane crashes on takeoff at Las Vegas
A Safaris Inc chartered four engine Lockheed Super Constellation carrying 104 aboard crashed on takeoff from McCarran International Airport after an engine failed. Five people suffered minor injuries. The plane skidded along the runway, burning wiring caused smoke in the cabin, but no fire occurred. Passenger debris evacuated in two minutes. Stewardess Pam Ochsner, 22, of Dallas described quick exits through front and rear doors and praised the pilot.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPID
McCarren International
Dick Robinson
Robinson
Pam Ochsner
Dallas
Frank Sinatra
Safaris Inc
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Tex
General Dynamics
Ft. Worth
Hotelkeeper seeks man with throwing arm in sea ad claim
Bournemouth England hotelkeeper Brian Tokeley seeks a man with a strong throwing arm after the new trade description act took effect to stop ads that misstate proximity to the sea. He wants to advertise his hotel as a stone's throw from the sea despite being over 270 feet away.
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Bournemouth
England
UPI
Brian Tokeley
Tokeley
Ocean Front
Earthquake Shakes Philadelphia Area
An earthquake rattled the Greater Philadelphia area early this morning causing residents to wake. The quake registered 2.5 on the open end Richter scale per ESSA and was felt up to 40 miles east and 20 miles west. No damage reported though bridges and windows trembled slightly. The 1840 Philadelphia quakes are the only earlier central events noted by ESSA.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Benjamin Franklin
Walt Whitman
Delaware River
Environmental Science Services Administration
ESSA
Washington
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Gunter Grass
Grass
Federal Republic
Weimar Republic
Frankfurter Allgemiene Zeitung
West Germany
Red Guards
America
North Vietnam
Tri Ton
Nui Co
Jas
Nakada
Nobuyoshi Miura
Toshiba
Miura
Oriental Rug Shop
Grove St
NH. Bizdikian
Rutland, Vt
Justice Dept
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Celler
House Education and Labor Committee
Congress
H.R. Gross
Lowa
the Bennington Banner
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
Telephon Business Office
Main Street
New England
Nationwide Bell System
Jewelers
Diamond Importers
American Gem Society
Main St. Dial
United States
State Police
Drysdale’s
Ollie
Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
Bennington, VI
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