Film of JFK Assassination Shown Jurors in Clay Conspiracy Trial
In New Orleans UPI reports jurors hear and see the Zapruder color film in the Clay Shaw conp iracy trial. Shaw faces conspiracy charges over Kennedy's death. Zapruder testifies as the film is shown to illustrate the shooting from the front as witnesses described. The court views the sequence with Judge Haggerty presiding and details from Dallas county official West are presented.
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Soviet Bloc Harassment Plans Target West Berlin Vote
Soviet and East German forces will disrupt traffic on roads rails and possibly air routes between West Berlin and West Germany during West Germanys presidential election meeting in Berlin on March 5. The maneuvers, moved up weeks, aim to pressure the West while avoiding a full US British or French response. East German leader Walter Ulbricht is said to have received Kremlin instructions for the plan.
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Washington Window Congress Fights Inflation By Boosting Its Own Salaries
Washington observers note 91st Congress and President Nixon approved a 41 percent pay raise for lawmakers to 42500 dollars a year. Cabinet officials and judges also saw major increases, while taxpayers face a 7 percent tax hike this April. Nixon repealed Johnson era pay rise limits, signaling further inflation control plans.
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Hikes Effective Today Lift Civil Service Pay in United States
The $21.5 million Valentine Day raise covers 2,047 federal officials, with 1,100 top Civil Service workers unseen in the Johnson order receiving annual increases from $14 to $2,239 as of today, though first paychecks come March 1. An additional $3 billion in raises follows July 1 under a 1967 law to align with private sector wages. Representative H. R. Gross criticized the package despite benefiting constituents.
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B52sBomb Troops Threatening Saigon In Tet Era
UPI reports the 1969 bombing surge by B52s dropped 2.5 million pounds on 40 000 Communist troops threatening Saigon. US allies mobilize 11 provinces while Tet cease fire looms. an armed helicopter was shot down near Saigon and Viet Cong actions hit Saigon offices and a US Navy power generator. Marines report 27 enemy killed as 3 Marines die and 21 wounded in two clashes near Hue, Da Nang, and Quang Tri.
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Klan Leader Surrenders to Begin Jail Sentence
Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton of the Ku Klux Klan turns himself in to federal marshals to serve a one year term for contempt of Congress. Shelton, convicted in 1966 for refusing to provide Klan documents, faced $1,000 fine and appeals to the Supreme Court were denied. He vowed to direct Klan operations from prison and decried a double standard of justice.
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Pueblo Inquiry Panel Visits Another Navy Intelligence Ship
A five admiral inquiry panel inspecting the USS Palm Beach visited Virginia to compare its electronic gear with the Pueblo. The court then deferred the third phase of the Pueblo hearings, amid conflicting testimony about the ship’s capture on January 23, 1968, in North Korean waters.
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Reputed Mafia Leader Genovese Dies in Federal Penitentiary
Vito Genovese a leading mob figure in the United States dies at 71 in the Springfield Missouri federal prison hospital at 2 30 a m EST His 15 year narcotics sentence cited Genovese who convened the 1957 Apalachin meeting to declare control of Cosa Nostra Also linked to orders for killings including Albert Anastasia and Frank Costello succession rumors mentioned Genevose birth in 1897 in Resignano Italy and US naturalization details
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