Hoffa Appeals Denied by Supreme Court
Hoffa loses two last minute appeals to the Supreme Court. Convicted in 1964 for jury rigging, he faces possible eight year jail term. Denials include reconsidering December ruling and sending the case back for hearings on alleged government eavesdropping.
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Washington
UPD
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hoffa
Federal District Court
Viet Cong Attacks Da Nang Base Killing 47 At Dawn
Viet Cong shells hit the Da Nang U S air base and the nearby village of Ap Do killing 47 people including 12 Americans and wounding 45 others. The attack damaged runways and 11 jets and marked the first use of long range eight inch rockets in the war.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Ap Do
James B. Randels
366Th Tactical Fighter Wing
United States
North Vietnam
DeSalvo Captured in Escape Bid After Mental Hospital Break
Albert H. DeSalvo, claiming to be the Boston Strangler, attempted a break from a mental hospital in Boston seeking death, but was recaptured. Authorities described the escape as planned and flagged ongoing investigations into his claims and possible further risks.
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DeSalvo
Boston
UPI
Albert H. DeSalvo
Oakes Says Webb Should Quit GOP Post
Vermont attorney general James L. Oakes urged GOP party change saying Derick Webb should step down as state Committee Chairman. Webb was unavailable, his wife noting he would have eye surgery in Boston. Oakes said replacement is needed for the party and declined 1968 gubernatorial talk.
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Burlington
UPD
James L. Oakes
Oakes
Wcax-Tv
State Committee
Derick Webb
Shelburne
Webb
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
GOP
State Republican Committee
Lyman Hunt
Essex Junction
Vermont Federation of Republican Women
Madeline Hardwood
Government Releases 175 Million in Federal Highway Funds
Washington announces 175 million dollars will be released from frozen highway funds to resume engineering and right of way work. Secretary Boyd says additional releases may follow as economic conditions permit, with total yearly funding returning toward 4.4 billion if possible.
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Washington
UPD
Alan S. Boyd
House
Senate Public Works
Johnson
Boyd
Inside Columnist Raftery on Shakespeare and schools
Columnist Gerald Raftery surveys Shakespeare’s relevance for a young Puerto Rican student and the Sunderland area schools. Across pages 4 to 6, readers see church and library notes, election coverage, and local governance updates in Arlington.
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Gerald Raftery
Shakespeare
Sunderland
Three More Air Cadets Resign In Academy Cheating Scandal
Three more cadets admitted cheating and resigned from the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Officials expect at least 60 resignations before the honor code investigation ends, part of a broader scandal that has already seen 36 dismissals, with no names released.
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Air Force Academy
Colo
UPI
Air Force
Office of Special Investigations
Mao foes capture Loyang industrial city in China
Moscow Radio reported anti-M Mao forces seized Loyang an important industrial city about 500 miles south of Peking and anti Mao activity continued in other provinces. Tass and Yugoslav reports added battles in Anhwei and Chunking with discontent and new parties forming as refugees flee into Burma.
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UPC
Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Loyang
Peking
China
Moscow Radio
Tanjug
Henan
Tass
Anhwei
Chunking
Burma
Red Guard
Changes Recommended For N Y State Government
Albany New York A one house legislature an 18 year old voting age and other sweeping state governmental changes have been recommended for consideration by the forthcoming Constitutional Convention The recommendations were made by Theodore C Sorensen chairman of the special advisory task force of the state Democratic Committee in an opening session of the 16th annual political conference of the committee s Woman s Division He favored an appointed attorney general at the federal level mandatory re apportionment of both legislative and congressional districts gubernatorial appointment of Supreme Court Appellate Division and Court of Appeals judges subject to legislative confirmation and review He stressed removal of restrictions on tax and borrow and wholesale reorganization of the executive branch broadening educational opportunity and bringing church and state language into conformity with the First Amendment He gave a six point blueprint for convention delegates be brief be restrained be original be trusting be far sighted and be persuasive
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Albany
N.Y
Theodore C. Sorensen
State
Democratic Committee
Kennedy
Ment
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
Court of Appeals
Executive Branch
Sorensen
Bennington Airman Dies In Okinawa Plane Accident
Navy Lt. Franklin Harrington 28 of Bennington dies after aircraft crash Friday at Naha Okinawa. A Vermont native and University of Vermont graduate, he served six years and was assigned to USS Ticonderoga. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Harrington, brothers Arnold Chester and Thomas, wife Linda Jones, and other relatives. details await Navy word. Funeral arrangements to be made by Hanson-Walbridge.
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Franklin Harrington
Gaylord Harrington
East Road
Bennington
Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Ticonderoga
United States
Harrington
Hobe Sound
Fla
Navy Department
Arnold
Bennington High School
University of Vermont
Naval Reserve
South China Sea
North Vietnam
Arnold K
Chester J
Thomas
Murray State College
Kentucky
Linda Jones
San Diego
Calif
Naval Station
Frank Thompson
Shaftsbury
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Three Nations Consider Boycott of Latin America Summit
Bolivia Peru and Ecuador signaled potential nonattendance at the Punta Del Este conference set for April 12 to 14. The meeting aimed to foster closer U S latin ties and a regional common market, but U S objections to extended fishing zones and aid conditions sparked grievances.
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UPI
Johnson
United States
Latin America
Hemisphere
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
U.S
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South America
OAS
Americas
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