Great Stamp Crisis Eases Says Post Office Dept
United Press International reports the Post Office says the great stamp crisis is easing as new postage rates take effect. The switch from five to six cents caused confusion as one cent stamps flew off shelves and many envelopes carried old five cent stamps with a penny added.
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Post Office Dept
U.S
Washington
Pittsburgh
Edward G. Coll Sr
George Palmer
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Palmer
Coll
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Moscow Trial Denounced By Litvinov's Grandson
The Moscow City Court sentenced four Russian dissenters to prison terms of one to seven years on subversion charges tied to emigres in Germany. Pavel Litvinov denounced the trial as a witch trial recalling Stalinist purges, calling for public condemnation and a new, internationally observed retrial.
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Moscow
UPI
Germany
Pavel Litvinov
Maxim Litvinov
Josef Stalin
Litvinov
Soviet Union
Yuri Glanksov
U.S
Lev Mirnov
Alex Ginzburg
Alexei Dobrovolsky
Galanksov
Ginsburg
Dobrovolsky
Vera Lashkova
Ginzburg
Larisa Bogoraz Daniel
Yuri Daniel
Administration Fears Inflation Trend Outpacing Controls
Washington API The Labor Department says union wage increases averaged 5 percent in 1967 after wage price guidelines were abandoned. This rise exceeds the 1966 limit of 3.2 percent productivity growth and could complicate President Johnsons effort to curb inflation. A government review board is eyed to spotlight excessive wage and price hikes but would lack enforcement power.
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Washington
API
Labor Department
Johnson
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Overseas Spending Slashed by $100 Million
President Johnson ordered a $100 million cut in overseas aid to reduce the balance of payments deficit. William S. Gaud, AID administrator, was directed to trim cash outlays from the 1967 level of $290 million as Johnson prepared for Vietnam and Thailand travels and a State of the Union address. A $2.1 million wheat deal with Jordan was approved, loan to be repaid over 20 years. A heating malfunction caused fatal carbon monoxide exposure in Righton, Tennessee, killing four of an 11-member family and hospitalizing others.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Johnson
William S. Gaud
Agency For International Development
AID
Gaud
Austin
Vietnam
Thailand
Lbj Ranch
Washington
White House
Ramsay Clark
Jordan
Righton
Tenn
Kathy Faye Hughlett
Albert
Mildred Hughlett
Hughlett
Mary Catherine
Patricia
Linda
Janice
Kenny
Danny
Kevin
Ronnie Tipton
ABA seeks broader news restrictions on pending criminal cases
A Chicago report says the American Bar Association advisory committee on fair trial and free press proposes including trial judges in public restraint rules. The final draft adds language extending protections to news media, pretrial hearings, and nonsequestered trial segments to safeguard impartial juries.
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Chicago
API
American Bar Association
ABA
Advisory Committee On Fair Trial and Free Press
House of Delegates
Paul C. Reardon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Congo Accused Over Briton Slayings in Congo
Britain says the Congo is responsible for the death of British mercenary Ian Pahl believed killed last August. The Foreign Office, after talks with Congo’s ambassador, also linked the killings to Joseph Larkin of Australia and Nicholas Van Staden of South Africa, aged 25 and 23.
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London
UPI
Britain
Congo
Foreign Office
William Rodgers
Mario Cardoso
Ian Pahl
Joseph Larkin
Australia
Nicholas van Staden
South Africa
Blaiberg Improves After Mild Complication Reported
CAPE TOWN UPD Blaiberg in improved condition after doctors drained excess fluid from around his new heart following a mild complication. Soviet health minister Petrovsky accused surgeon Barnard of experiments while praising pioneering work and warning against patient-level experimentation. South Africa weighs a $1.2 million cardiology unit at Groote Schuur as funds face cuts.
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Cape Town
UPD
Philip Blaiberg
Moscow
Soviet Union
Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Boris Petrovsky
Barnard
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Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Paganini
Italy
Mui
John Lucy
Florsheim
Martin's Shoe Store
Main Street No. Adams
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
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