Gideon Rule Extension Sought for Misdemeanors
The UPI report notes the U S government asked the 5th U S Circuit to extend the Gideon right to court appointed counsel to misdemeanor cases. The motion targets Miami defendants Betty James and Raymond Miller, fined and jailed 60 days for petty larceny and resisting arrest, challenging city prosecutors over indigent representation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bruce Rogaw
Legal Sevices Division
Betty James
Raymond Miller
Dodd urges U Thant resignation over anti American bias
Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut called in a Senate speech for UN Secretary General U Thant to resign. He accused Thant of open anti American bias and lack of diplomacy, saying his sympathies favor Ho Chi Minh and against Saigon and its American allies. He noted Thant’s limited condemnation of Viet Cong terrorism in the south while deploring bombings in the north.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
U Thant
Senate
Dodd
Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Czechoslovak press assails Warsaw Pact papers
In Prague the recalcitrant Czech press denounces Warsaw Pact papers as lies and slander. Deputy Premier Josef Hamouz returns from Moscow amid signs of talks on a forthcoming Moscow conference and the withdrawal of occupation forces, while Politika and other papers attack the Soviet white book as unreadable even to a child.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Josef Hamouz
Moscow
The
Kremlin
Hamouz
Prague Morning Journal
Soviet Union
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Politika
Pleasant Weekend Forecast Across City
Sunny and mostly pleasant today with temperatures in the 60s. Tonight will be fair and cooler with lows in the 40s. Sunday outlook remains fair with little change in temperatures.
Fortas confirmation hopes fade as Dirksen withdraws support
UPI report details Senator Dirksen's reversal on Abe Fortas chief justice confirmation, signaling possible obscuring of Johnson's effort to end the Senate filibuster. Key figures Mansfield Hart Ervin McClellan Thurmond weigh in as cloture moves loom for a two thirds vote next Tuesday.
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Fortas
Dirksen
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Abe Fortas
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Earl Warren
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Erksen
American University
Law School
Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Illinois
William G. Clark
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Hart
Sam J, Ervin Jr
D-N.c
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
White House
Caetano Sets Course After Salazar Regime End
LISBON UPI Marcelo Caetano, 62, sworn in as Portugal's premier ending Salazar's 40 year rule. He vows to follow Salazar policies with modern adaptations while stressing gradual reforms. Salazar remains in a coma as Caetano pledges tolerance but warns against communism and vows to retain African possessions amid ongoing anti guerrilla wars in Guinea Angola and Mozambique.
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Lisbon
UPI
Marcelo Caetano
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Salazar
Caetano
National Assembly
Guinea
Angola
Mozambique
Black Panther Founder Huey P Newton Get Prison Term
Huey P Newton founder of the Black Panthers was sentenced to 2 to 15 years for voluntary manslaughter in the killing of police officer John Frey. He accepted the sentence calmly as defense lawyers pledge an immediate appeal while friends and supporters filled Alameda County Courtroom.
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Black Panther
Oakland
Calif
UPI
Huey P
Newton
Vacaville
John Frey
Frey
Herbert Heanes
Alameda County
Garry
Welfare Dept To Submit Vastly Increased Budget
The Social Welfare Department will ask Vermont for an 85.5 million dollar budget for 1969 to 1971, with 39.8 million state share and 45.7 million federal, to cover AFDC rises, Medicaid costs, and a planned 5.2 million for program improvements including dental and optical care, while avoiding new programs. If not funded, welfare grants may be cut.
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Paul Philbrook
State House
Philbrook
Giant cucumber and dahlia win in local garden row
Eight year old Danny DeBell from Air Port Road weighs 34 pounds on a 22 inch cucumber grown in his father Jack DeBell’s garden. Four year old Andrea Mattison of Shaftsbury picks oversized dahlia and Easter fillies on grandmother Mrs Leo D Duverney’s Harwood Hill lawn.
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Danny DeBell
Jack DeBell
Andrea Mattison
Andrew Mattison
Shaftsbury
Leo D. Duverney
Harwood Hill
Inside Clergymen Suffer From Ministerial Itch
George Gordon discusses the real cost of nuclear power and its impact on society. Noah's Ark opens for business in Arlington, complete with animals, signaling a unique exhibit and attraction for visitors.
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George Gordon
Arlington
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Czech
Warsaw Pact
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
Congress
Clifford P. Hansen
Rwyo
Monroe Friedman
Charles Garry
Supreme Court of the United States
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Eldridge Cleaver
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