McGinnis, 2 Others Guilty in B&M Deal
A Boston court found Boston and Maine Railroad President Daniel M. Benson and two executives guilty of taking 71,500 in kickbacks from a 1958 sale of 10 stainless cars to International Railway Corp. Judge set Nov 15 for sentencing. International Railway and its president were also found guilty of abetting.
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Boston
U.S. District Court
Boston & Maine Railroad
Daniel M. Benson
Benson
Patrick B. McGinnis
George F. Glacy
George C. Sweeney
International Railway Corp
B&m
International Railway
Henry Mersey
New Haven
McGinnis
International
Lower Mental Standards To Boost Draftee Flow
The Defense Department lowers mental fitness bars to raise Viet Nam draft enlistments. High school graduates will enter if above the lowest 15 percent, with no aptitude tests. dropouts still face existing limits. Volunteers after Nov 1 face the same rules as draftees.
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Washington
UPS
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Armed Forces
Sea Grant Colleges Proposed At Newport Conference
University of Minnesota professor Athelstan F Spilhaus urged expeditions along the ocean floors to open sea use and predicted living 1000 feet undersea. National Science Foundation official Harve Carlson cited funding and manpower as hurdles for sea grant colleges. Sen Claiborne Pell has introduced a bill to fund sea grants from offshore oil lease revenue ahead of a January hearing.
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Newport
R.I
UPD
University of Minnesota
Athelstan F. Spilhaus
Minnesota
Institute of Technology
Spilhaus
United States
Harve Carlson
Division of Biological and Medical Sciences
National Science Foundation
Claibornie Pell
Oregon Senator Neuberger Not Seeking Re election
Sen Mau rine B Neuberger a Democrat from Oregon will not run for another Senate term. A private poll showed she lagging behind Gov Mark Hatfield a Republican who is expected to run. Rep Edith Green may seek the Democratic nomination for the seat.
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Washington
Maurine B. Neuberger
D-Ore
Mark O. Hatfield
Senate
Edith Green
Congress
Brink Thieves Net $416000 In Brink’s Inc Burglary
Syracuse police report thieves used a 2 20mm cannon to rob Brink’s Inc office, netting $416,028.28 from cash and checks. An audit shows $160,774.13 in cash and $255,254.15 in checks. Loot placed in sealed bags for Monday bank distribution. No new leads reported by police and FBI agents.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Brink’s Inc
FRE
Georgia Klan Taught Members Methods of Mayhem
A House investigator testified that the Georgia Ku Klux Klan conducted a time bombs and booby traps training on a Macon area farm in October 1961. Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton and Grand Dragon Calvin F. Craig attended a three hour demo led by instructor William B. Crowe, detailing bombs, incendiaries, and explosive devices for use against those supporting integration.
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Washington
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
House
Calvin F. Craig
Philip Manuel
Macon
Craig
U.S
Robert M. Shelton
Manuel
William B. Crowe
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Robert L. Bing
Henry County
Daniel Bruce
Charles M. Bartlett
Or. C. Mixon
Jury Hung In Riot Appeal At Weirs Beach
In Laconia New Hampshire a nine to three jury could not decide Paul Murphy’s appeal of a riot conviction from June 19. Murphy, 19, Wakefield Massachusetts, had been sentenced to one year for failing to disperse under a riot law enacted two days before the incident.
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Laconia
N.H
Weirs Beach
Superior Court
William W. Keller
Paul Murphy
Wakefield
Mass
Murphy
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John H. Dougherty
Mersey
Direcors
Dougherty
BEM
Justice Department
U.S. Supreme Court
District Court
Pentagon
America
St. Louis
Sen. Neuberger
Brink
Macnavox
Lennox & Fletcher, Inc
Wood Bros
Corner North
Linden Streets
Monret
Monroe
Redex
Tettr
ALER
de, Elm St
Esso Union Esso Messana
Texaco Sinopoli
Gulf Morris
Gé&R
Bill’s
Bob’s
Sunoco Texaco Serv. Inc, K & B
Texaco Flying A
Auto Parts
Pittsfield
Klan
Crowe
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