Secret Agent Convicted In Kennedy Guard Case
Abraham Bolden, the first Black designated to guard a U.S. president, was convicted in Chicago of attempting to sell government Secret Service documents in a counterfeiting case for 50000 dollars. He faced a 25 year potential sentence and was sentenced to six years by Judge Joseph Sam Perry, after tearful remorse.
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Chicago
Edward V. Hanrahan
Secret Service
Abraham Bolden
U.S
Barrat Service
Bolden
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Joseph Spagnoli
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Zsa Zsa Storms City Hall and seeks remedy
Zsa Zsa Gabor, describing herself as a Hungarian freedom fighter, confronted Los Angeles City Hall over the demolition of her Bel Air mansion remnants. She alleged the city ordered clearance after a 1961 brush fire and vowed legal action, claiming loss of a $1 million property and unpaid fire insurance. She noted plans to rebuild with architect Paul Williams and criticized delays and fees.
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Los Angeles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa
Eue
Bel Air
City Department of Building and Safety
Paul Williams
Building and Safety Commission
Paul Caruso
West Berlin marks third anniversary of the wall
West Berliners observe an hour of silence and lay wreaths for 105 people who died trying to escape East Germany. Mayor Willy Brandt denounces the barrier as a symbol of division and calls for unity among Berliners across the wall's divide.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Chuckle Notes on Social Scale and Dough Finale
A brief humorous snippet notes that the keynote of social scale is dough, signaling wealth as the defining metric. The line cites Copt. Gen. Fea and Corp. as source attributions, framing a wry observation on money’s primacy.
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Fea, Corp
Riots Hit Elizabeth and Paterson New Jersey
Racial violence erupts in two northern New Jersey cities with gasoline bombs, bricks, and bottles as youths clash with police. In Elizabeth hundreds gather near Pioneer Homes while 200 to 300 store windows are broken in Paterson Fourth Ward. arrests reach 16 adults and 2 juveniles in Elizabeth and 23 in Paterson. Police restore order with nightsticks and crowd dispersal. curfew consideration Looms.
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New Jersey
Elizabeth
N.J
Paterson
John O’‘Brien
Fourth Ward
Mel Finkelstein
Mike Pearl
New York Journal-American
Frank V. Graves
Graves
Pioneer Homes
Goldwater Charges Johnson Trigger Happy in Navy Orders Clash
Senator Barry Goldwater says President Johnson dismissed a campaign issue by suggesting his orders to the 7th Fleet during last week’s North Vietnamese crisis could imply authorization of nuclear weapons. Johnson’s aides call Goldwater’s reading unjustified and irresponsible. The dispute arose at Goldwater’s Hershey press conference amid a unity meeting with Republican leaders.
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Arizona
NATO
Goldwater
McNamara
Gulf of Tonkin
Freedom Fixers Pull Off Britain Jail Break
London AP reports the Freedom Fixers syndicate freed Charles Frederick Wilson, the 32 year old ex bookmaker and top British fugitive, amid a chase that spans police at air terminals and addresses. Wilson, jailed for 30 years after the Glasgow London mail train robbery, is linked to a $6 million haul.
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London
Freedom Fixers
Charles Frederick Wilson
Wilson
Britain
Interpol
Truce on Cyprus Shaky Amid insults and air threat
In Nicosia the Cyprus truce teeters as Turkish Cypriots hurl insults across the green line and fear Turkish air strikes, while Greek Cypriots demand self determination under U N protection. Clerides denounces U S and Britain for backing Turkey and protests the blood plasma aid as potentially dangerous.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
Turkey
Kokkina
United States
Britain
Glafcos Clerides
United Nations
Clerides
NATO
Great Britain
Makarijos
Freedom Party Banned In Mississippi Civil Rights Clash
A Mississippi judge barred Freedom Democratic party operations as part of a broader civil rights clash. State officials including Atty. Gen. Patterson and Gov. Johnson faced a concurrent federal suit seeking to strike down 16 laws hindering civil rights activity. The case centers on maintaining the Democratic Party name and control ahead of the Atlantic City convention.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Chancery
Stokes Robertson Jr
Nekroes
Ing
National Democratic Party
Lawrence Guyot
Chaiman
Freedom Democrats
Atty
Jet T. Patterson
Patterson
Paul B. Johnson
Guyot
Atlantic City
N.J
Mississippi
Miners Fade From Limelight in Hazleton Mine Rescue
A year after Oneida No. 2 mine collapse trapped David Fellin Henry Throne and Louis Bova the scene grew quiet. Fellin now drives a bus and Throne works construction while both avoid the limelight though Fellin hopes to recover Bova’s body with funds scarce. The mine remains closed and a memorial may be built for Bova.
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Hazleton
Oneida No. 2
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Louis Bova
Fellin
Throne
Sheppton
Bova
Goldwater Unity Manifesto Gains GOP Support
In Hershey Pennsylvania Senator Barry Goldwater presents a unity manifesto aimed at party solidarity. Former President Eisenhower endorses Goldwater and Miller, praising repudiation of extremism and violent groups. Rockefeller backs the repudiation but notes room for further clarifications in the campaign platform.
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Hershey
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Goldwater
William E. Miller
United States
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Ellen Warren
Frank Beard
Melville Freeman
Charles Hersum
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Oactel Dervice
Manranan
West Berlin
Atkinson
Biddeford
Syndicate
George A. Harris
U. S. Public Health Service
George Gormley
State of Maine Water Improvement Commission
Paul A. Deshaies
John F. Xaphes
Philip Bartlett
Edward Mayer
Whitman and Howard, Inc
Freedom Party
Eisenhower
Siti
Gettysburg
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ku Klux Klan
Rockefeller
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Murphy’s Music Store, Inc
Main Street
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Old Orchard Beach
Day’s Jewelry & Appliance Store
Able Trucking Co., Inc
Bill’s TV Center
Saco Dial
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