Senate Ethics Committee Recommends Dodd Censure
The Senate Ethics Committee unanimously urges censure of Sen. Thomas J. Dodd for alleged use of at least 116,083 dollars from political funds for personal use and for billing both the Senate and private groups for seven trips between 1961 and 1965. The report also notes possible legal issues for the Justice Department and IRS to consider.
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Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
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Connecticut
Bipartisan Committee
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Julius Klein
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
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United States
Select Committee On
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
General Westmoreland to present war report to Congress and governors
General William C. Westmoreland met with President Johnson and top officials as he prepared to brief Congress and governors on the Vietnam war. He edited his address at the White House and plans to speak before Congress and meet UN Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, amid criticism of administration policy.
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William C. Westmoreland
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Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Earl G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Westmoreland
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House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Harry S. Truman
Korea
Associated Press
New York
United States
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
House Standards Body Is Formed
The House ethics committee was formed with Rep. Melvin Price of Illinois as chair. Republican leaders Charles A. Halleck and Leslie C. Arends head the GOP side, with members including Reps. Betts, Staf ford, Quillen, Williams and others. The panel, evenly divided, will set standards of conduct for House members and staff and outline enforcement methods. Price, 62, long-time Illinois Democrat, is based in East St. Louis and previously worked as a newspaper correspondent and sports editor.
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House
Melvin Price
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Olin E. Teague
Texas
Joe L. Evins
Tennessee
Watkins M. Abbitt
Virginia
Wayne Aspinall
Colorado
Edna Kelly
New York
Jackson E. Betts
Ohio
Robert T. Stafford
Vermont
James H. Quillen
Lawrence G. Williams
Pennsylvania
Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
Price
Kelly
Williams
East St. Louis
Ill
St. Clair
Death Claims W. C. Warlick
William C. Warlick 84, a longtime Bluefield furniture dealer and civic figure, died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a coronary on April 17. He opened Warrick Furniture in 1917, previously worked in Lincolnton and Albuquerque, and led local business and road-improvement efforts. He helped found Bluefield Businessmen’s Association and Kiwanis, and promoted the “Cross the Bridge and Save a Dollar” slogan. He lived on Old Bluefield Princeton Road and left a legacy of publicity stunts and community service.
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Bill) Warlick
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York County
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Princeton Road
Buchanan County prisoners receive combined 13 year terms
Terms meted in Buchanan County Circuit Court in Grundy Virginia total 13 years for three men. Lewis Estes Mullins, 20, Whitewood, five years for unauthorized use of a coal truck. Dennis Grizzle, 30, Hackney Creek Kentucky, five years for larceny of tools from a coal company. Donald Lee Gilbert, 26, War n West Virginia, three years for grand larceny after a guilty plea.
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Grundy
Nick Persin
Lewis Estes Mullins
Whitewood
Dennis Grizzle
Hackney Creek
Donald Lee Gilbert
Warn McDowell County
House approves districting guideline bill amid uncertain future
The House passed a reapportionment bill 289 to 63 setting 30 percent district deviation for 1968 1970 but 10 percent from 1972 The measure faces Senate skepticism and court scrutiny The plan would let Missouri and Indiana cases possibly linger and require eight states with over 30 percent deviation to reapportion by 1968 California Ohio West Virginia Georgia New York Pennsylvania Nebraska Tennessee are named as affected entities.
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Denver Rocked by Strong Earthquake Report
A strong earthquake shook Denver and surrounding areas on Thursday, possibly the second most severe tremor recorded in the city. Local officials were yet to confirm the full extent of damage and injuries.
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Cole
First Unmanned Saturn 9 Flights Delayed To Late 1967
The AP reports Saturn 5 unmanned test flights and a lunar landing craft are delayed to the second half of 1967 due to development issues. Titan 3 launches to place five satellites into orbit are planned early Friday, with fuel leaks cited but containment deemed safe. The first manned Apollo flight now targets 1968.
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North Vietnam Under Air Siege From Three Directions
North Vietnam is under air siege from sea to east, south Vietnam and Thailand to the west. About 1,700 fixed wing aircraft and 2,000 helicopters are deployed, with bases from the 17th Parallel to the Mekong Delta and Yankee Station always manned by three carriers.
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Associated Press
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Gulf of Tonkin
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Italy
Japan
Jury Deliberates Coppolino Case
In Naples Florida a 12 man jury retired after three hours of deliberation in the four week trial of Dr Carl Coppolino charged with murdering his wife Carmela. Judge Lynn Silvertooth gave five verdict options including first to third degree murder manslaughter or acquittal. Bailey described the case as based on reckless medical opinion and warned against a medical guinea pig verdict while Prosecutor Schaub argued the circumstantial case pointed toward homicide with succinylcholine as the suspected agent.
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Naples
Fla
Carl Coppolino
Carmela
Lynn Silvertooth
F. Lee Bailey
Coppolino
Viet Cong proposes longer Buddha's birthday truce
Saigon reports the Viet Cong proposed a two day cease fire for Buddha's birthday from May 22 to May 24, longer than the South Vietnamese plan. The attack hit Gio Linh near the demilitarized zone with 1100 artillery rounds and mortars injuring 42.
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Hue
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Washington
State Department
Gio Linh
North
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North Vietnam
Surveyor 3 Digs Longest Moon Trench Yet
NASA scientists report Surveyor 3 carved the longest trench of its mission on the moon in 26 steps, a nearly two foot gouge created by dragging a 620 pound scooper. The trench was shallow, one to two inches, and the team will re-photograph the crater and survey nightly from Pasadena. The craft landed after a 65 hour flight from Cape Kennedy, bouncing thrice on touchdown but sustaining no serious damage.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
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