Dodd Ethics Hearings Focus On Admissible Files
Senate Ethics Committee opened hearings into Senator Thomas J. Dodd misconduct charges. The panel initially ruled copies of over 4,000 documents inadmissible but later said originals will be screened and used if they corroborate the material. Witness James P. Boyd Jr. admitted copying documents while noting copies were shared with Drew Pearson associate Jack Anderson.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
John Stennis
D Miss
Connecticut
Stennis
Dodd
James P. Boyd Jr
Boyd
Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Anderson
Sen. Dodd
Julius Klein
Missing Nevada desert tortoise Christine in Richmond
Thelma Hughes seeks her pet Christine a Nevada desert tortoise missing from a Richmond yard last Wednesday night. Christine is described as young shiny tolerant of greens especially cantaloupe and watermelon and has a habit of lounging on a bed while watching television.
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Richmond
Christine
Thelma Hughes
Mrs. Hughes
Virginian Is Given Two Years For Induction Refusal
Alphonso Potts Jr. of Williamsburg, 21, was sentenced by Federal District Judge John D. Butzner Jr. to two years in jail for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces after being found guilty of the charge last month.
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Richmond
Williamsburg
John D. Butzner Jr
Alphonso Potts Jr
Local Boy Dies in South Vietnam
Bluefield Virginia soldier Charles Van Turley age 19 was killed in action in South Vietnam. The Graham High School graduate enlisted Aug 1964 and was the first Virginian Sider to die in the Viet Cong war. He was the son of Charles E Turley and lived with his maternal grandmother Mrs Frenchie Turley. The body goes to Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Charles van Turley
Bluefield
Viet Nam
Turley
Virginia
Army
Graham High School
Charles E. Turley
Washington, D.C
Frenchie Turley
Virginia Avenue
De Gaulle Begins 11 Day Visit to the Soviet Union
President Charles de Gaulle opens an 11 day state tour of the Soviet Union with a Kremlin banquet call for detente and new Franco Soviet cooperation. He and Nikolai Podgorny hint at joint European security moves and possible Viet Nam accord while avoiding new treaties.
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DE Gaulle
Soviet
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Charles de Gaulle
Mos
France
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Europe
Viet Nam
Podgorny
Western Alliance
West Germany
Paris
Bonn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Alexei
Trucker Critical After Tanker Fire Near Princeton Athens Road
Joseph H. Maxfield 3-year-old? North Tazewell man suffered extensive burns while unloading gasoline at John Taylor's Shell Service Station on the Princeton Athens Road. He was hospitalized at Princeton Memorial Hospital in critical condition with burns over most of his body. Fire officials cited no definite cause, suggesting fumes may have ignited. the hose remained in a loading hole and the truck was not damaged. Maxfield, a Southern Gas and Oil Co. driver for about six years, is married with four children. Athens Volunteer Fire Dept. responded with two trucks and 15 volunteers.
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Tazewell County
Princeton - Athens Road
Joseph H. Maxfield
North Tazewell
Princeton Memorial Hospital
George Gilliam
Athens
Maxfield
John Taylor
Shell
Southern Gas and Oil Co
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Taylor
Athens Volunteer Fire Department
Body Of Girl Found In Lake Springfield
The body of 12 year old JoAnn Bearzi missing since Saturday from the Hope School for the Blind was found in Lake Springfield about 200 yards from the school. Sheriff James Christensen noted no foul play. JoAnn wandered from the school and a large search effort followed before the body was recovered in the lake.
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Springfield, Ill
JoAnn Bearzi
Hope School For
Lake Springfield
James Christensen
JoAnn
John Bearzi
Springfield
Welch
W.va
Maurice Tretakoff
Miners Hurt in Mingo Flash Fire at Burning Creek Mine
Two workers injured in a flash fire at Davis Coal Co. Burning Creek No. 2 mine near Kermit West Virginia. Bill Maynard 48 of Naugatuck Mingo County and Joshua Bowens 2 of Beauty Kentucky remain in fair condition at Appalachian Regional Hospital South Williamson Kentucky with burns of first to third degree. Cause of the fire not immediately determined.
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Kermit, W.va
Davis Coal Co
Burning Creek
Mingo County
Appalachian Regional Hospital
South Williamson
Bill Maynard
Naugatuck
Joshua Bowens
Beauty
Supreme Court limits federal removal of civil rights cases
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that federal removal of civil rights cases from state to federal courts is limited in certain Deep South prosecutions. In a companion decision the court unanimously barred prosecutions where equal access to public accommodations is involved. The Miranda and Escobedo retroactivity rulings were addressed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Deep South
Potter Stewart
Warl Warren
High Court
Escobedo
House Votes 307-0 for Landmark Information Bill
The House approved a sweeping freedom of information bill by 307 to 0, sending it to President Johnson. It requires most federal records to be public unless specific secrecy reasons apply, with courts able to compel disclosure and expanded access to official data and salaries.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Senate
Ex-Model Ends Her Solo Flight
Sheila Scott, 38, ex-model, lands in London after circumnavigating solo in a Piper Comanche 260B. She started May 18, traveling 28,556 miles in 33 days at 35 mph, setting speed and distance records while surpassing historic marks.
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London
Sheila Scott
London Airport
Miss Scott
Two Marine Bombers Collide Over Buckroe Beach Killing Four
A collision of two A6 attack bombers over Buckroe Beach near Hampton left four dead and a fire destroying several two bedroom homes. Four aircrew were rescued from Chesapeake Bay. planes were on a training flight from Cherry Point to Patuxent River, Maryland.
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Buckroe Beach
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
A6 Marine Corp
Cherry Point
Fordham Shopping Center
Joe Diaz
Old Buckroe
Fordham Roads
Chesapeake Bay Shore
S. F. Goodman
Thimble Shoals
Norefolk
Fleet Marine Force Atlantic
Patuxent River
Two West Virginians Among 29 Killed in Viet Nam Action
Defense Department report lists Army Staff Sgt Elton O Harris of Parkersburg and Marine Cpl Williams Dely of Selbyville Upshur County as two West Virginians killed in action in Viet Nam among 29 total. Harris was husband of Martha G Harris and Dely was son of Earl and Mrs Bragg.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Army
Elton O. Harris
Martha G- Harris
Parkersburg
Cpl
Williams Dely
Earl Bragg
Selbyville
Upshur County
Russians Buy 9 Million Tons Wheat From Canada for $800 Million
The Soviet Union announced a historic contract with Canada to import about 9 million long tons of wheat and flour worth $800 million over three years. The deal, signed in Moscow, raises Soviet reliance on Western grain after a poor 1963 harvest and could affect foreign trade and gold reserves.
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Soviet Union
Canada
United States
U.S
Viet
William McNamara
Canadian Wheat Board
Leonid Matveyev
Robert Winters
Can
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