Wig Club Owner Indicted Over Giveaway Plan
Cedar Rapids business bureau reports a grand jury indictment against the wig club owner over a mailer offering free expensive wigs. Postal notices urged hundreds of residents to pay only for styling, initially 5.38 dollars, later 2.35. Bail granted. callers urged to report to postal authorities and contact the Chamber for details.
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Cedar Rapids
Jack Talbot
Business Consumers Bureau
Chamber
Clear Steinbeck Son On Narcotics Charge
John Steinbeck IV, 21, was acquitted by a general sessions jury of maintaining an illegal establishment after a narcotics raid on his apartment last August. Police raided the premises while Steinbeck was not home. his possession charges were dropped during a three day trial as he testified he was researching an article.
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Washington
UPI
John Steinbeck
General Sessions
John Steinbeck IV
Steinbeck
Washingtonian Magazine
Buddhist Leader Appeals to Pope Over Vietnam Cease-fires
Thich Tri Quang, an anti-government Buddhist leader in Saigon, has appealed to Pope Paul VI asking him to use his prestige to extend cease-fires in Vietnam at Christmas and New Year, a Buddhist newspaper reported.
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Saigon
Thich Tri Quang
Paul VI
Vietnam
Sounds of Christmas Featuring Jefferson High Choir
A Jefferson High School Choir concert titled Sounds of Christmas airs on Channel 9 Thursday at 6:00 PM. The program showcases student vocalists in a holiday selection.
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Jefferson High School
Channel 9
Maceau elected chairman of Cedar Rapids personnel committee
Cherry Burrell Corp. personnel director Mel Maceau is chosen 1968 chairman of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce personnel managers committee, succeeding Don McAfee. Bill Holtz of Link-Belt Speeder is named vice-chairman, B. L. Bennett of Collins recruits as program chairman, and Kathryn Brady of Northwestern Bell is secretary-treasurer. The panel meets the first and third Wednesdays each month.
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Mel Maceau
Cherry Burrell Corp
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Don McAfee
Bill Holtz
B. L. Bennett
Collins
Kathryn Brady
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Garrison charges Bradley in Kennedy conspiracy case
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison charged Edgar Eugene Bradley of North Hollywood with conspiring to murder John F. Kennedy. Bradley denied involvement and criticized Garrison. Bradley is the second man charged after Clay Shaw as Garrison pursues his Kennedy assassination probe against the backdrop of the Warren Report.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Edgar Eugene Bradley
North Hollywood
Calif
Kennedy
Bradley
Garrison
Dallas
Carl McIntire
American Council of Churches
McIntire
Collingswood
N.J
Clay Shaw
Los Angeles
Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
McIintire
Shaw
Oswald
David Ferrie
Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Federal
Pro Soviet Party Members Jailed in Cuba
Havana sources say about 40 pro-Soviet party members including a central committee official were jailed for opposing Castro's export of revolution. The purge targets who favored a Soviet domestic policy focus and opposed material rewards for workers. Anibal Escalante led the group, with other arrestees including Ramon Calcines Gordillo and Gerardo Sanchez.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Central Committee
Castro
Anibal Escalante
Escalante
Poland
Soviet Union
Cuba
Ramon Calcines Gordillo
Gonzales Garvajal
Committee For the
Gerardo Sanchez
Pinar del Rio
Supreme Court Won't Lift Rap Brown Travel Ban
Justice William Douglas refused to lift a court imposed travel restriction on H. Rap Brown, limiting him to Manhattan, the Bronx, and nine New York counties while he fights charges of inciting riot in Cambridge Maryland. Brown argues the ban infringes free speech and cancels many speaking engagements. The order was issued September 18 by Judge Robert Merhige in Virginia during extradition proceedings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Douglas
H. Rap Brown
New York
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Cambridge
Douglas
Brown
Manhattan
Bronx
New York State
Robert Merhige
Richmond
Maryland
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