Hoffa Bid Reconsideration Rejected By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court denied Hoffa's two motions to stay jail and to reconsider his 1962 jury tampering conviction and 8 year prison term. Hoffa's lawyers quickly filed a new bid for a new trial based on eavesdropping claims and asked to delay judgment pending lower court rulings on other challenges. Justices White and Fortas did not participate.
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Washington
Supree
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Tennessee
Hoffa
Chattanooga
High Court
Byron White
Abe Fortas
U.S
Nashville
Supreme Court
Edward Grady Partin
Partin
Baton Rouge
Johnson defends new Viet Nam strikes as peace effort
President Johnson stated that the latest American actions in North Vietnam are more far reaching yet aimed at peace. He rejected the term step up, saying civilian and military leaders deem them desirable and essential amid buildup and infiltration.
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Washington
Johnson
North
Varingh
North Vietnam
U S Planes Mine North Viet Rivers
U S Navy planes began mining rivers in North Vietnam as part of a new wave of pressure on Hanoi. The move follows earlier actions including artillery bombardment of Da Nang and shelling near North Vietnamese bases.
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U.S
North Viet Rivers
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Polish Foreign Minister warns on Vietnam talks link
Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki said there could be no Vietnam peace talks until the United States stops bombing North Vietnam unconditionally. He noted Poland’s long-held view as the war continued with shelling in South Vietnam across the DMZ and U S 7th Fleet ships bombarding targets off the North Vietnamese coast. Marines reported finding 46 rocket firing positions near Da Nang air base.
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U.S
North Vietnam
International Control Commission
Hanoi
Benner
South Vietnam
United States
A. U.S
Haiphong
London
UPI
Adam Rapacki
Vietnam
Poland
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Air
Woman Stabbed In Chicago Loop
Patricia Ann Heinen a 25 year old airlines reservations clerk was stabbed to death early Monday while waiting for a bus in Chicago loop She was found leaning on a parked car by James Anderson a watchman for Montgomery Ward Co Heinen a former San Francisco resident had worked for Trans World Airlines in Chicago for three years.
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Chicago
WPI
Airlines
Loop
Patricia Ann Heinen
Presbyterian-St. Luke’s ‘Hospital
James Anderson
Montgomery Ward i& Co
Miss Heinen
San Francisco
Chicago Trans- World Airlines
Renewed Attacks Target Mao Foes Signal Possible Cultural Shift
Tokyo AP reports supporters of Mao Tse-tung renewed actions against four early purge targets Peng Chen Lu Ting-yi Lo Jui-ching and Yang Shang-kun officials labeled counterrevolutionaries. The moves suggest Mao may be narrowing the cultural revolution amid purge pace and Red Guard restraint.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Peking
Peng Chen
Lu Ting-yi
Lo Jui-ching
Yang Shang-kun
Nimon Keizai
Party Central Committee
Red Guard
Senator Ely Sees Property Tax Drop and Calls for Tax Shift
Des Moines Linn county state senator John M. Ely Jr says his 1966 property tax bill fell 38 percent from 1965 due to repeal of monies and credits taxes. He urges Ways and Means chair Andrew Frommelt to consider raising income taxes to offset revenue loss and notes his own income fell below the new bracket.
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Des Moines
Linn County
John M. Ely, Jr
Dcedar Rapids
Andrew Frommelt
D - Dubuque
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ely Ely
Frommelt
Ely
Mystery student attends Oregon State class in a black bag
A student has appeared for two months in Speech 13 at Oregon State University wrapped in a large black bag, exposing only bare feet. Professor Goetzinger and classmates report mixed reactions from hostility to curiosity to friendship as the term ends March 13. The student refuses to identify himself, saying he may reveal nothing and may disappear.
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Corvallis, Ore
Oregon State University
Charles Goetzinger
Goetzinger
Black Bag
Johnson urges home rule and gun control for Washington
President Johnson asks Congress to grant the District of Columbia home rule by allowing Washington to elect its own city government with a 10 member executive council led by a commissioner mayor to govern pending home rule action. He also pushes for a stricter gun control law amid high crime in the capital.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Bluffs Propose 3 Percent Sales Tax Shift for School Aid
Des Moines reporter notes Council Bluffs Rep Maurice Van Nostrand urges a 3 percent sales tax to raise about 50 million for state school aid and reduce property taxes. He cites Nebraska’s move toward a higher tax as changing Western Iowa views. The Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce reportedly backs the switch.
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Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Iowa House
Maurice van Nostrand
Avoca
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
Upto
Rep
van Nostrand
Pottawattamie County
Federal highway funds release opens $175 million
Washington announced the release of $175 million of the frozen $1.1 billion in federal highway construction funds. Transportation Secretary Alan Boyd testified that additional money would follow as economic conditions permit and that the program would return to a $4.4 billion annual level by July 1, 1968.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation
Alan Boyd
House
Senate Public Works Committees
Johnson
Boyd
Explosion Destroys Marion Structure Injures Worker
An LP gas explosion at the Petroleum Service and Equipment Co. building on Thirteenth Street Marion injures Bob Wertz and causes extensive damage to adjacent houses and two schools. Firefighters contained the blaze by 10:20 a.m. and losses are estimated at 75 000.
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Petroleum Service and Equipment Co
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Bob Wertz
Lisbon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cooper
Herman Cooper
Wertz
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Dee Wiis
Justice Department
LBJ
da Nang
Chicago Loop
Sen. Ely
Frank Nye
Gazette
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Chuckie
Wile
Coar
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