IBM Monopoly Suit Filed
The U S justice department filed a civil anti trust suit in Manhattan federal court accusing IBM of monopolizing interstate trade in computers. It charges price fixing discrimination and policies that hinder competition and seeks remedies including separate pricing for systems and programming and possible divestiture to restore competition. The suit highlights IBM’s 1967 revenue and dominance in computer systems and education markets.
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New York
UPI
Justice Department
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Manhattan
Washington
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Department
Snow and fog paralyze Midwest travel and industry
Heavy snow blanketed the Midwest with eight inches in Eau Claire Wisconsin and four inches in Sault Ste Marie, with seven inches in eastern Nebraska. Dense fog from the Gulf of Mexico disrupted commerce from Milwaukee to Houston, reducing O'Hare operations and forcing United to shuttle travelers to Toledo while Allegheny canceled 18 Chicago flights.
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Midwest
Eau Claire
Wis
Sault Ste. Marie
Escanaba
Mich
Nebraska
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Great Lakes
American Motors Corp
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Houston
W. P. Hobby
Chicago
O’hare International
United Air Lines
Toledo
Ohio
Allegheny Airlines
Nursing Home Blaze Kills 7 in Mississippi
Seven people died in a pre dawn fire at a Greenville nursing home in Mississippi. The fire drew attention after a local newspaper reported alleged unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the facility earlier this year.
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Nursing Home
Blaze
Greenville
Miss
UPI
Two Black Panthers Shot Dead at UCLA Meeting
Two California Black Panthers, John Huggins and Apprentice Carter, were killed during a UCLA campus meeting on an Afro-American studies program. About 17 people were arrested later for weapons possession as investigators probed rival groups and the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Black Panthers
University of California At
John Huggins
The
Panthers
Carter
UCLA
Campbell Hall
Hoover Library Addition And UCLA Shootings News
Two separate items are reported. At UCLA a campus shooting left two men dead after a meeting, with multiple witnesses, no weapons found, and unclear motive or assailant details amid student fear. In West Branch, Iowa, Congressmen announce a $580,000 GSA plan to expand the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library with 12,400 extra square feet for archives offices and exhibits.
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Robert Madlock
Huggins
Carter
Madlock
Washington, D.C
Fred Schwengel
General Services Administration
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
National Archives
Hoover Presidential Library
Schwengel
GSA
House Public Works Committee
House
Senate Public Works Committee
President Johnson Signs Pay Increase for President
President Johnson signs a bill doubling the presidential salary to 200000 dollars a year. The pay raise takes effect at noon Monday when Richard Nixon is sworn in, after the Senate approved the measure and Johnson approved it before leaving office per constitutional rules.
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Washington
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Senate
Nixon
Man Freed by Viet Cong Dies in Army Hospital
Sp4 James Brigham Jr., 21, of Ocala Florida, one of three U S soldiers freed by Viet Cong on Jan 1, died Friday night at Walter Reed Army Hospital after brain abscess complications following head surgery as a prisoner of war.
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Washington
U. S
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James Brigham, Jr
Ocala
Fla
Chuckle: Figured Head Reigns Then Grandson Eyes Figures
A humorous tale notes an old-fashioned man famed for numbers now shares the trait with his grandson who possesses a sharp eye for figures.opyright.
Thieu Says Some Gls Will Leave This Year
President Thieu said some American combat troops will be withdrawn from South Vietnam this year and ordered a U S and Vietnam timetable. Initial withdrawals may reach about 20 000 with as many as 100 000 phased out by year end. Abrams opposed cuts before mid July citing readiness and Paris talks. Marines on Batangan Peninsula killed 32 Viet Cong. four Marines died and 28 were wounded.
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Johnson
National Press Club
Saigon
Thieu
South Vietnam
U.S
Abrams
Batangan Peninsula
Vietnam peace talks open after procedural agreement in Paris
UPI reports the United States reached agreement on procedures with South Vietnam North Vietnam and the Viet Cong for the first plenary session of peace talks in Paris. Deputy U.S. negotiator Cyrus Vance said they would move to substantive talks early next week with Henry Cabot Lodge set to replace Harriman.
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Cao van Vien
South Vietnam
Vien
U.S
Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
Paris
UPI
Cyrus Vance
North Vietnam
Vance
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Johnson
National Liberation Front
Way Opened to Fast Sirhan Jury Seating
In Los Angeles AP reports a surprise prosecution move may allow a jury to be seated as early as Tuesday in the Sirhan Sirhan murder trial. Chief Deputy Lynn e Compton relinquished the state’s right to dismiss 11 tentative jurors. Grant Cooper urged adjournment to Tuesday to assess the jury as constituted. Sirhan faces murder charges in the Kennedy assassination.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Lynne Compton
Grant Cooper
Fourth Cosmonaut Lands Safely in Soviet Union
Soviet cosmonaut Boris Volynov landed 124 miles southwest of Kustanay in Soyuz 5 after a 72 hour 46 minute flight, completing a four man mission that achieved the first crew transfer between orbiting spacecraft. Volynov and crew returned safely amid state celebration as Soyuz 4 carried out associated space walks and docking.
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Moscow
Boris Volynov
Soviet Union
Volynov
Kustanay
Space Center
Baikonir
Tass
Threat to Ted Kennedy Prompted Patrol Around His Home
Fairfax AP reports police established a patrol around Sen. Edward Kennedy's home after being informed of a threat on his life. A county spokesman cited a patrol car in the area and aides noted similar incidents in the past as Kennedy stayed home on a rainy Saturday.
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Fairfax
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy Brothers
Stans appoints Siciliano as undersecretary for commerce
Washington world news reports Commerce Secretary-designate Stans selects Rocco Siciliano, former assistant secretary of labor, to serve as undersecretary for commerce, expanding the department's leadership team.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce
Stans
Rocco Siciliano
Labor
Nixon cabinet clears three more picks. Hickel faces probe
Two senate committees approved David Kennedy as treasury secretary, Robert Finch as HEW secretary, and Melvin Laird as defense secretary. David Packard won approval as deputy defense secretary with a plan to place his Hewlett Packard stock in a trust for charity. Alaska Gov. Walter Hickel undergoes continued questioning over potential conflicts of interest.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Alaska
Walter Hickel
Interior
Finance
David Kennedy
The
Treasury
Robert Finch
California
Health, Education and Welfare
Armed Services Committee
Rep
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Defense
David Packard
Sen. Gore
Kennedy
Chicago
Packard
Gore
Continental Bank of Illinois
Continental
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Hewlett-Packard
Stennis
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By Robert Kerr
Anne
Watts
Hoover Library
Reds
George Esper
By George Libera
A .S
Air America
da Nang
Herbert V. Walker
Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Air Force
Earth
Ted Kennedy
Siciliano
Hickel
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