Baker Convicted by Federal Jury in Cash Funds Case
Former Senate aide Baker, 38, found guilty on seven counts including tax evasion conspiracy and stealing campaign funds after a three week trial. He plans to appeal to the Supreme Court while facing potential penalties up to 48 years in prison and $47,000 in fines. The case centered on $99,600 from California savings and loan executives allegedly routed to Baker and the Carousel Motel.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Supreme Court
Senate Democrats
Capitol Hill
Baker
Senate
U.S
Edward Bermett Williams
Justice Department
California Savings and Loan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Rules Committee
U.S. District Court
Oliver Gasch
Robert 8. Kerr
D-Okla
Williams
Kerr
Savings and Loan
Ocean City
Kansan Studying Abroad Buys Rare 16th Century Summa
Dodge City student Tom Caughron abroad collects curios from around the world. A Pembroke College librarian reports Caughron owns a 1567 Latin Summa Theologica second part from Antwerp, a parchment book 12 by 18 inches and six inches thick. He sent home a Russian samovar, an 18th century grandfather clock, and a large copper silvered Persian tray. He studies at Cambridge and Trinity College before returning for a Christmas birthday visit.
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Chris Taylor
Dodge City
Daily Globe
Kan
Tom Caughron
C. R. D. Club
Pembroke College
Cambridge University
England
Caughron
Thomas Caughron
Antwerp
Cambridge
St. Thomas Aquinas
Presbyterian Church
American University of Beirut
Caughton
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Trinity
Beirut
Kansas Legislature Enters 4th Week with Docking Budget Plan
Kansas lawmakers begin the fourth week of the 1967 session as Governor Docking prepares a budget message. He will address a joint House Senate session Tuesday and outline his recommended appropriations and financing plan. He refuses a tax increase, proposes a 0.5 percentage point income tax cut on the first 2000 of income, and seeks higher earnings on inactive state funds. The budget surpasses 600 million dollars, driven by federal and special funds. A Feb 21 deadline tightens the bill submission pace, with only committees able to file proposals after.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
Docking
House
Senate
FBI Bank of Information New Aid in Battling Crime
The FBI opens the National Crime Information Center a centralized database for criminals stolen property and weapons. It will expand from 95 000 records to nearly 2 million by year end enabling instant identity and arrest potential for vast police networks across the United States and Canada.
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FBI Bank of Information
Washington
FBI
National Crime Information Center
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Justice Department
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
U S Population Is Younger By HAL BOYLE
U S age median dropped to under 28 from 29 in the latest census era. The nation holds 25 million teenagers and 18 million aged 65 or more. Other notes include consumer trends and school cheating incidents in Athens Greece. A hospital authority cites 800 addicted babies yearly in New York City.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
Athens
Greece
Don Marquis
New York City
Two Democrats See Rockefeller Tough Against Johnson
A.P. report notes Nelson Rockefeller would likely pose the hardest challenge to President Johnson among prospective Republican candidates in 1968. Gallup and Harris polls show Kennedy trailing Johnson or leading depending on the survey, with timing differences around Johnson’s State of the Union and Kennedy family Look dispute.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Gallup
Washington Post
Kennedy
Harris
Post
Kennedy Family
Look Magazine
Polls Hint at Rockefeller as 1968 GOP Candidate
The Harris poll conducted Jan 14 to 22 amid book disputes probes Rockefeller as a potential 1968 GOP standard bearer. Two unnamed Democratic strategists say he is seasoned, well funded, and formidable due to his experience in domestic and world affairs.
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Rockefeller
GOP
Kansas City Man Shot to Death at Service Station
James Perkins twenty was found fatally shot in the men’s room at the Clark station on East 63rd. He had worked there since December 22. the station is owned by his brother in law Richard Corbin. Metro police launched an investigation and the assailant took Perkins’s billfold and cash from the register.
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Kansas City
James Perkins
Clark Station
East 63Rd
Perkins
Richard Corbin
Metro Police
Powell's Fishing Luck Seems Good
Powell the Harlem congressman, seen fishing aboard Adam's Fancy near North and South Bimini, says he will pay 33000 of the 164000 slander judgment and plans to appear before a House committee on seating qualifications as investigations loom.
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Powell
Bimini
Bahamas
Brown's Hotel
Adam
North Bimini
South Bimini
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Global Briefs: Madrid, Managua, Taipei, Delhi
In Madrid hundreds of students boycott Madrid University after clashes with security police. About 15 000 Standard Electric Co workers sit down in sympathy for detained colleagues. In Managua publisher Chamorro, jailed after Jan 22 protests, is confined and in good condition while backing Aguero against Somoza Jr. In Formosa Chaiga Ching changes her name to avoid Mao link amid mainland purge prominence. In New Delhi India election chief travels to Kashmir to probe alleged rigging by Congress officials.
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Madrid
Spain
Madrid University
Standard Electric Co
Managua
Nicaragua
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Somoza
Chamorro
la Prensa
Fernando Aguero
Aguero
Anastasio Somoza Jr
Taipei
Formosa
Chaiga Ching
China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Chiang Ching
Communist Party
New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
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