Witness says Shaw witness mistaken in JFK plot claim
Police Lt. Edward ODonnell testified that Perry Russo told him in 1967 he did not identify Clay Shaw at the party as the JFK plotter. Russo later altered his account when confronted by Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison, saying fear of perjury charges influenced his retake amid cross examination.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Edward O'Donnell
Perry Raymond Russo
Shaw
Husky Officer Testified, However, That When Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Russo
Garrison
O’donnell
Asst. Dist
James L. Alcock
O'Donnell
James R. Phelan
Long Beach
Calif
Nixon appoints Morton GOP national chairman
President Nixon names Maryland Congressman Rogers C.B. Morton as GOP national chairman and moves Murray Chotiner to a nonpublic role. Morton said he accepted after discussions with Chotiner and would not have him on the committee. The selection awaits ratification at an April national committee meeting.
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Washington
Nixon
Maryland
Rogers C.B. Morton
GOP
Murray Chotiner
Morton
Chotiner
Senate
Ray Bliss
Miami Beach
Fla
National Committee
Prosecution rests as Sirhan case moves to defense
In Los Angeles the People v Sirhan Bishara Sirhan ends its prosecution stage. The defense prepares to argue diminished responsibility and lack of premeditation citing psychiatrists and notes. Jurors face possible first degree murder with life or death options. testimonies covered premeditation and the gun used near Kennedy’s head.
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Los Angeles
the People
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sir Tan
Kennedy
New York
California
Tife
San Quentin
Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Vietnam War Report Saigon Shelling Eases Some
The Saigon shelling eased today amid a broader Viet Cong and North Vietnamese push in about 50 towns and allied bases across South Vietnam. U S intelligence noted reduced intensity from the prior night while analysts anticipate the second phase of a month long offensive targeting Bien Hoa and surrounding bases.
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Saigon
U.S
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Inflation Hits Body Value At 3.50
Northwestern University chemist Donald T. Forman estimated the average adult body contains chemicals worth 3.50 dollars, a 257 percent rise from 98 cents in 1936. He broke down composition by elements: oxygen 65 percent, carbon 18 percent, hydrogen 10 percent, nitrogen 3 percent, calcium 1 percent, phosphorus 1 percent, and traces of other elements including gold and silver 1 percent.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
Donald T. Forman
Forman
Powell's Slow Start Back in Congress a Freshman
Washington AP Adams Clayton Powell a Harlem Democrat who once led the Education and Labor Committee has yet to attend a committee meeting since the new session began. He has spent time in Harlem hearing constituent poverty program complaints and filed only two bills this session to create new committees under his chairmanship. He holds a Rayburn Building suite gained by deal with Democratic leaders despite calls from peers for subcommittee direction.
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Washington
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Congress
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Carl D. Perking
D-Ky
Rayburn
John W. McCormack
Emanuel Celler
D- x
William C. Cramer
Fla
Nixon tours West Berlin pledges steadfast support
President Nixon visited West Berlin touring an electrical plant before 6000 workers, declaring the United States remains firm in defending Berlin's freedom. Police reported 22 arrests as some students jeered near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church while Nixon met Berliners and repeated that the city must stay free and connected to the free world.
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Nixon
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial
Air Force One
Tempelhof
United States
Miy
Astronauts Delay Apollo 9 Launch To Monday
Cape Kennedy AP reports Apollo 9 set back three days from Friday to Monday due to colds in astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart. The 10 day Earth orbit mission was postponed after a 45 minute medical exam found them improving. The Saturn 5 countdown will resume nine hours before the new liftoff at 11 a m EST Monday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fis
Space Agency
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
U.S
Pueblo Crew Laments Lack of Resistance Training Before Capture
Store keeper Edward S. Russell testifies at a Navy inquiry that a psychology degree and training could have helped the Pueblo crew cope with North Korean captors. He says communication was blocked and prisoners faced classical conditioning via rewards and punishments. Russell notes racial prejudice influenced brutality and that the crew was psychologically unprepared overall.
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Cohunaly
Van
Pueblo
U.S
Navy
C. Edward S. Russell
Glendale
Calif
Russell
University of Southern California
Bahama Territory Extends to 12 Miles to Fight Poaching
Nassau Bahamas AP reports the Bahamian government extended territorial waters to 12 miles to curb Cuban poaching by fishermen near the islands. Premier Lynden Pindling announced the move as a response to intrusions. Violators face fines up to 800 dollars and up to one year in jail.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Lynden Pindling
Three Mile
Landfill dispute in Leaching Here County deepens
In Corry and Waterford areas the fight over who runs county landfills continues with state ruling expected by January 1 1970. Erie County Health Department and county commissioners clash over leachate concerns at Oliver and Corry sites while Corry leaching raises questions about South Branch French Creek. Thomas West says Oliver soils are superior and no creek testing has been done at Corry though water tests were conducted in Waterford.
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Erie County Department of Health
Oliver
Waterford
Thomas West
West
Superior Refuse Co
Corry
Cor
West Washington Street
The
Journal
French Creek
NYS Trucker Injured In Area Crash
A Buffalo truck driver Cyril J. McDermott aged 38 was treated at Union City Memorial Hospital for a severe head laceration after his 1967 truck veered from Route two miles south of Union City and struck a concrete abutment. Damages were $25. He was released after nine stitches.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Cyril J. McDermott
Union City Memorial Hospital
Union City
Terence Haskins
Corry
McDermott
Haskins
Former Corry teacher to receive Freedoms Foundation honor
F. Lowe Edwards of Columbus a retired Corry Area High School teacher will be honored as a regional awards recipient by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. The Distinguished National School Awards jury selected him for the award for the patriotic stage production Pageant of Truth Old Glory staged at Corry Area High School on Armistice Day 1967 and later at other schools to promote patriotism.
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Corry Area
F. Lowe Edwards
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Foundaion
Edwards
Columbus
Foundation
Corry Area High School
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