Supreme Court Justice Douglas claims Johnson phone tapped
In a dissent, Justice William O Douglas alleged that President Johnson’s phone and the Supreme Court conference room were bugged. He offered no proof, citing morality and common surveillance, while the bail appeal of Margaret Anne Heutsche faced denial by Justice Rehnquist amid claims of illegal electronic surveillance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Lyndon &. Johnson
White House
Douglas
District of Columbia
Johnson
Margaret Anne Heutsche
Chicago
Evanston
Til
William H. Rehnquist
Blaze Destroys Huge UC-Area Barn
Fire departments from six volunteer companies battled a hay filled barn fire near Union City in the afternoon. Estimated damage reached 150000 with the cattle saved but the barn lost. Fire Chief Kenneth Hanlin cited high winds and a possible short circuit in the silo grain elevator as factors. The owner was Robert N. Shreve. Fire crews remained at the scene into the night. This followed another 150000 barn fire earlier in the week at William Spires barn.
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Union City
Kenneth Hanlin
Robert N. Shreve
R.D. 3
Mill Village
Bloomfield
Wattsburg
Waterford
Elgin-Beaverdam
Hanlin
Silo
William Spires
Kearsarge
Police Check Three Crashes Lost Cycle Weekend
City police probed three weekend crashes, none serious, and are tracing an abandoned motorcycle found in Mead Park. At 6 30 p m Saturday a two car rear end crash on West Columbus Avenue involved Clyde Volk and Harold Fox with brake failure cited in Fox vehicle. Damages totaled 700. A late Saturday hit and run damaged a parked car on West Washington owned by Theodore Cooper and wife.
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Mead Park
West Colmbus Avenue
Clyde C. Volk
HD. 1
Clymer
West Columbus Avenue
White Street
Harold R. Fox
Ridge Street
Fox
Volk
West Washington
Mead Avenue
Theodore A. Cooper
R.D. 2
Corry
Fire devastates Chelswa suburb leaving 1100 homeless
A wind driven blaze swept 20 blocks of wooden tenements in Chelswa Mass destroying about half the 20 block area. An estimated 1100 residents mostly Spanish speaking Blacks and elderly Jews lost homes. Four firefighters were hospitalized, but no deaths were reported. National Guard units cordoned off the burned district as evacuations continued and a temporary dormitory was set up for evacuees. Fire officials called the blaze epic and noted winds intensified spreading the flames.
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Chelswa
Mass
Boston
National
Henry Wogeiechowski
Boston Harbor
Herbert C. Fothergill
Bombings in Reading Kill One Suspects Sought by Police
Police search for two white bushy haired men linked to weekend bombings in Reading. Two small bombs left on car hoods in a black and Puerto Rican neighborhood killed one and wounded two. A third device was found and dismantled near a playground. Dozens of false alarms followed, with investigations continuing.
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Reading
Pennsylvania
Sterling K. Lee
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hydetown Lights Doused When Auto Knocks Out Pole
Hydetown north of Titusville lost power for about an hour and a half after a car ran off the road and ripped out a pole carrying power and phone lines. Three crashes were investigated. one total car damage $600, pole $500, stop sign and guard rails $75, and two minor incidents with damage totals of $25 and $1,800.
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Hydetown
Titusville
Corry
Robert L. Bennett
Oil City
Titusville Hospital
Bennett
Norma G. Frey
RO. 3
Pranklin
Route 8
Union City
Robert A. DeAngelo
Erie
Judy Pressler
James Pastewka
North-East
Dengeo
Pressler
Pastewka
DeAngelo Auto
Presster
Egypt Attacks Israeli Position as War Intensifies
Egyptian commandos reportedly landed behind Israeli lines in the Sinai to storm a position amid heavy hand to hand fighting as tanks shifted new lines. Cairo, asserting gains along the front, cited a seven hour battle while Tel Aviv kept silent on the raid. The Egyptian version claims 150 to 200 Israeli tanks and 15 to 29 warplanes lost, with Cairo saying gains were made all along the line. Syrian front battles also raged as Damascus reported heavy clashes near the capital, while Israel said its naval patrol boats sank 14 armed fishing boats at Ras Gharib. The night was otherwise quiet on both fronts.
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Sinai
Cairo
Israel
Tel Aviv
Israehs
Damascus
Ras Gharib
Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Gulf O Suez
Sinai Desert
Sasa
Syria
Nile Delta
al Ahram
Agnew Farewell Address Tonight Seeks Lessons From Fall
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew prepares a televised farewell speech in which he is expected to present his own defense and outline lessons learned. He was fined ten thousand dollars and given three years probation after pleading no contest to income tax evasion. Meanwhile burglars hit a Texaco station near Mill Village but fled without taking any loot as police arrived.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
NBC
CBS
Agnew
Texaco
Route 6
Mill Village
Corry
Laurel Shaffstall
Carl Wolfrom
U.S
Baltimore
Justice Department
Robert Strauss
Los Angeles
Bar Association of
Maryland
Israel- Egypt clash widens as tanks, planes clash in Sinai
Tel Aviv reports repelled a large Egyptian tank assault in the Sinai with heavy losses claimed for Egypt including hundreds of tanks and dozens of aircraft. Egypt’s Al Ahram says the battle resumed. Beirut reports Israeli jets strike Latakia and Tartus as ground fighting continues near Damascus. Dayan vows persistence in televised address.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Latakia
Tartus
Damascus
Israel
Syria
Nixon Faces Court Over Tapes in Watergate Case
Washington AP reports that President Nixon seeks court backing to keep Watergate tapes from a federal grand jury. The appeals court majority rejected claims of presidential immunity, saying the Constitution offers no special immunity and the executive branch has no blanket exemption.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
U.S. Court of Appeals
Earl Warren
Appeals Court
Fives
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