FBI chief Hoover praises 1970 gains and warns on rising crime
Director Hoover reported a strong FBI year with record fugitives and $422 million in returns on appropriations. He cited 468 organized crime convictions, 32,000 fugitives tracked, and a rise in new left violence while noting racial tensions declined mildly in schools. He urged forward-looking enforcement to meet ongoing challenges.
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FBI
Miss Davis
Lst
New York
President Nixon Faces Concern Over Vietnam Plans
Political confusion arises as President Nixon expresses worry while describing unsettling disclosures and movement from a helicopter pad to a home in San Clemente. The episode signals strain in handling key policy directions during a tense period.
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Mra
Bank Fund Ties Influence to Congress in Late Election Drive
A Senate Banking Committee member Muskie received 2500 in campaign help amid a broader bank fund distribution linked to a regulatory bill. The fund reported 200000 raised nationwide, 119688 unused after expenses, and six House Banking Committee members among the 26 recipients.
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Senate Banking Committee
Bank Fund
Muskle
Bank’ Fund
A M . B._ Brock
R-Tenn
Albert
House Rules Committee
House
Bobby Baker to Begin Three Year Prison Term
Former Senate aide Bobby Baker, linked to Lyndon B. Johnson, will start a three year prison sentence at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania after a 2987 jury conviction for theft fraud and income tax evasion. The Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal.
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Robert G. Bobby" Baker
Senate
Lyndon B. Samson
Lewisburg
Baker
Washington
Army spying suit dismissed by federal judge
In Chicago a suit by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to rule Army surveillance unconstitutional was dismissed by Judge Richard G. Austin. He said the government may use facilities to prepare for emergencies amid civil disturbances and criticized the Army's methods as bureaucratic boondoggling. The ACLU had sought destruction of files held by the 113th Military Intelligence Group in Evanston.
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Chicago
Richard G. Austin
U.S. District Court
Austin
Army
The
American Civil Liberties Union
113Th Military Intelligence Group
Subur
Ban Evanston
Lockheed rejects fixed loss plan to continue OSA production
Lockheed Aircraft Corp rejects the Defense Department’s fixed loss proposal of 200 million dollars to continue the OSA transport production for the Air Force. Chairman Daniel J. Haughton says negotiation or court action could yield a better deal, while defense officials insist funds be released to avoid stoppage after February.
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App
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Defense Department
Air Force
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed Board
Serge Gested
Pentagon
Fess
Defense
David Packard
CSA
Thirteen Addicts Plead for Aid to Reopen Rehab Program
In Sacramento thirteen heroin users from Stockton area traveled ten miles to seek restoration of a local walk in rehabilitation program that kept addicts off narcotics. They faced delays as a state senator’s office promised no immediate reprieve and San Joaquin County’s program set to start January 21.
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Sacramento
State Capitol
Bill Anders
Stockton
Stockton State Hospital
San Joaquin County
House Crime Committee Backs Ban On Opium Imports
The House Crime Committee proposed banning legal imports of opium and morphine to curb heroin addiction. It cited synthetic substitutes and international control benefits, noting heroin derives from opium and morphine from poppy seeds. The move aims to strengthen negotiators pressuring opium producing countries to curb production.
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Washington
UPI
House Crime Committee
United States
Tentative juror chosen in third My Lai GI trial
Fourth juror tentatively accepted to hear the court martial of Sgt. Charles E. Hutto the third GI to face trial in the My Lai massacre case. Prospective jurors include Lt Col Donald M Laffoon and Lt Col Robert H Diane plus Maj Ficklin. Four officers were dropped from charges for insufficient evidence and Hutto faces up to 20 years if convicted.
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UPH
Charles E. Hutto
Mytah
Cay
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Nashville
Tenn
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My Lai
William L. Calley
David C. Gavin
Stafford Springs
Miss
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Greenville
Teen
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Omaha
Neb
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C. Hutto
Tallulah
My Lei
Hutto
Donald M. Laffoon
Highland
Ind
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Laffoon
Robert IL
Diane
Maj Ficklin
Diane Iit
Nationali Yvietnamese
U S Army Reports 45 Percent of GIs Use Drugs in Vietnam
Saigon AP report says the U S Command estimates as many as 45 percent of American soldiers in Vietnam have used marijuana or hard drugs. A sweeping campaign to destroy marijuana and rehabilitate users includes armed searches, stricter baggage controls, more drug dogs, and amnesty for self‑reporting users sent to military hospitals to return to duty.
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Saigon
Marijjuana
Vietnam
Argo
Nixon plan seen shifting burden in Asia to aid
Ex aides warn that Nixon proposed dollars for flood policy could replace U.S. troops with aid. Two ex Johnson officials testified to a House Senate panel reviewing a $4 billion year arms program to allies in Asia. Hoopes and Katzenbach cautioned against expanding U.S. role, fearing greater involvement and risk to prestige.
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UPI
U.S
Asia
Nicholas Deb
Katzenbach
Nixon
Far East
House-Senate Economy In Government
Reds say U S not pulling out of Vietnam
Saigon monitored broadcast quotes Hanoi denouncing Nixon as deceitful and bellicose as the United States allegedly sinks deeper into the Vietnam War, while claiming no withdrawal is imminent. The Red broadcast cited Nixon’s interview with four TV network correspondents and accused him of false promises toward peace.
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Hanoi
Hadio
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
Mrs Ky Seeks Free 3600 Acres in Central Vietnam Land Dispute
Saigon UPI reports the wife of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky seeks 3600 acres of prime central Vietnam farmland free of charge. Ethnic group minister Paul Nur says the prime minister will decide. Montagnard villagers near Tu Tra oppose the claim as land reverts from Communist hands and pacification progresses.
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UPN
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
Paul Nur
Tran Thien Khiem
Tu Tra
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