Senate closes Baker probe amid campaign echoes
The Senate Rules Committee filed a majority report finding Bobby Baker guilty of gross improprieties but left prosecution to the Justice Department. Republicans faulted the process for not calling more witnesses and claimed the full story remains undisclosed. Baker, who resigned last October, invoked the Fifth Amendment when called to testify.
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Baker
White House
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Jenkins
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Johnson
GOP
Bobby Baker
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Morticians Under Fire by Pastor
New York clergyman Rev. Howard A. Johnson condemned some morticians as ghoulish while telling a Senate investigation that the living bear responsibility. He blamed collective ignorance and sentimentality for hush efforts about death and noted rising costs in funeral services as caskets price climbs. Senator Hart released a chart showing cost increases for identical services.
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New York
Howard A. Johnson
St. John the Divine
Protestant Episcopal
Senate
America
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Explosions Spur Safety Demands Across States
Explosions injure two people in McComb Mississippi and Columbia Tennessee as civil rights tensions rise. Police send an explosives expert to McComb, while a wave of protests and school integration moves unfold in Chattanooga and Danville. Federal action and local demands for youth protection accompany the unrest.
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Johnson
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Edmund G. Brown
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Genifornia
Nooga
Danville
Memorial Hospital
San Francisco
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Barry Goldywater
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Columbia, Tenn
Fresno TV figure plans Bass Lake Airport expansion
Madera County officials hear Jimmy Weldon and Don Trower outline plans to enlarge Bass Lake Airport into a low altitude flying resort. The project aims to extend the 1900 to 3000 foot runway, add a motel and pilots catering services, and attract air travelers in the Bear Lake and Lake Tahoes area while noting Selma arrests during a related registration drive.
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Fresno
Bass Lake
Jimmy Weldon
Don ‘Trower
Selma
Ala
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Lake
Netude
Bear Lake
Lake Tahoeswater
Forest Chief Dies On Duty On Angeles Nation Forest
Jarvi supervisor of the Angeles National Forest was found dead on a mountain slope from a likely heart attack while checking forest facilities. Born in Astoria Oregon he began as a district ranger and became Angeles supervisor in 1959 after 25 years in the forest service. His death was reported by sheriff's deputies and his wife Maury had said he was missing the prior night.
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Angeles National Forest
Mount Waterman
Maury
Astoria
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Forest Service
San Francisco
San Bernardino National Forest
Oregon
Los Angeles
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