Journalistic Endeavor Proves Sniper Could Have Killed In Newport News
In Newport News the Daily Press staged an undercover test using Bryant Pittman and Bart Bryant to measure sniper risk from a hotel roof. Police and hospital officials backed the study noting it exposed firearms dangers yet questioned gun control efficacy.
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Newport News
Bryan T. Pittman
Newport News Daily Press
Hotel Warwick
Charles Whitman
Austin
Tex
Bill Bryant
Bart Pittman
John Crisp
Newport News Police Department
Daily Press
Whitman
University of Texas
Smith and Wesson
Lower Peninsula
Hampton
Bryant
Pittman
Crisp
Marine Corps
Thailand’s Mu Mon Village faces dire living conditions
In Mu Mon Village Thailand 178 families lack electricity and have a single water well highlighting rural poverty amid a national boom. The article notes a road boost, monthly doctor visits and malaria spraying while promising electricity and more wells within three years as Thailand pursues deficit financing to fund rural development under Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn. U.S. aid surpassed 1 billion since 1950 aiding growth with GNP rising around 7 percent annually and agricultural output up 4.5 percent.
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Conrad Fine
MU Mon
Thailand
Thiland
Thanom Kittikachorn
Bangkok
U.S
Mu Moun
Khalop Phan
Kittkinchorn
Asia
Kittikachorn
Swiss Banker Fined 25000 For Failure To Appear
New York AP reports Swiss banker Walter Germann 57 of Basel was fined 25000 after missing a federal grand jury in a probe of U S deposits in foreign banks. He could face daily penalties and civil action to seize American holdings as the government investigates use of foreign accounts to dodge taxes. germann controls an international holding firm with interests in Switzerland Panama France Monaco St Kitts and Curacao. judge croak had excused him last May 10 to return home for answers but he did not return. assistant US attorney Leval said civil action to attach germann's U S holdings will follow.
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New York
U.S
Walter Germann
Basel
Switzerland
Germann
Panama
France
Monaco
St. Kitts
Curacao
Thomas F.,croak
Ee Asst
Pierre N
Leval
Youth Charged In Death Case
A 16 year old boy Allen Ray Teague of Longview is charged with murder in the shotgun slaying of his father Ray Lindburg Teague at their home around 2 am. The father, 38, was shot in the chest as he entered. Survivors include the widow and seven children. No hearing date has been set.
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Hickory
N.C
Allen Ray Teague
Longview
John J.hicks
Hicks
Ray Lindburg Teague
Senate Gives Regulators New Powers Over Banks and S&Ls
The Senate approved a bill to let federal agencies act against unsafe banking and thrift practices with cease and desist orders and possible suspensions or removals of officials. The measure, backed by Treasury and federal bank agencies, moves to avoid total bank closings and is sent to the House for consideration.
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Washington
Senate
House
John L. McClellan
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Banking Committee
Byrd Reappoints Richmond to Chair Industrial Board
Gov. Gode win reappointed Saturday Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. to lead and serve on the State Advisory Board on Industrial Development. The move names Byrd as chair and confirms his continued role in guiding industrial policy in Virginia.
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Byrd
Richmond
Godewin
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
State Advisory Board On Industrial Development
Rusk Says He Will Quit When Money Runs Out
Dean Rusk told Look magazine that he will quit as secretary of state once his savings are exhausted. He noted he lives on his salary of 25,000 dollars a year and has no other funds. He cited supporting his children’s college plans and recalled regret over a Cuban missile crisis remark being publicized.
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Rusk
New York
Dean Rusk
Look’ Magazine
Rockefeller Foundation
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