Baker Trial Hangs In Balance Over Bugging Charges
Washington AP reports the Bobby Baker trial proceeds amid defense claims of unlawful bugging by a government agent. Prosecutors contend the electronic recording relates to a separate conspiracy involving Clifford Jones. Witnesses detail Baker’s cash payments to associates and loans during the Carousel Motel era, with indictments including income tax evasion allegations.
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Bobby Baker
Washington (Ap
Wayne L. Brome
Washington
Baker
Bennett Williams
Beverly Wilshire
Los Angeles
Coun
William C. Bittman
Senate
U.S
Oliver Gasch
Capitol
Gertrude C. Taylor
Ocean City
Carole Tyler
Miss Tyler
Bittman
Bromley
Clifford Jones
Nevada
Jones
Williams
Ernest C. Tucker
Snow Strands Hundreds of Travelers in Fresnillo Route
Several hundred travelers were stranded in Fresnillo about 430 miles north of Mexico City on the highway to El Paso. Miss Stromberg of Cuernavaca, traveling to Sacramento, said most stranded were Mexicans huddled in unheated bus stations with closed roads. There were no hotel rooms, heat, or tortillas.
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Lego
Mexico City
Fresnillo
el Paso
Tex
Miss Stromberg
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Sacramento
M. Y. Doctors Call Off Strike Plans
About 1,700 doctors who threatened to strike Harlem Hospital and New York City's public health clinics canceled the walkout after Dr. Morris Eisenstein was restored to duty. The plan was dropped when no strings were attached to his return and charges against hospital administration were not retracted.
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New York
Harlem Hospital
Morris Eisenstein
Eisenstein
Seymour Thaler
Heart transplant cooling study hints at four hour viability
Dr Cleveland reports experiments suggesting a cadaver heart cooled to five degrees Celsius can protect for four hours and support the new host immediately after transplant. Rejection remains a major hurdle, with dogs surviving four days post transplant without drugs. Researchers pursue new anti rejection drugs and methods to preserve the heart without oxygen or circulation.
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Cleveland
11 Congress Members To Receive Extra Retirement Pay
Eleven members of the 89th Congress will get up to $1,000 yearly in additional federal retirement income due to resignations before December 30. The group includes ten House members and Sen. A Willis Robertson, with resignations driven by early retirement incentives and a cost of living allowance.
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89Th Congress
Washington
House
Congressional Record
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Willliam B. Spong Jr
Senate
J Catne
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
Ralph J. Rivers
Alaska
Cooley
Zeake W. Johnson Jr
Congress
R-Ind
Paul B. Dague
Rpa
Clark W. Thompson
D'Tex
John C. Kunkel
R-Pa
Leon W. O’brien
D-N_Y
French Balloon Found In North Carolina After World Drift
A huge 80 foot diameter balloon released by France’s space agency was found five days after launch on a Burlington area farm near Greensboro North Carolina. The parachute and instrument box remained intact and were taken to Ft. Bragg for return to France.
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Ft, Bragg
N.C
French
National Space Research Organization
France
North Carolina
Ft. Bragg
Burlington
Greensboro
Washington
French National Space Research Organization
Landes
Bernard Bellot
Mongolia
Tom Heinsheimer
Heinsheimer
Archie Murray
Aileen Crouse
Norman Lennin
Murray
Lennin
Humphrey Speaks On Vietnam and Domestic Agenda
Vice President Humphrey outlines resolve to pursue both Vietnam and home front programs. He cites 89th Congress actions as essential, notes deficits are manageable and stresses steady progress with bipartisan support, while promising careful tailoring of initiatives to avoid swift overruns.
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Inietnam
Vietnam
89Th Congress
Humphrey
Johnson
Business leaders split on proposed federal tax hike
Bary Lytton of Lytton Financial Corp. says a 6 percent surcharge could lightly dampen the economy. In New York the National Retail Merchants Association opposes any tax rise unless needed for defense and dollar integrity. ALCOA’s Hanley criticizes plans as drawing funds from corporate treasuries while Inland Steel’s Block urges deficits reduction and defense spending cuts.
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Bary Lytton
Los Angeles
Lytton Financial Corp
New York
Nationa, Retail Merchants Association
E. J. Hanley
al’ Legheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Patszecek
Chicago
Joseph L. Block
Inland Steel Co
Textile industry cited as key in Carolinas survey
The EEOC hearing in Charlotte focuses on textile industry employment trends, minority opportunities, and the labor market in the Carolinas. Officials note 22.3 percent black population in North Carolina and 20.5 percent in South Carolina, with only 84 percent of textile workers being Negro. Reports from 406 Southern textile plants show figures for 1954 and 1965.
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Carolinas
Shulman
EEOC
North Carolina
Charlotte
South Carolina
Lobster War Ends In Fatal Exchange Off Cuba
Three boatloads of U S lobstermen battled at sea over Cay Sal Bank for an hour. A crewman was killed and Captain Branthoover injured as rifles roared, Coast Guard ships and planes harried the area. FBI agents head to Marathon as authorities weigh high seas jurisdiction. The $12 million Florida lobster trade faces threat from cheapies with illegal traps.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Coast] Guard
Florida
Cay Sal
William Brant
Thoover
Branthoover
Coast Guard
The
Ernie Houston
Billy J
Bran‘thoover
Vernon Austin
Marathon
Halfmoon
FBI
Vietnam Forces Engage on Multiple Fronts in Vietnam Cedar Falls
Reports detail five engagements with Viet Cong losses of 172 killed and 26 captured, plus nine U.S. Marines dead and two wounded after air and ground actions. Cedar Falls aims to clear Iron Triangle and relocate villagers aiding the Viet Cong while destroying tunnels and bunkers. Monsoon weather limited air war as B52s bombed Viet Cong camps and base areas near Saigon and in the Mekong Delta.
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U.S
South China Sea
Chu Lai
Saigon
Guam
Iron Triangle
Cedar Falls
Mekong River Delta
Delta
Thanh Phu
Phu Cuong
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Ben Suc
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Ben Sue
Retired Duke Power Board Leader Dies
William Smith O'Brien Robinson Jr., longtime Duke Power chairman, died after a two week illness at 81. He led Duke Power as board chair from 1957, began with the company in 1927, retired in 1966, and held roles including director and general counsel. Survivors include his wife Ella, a son and two daughters. funeral at Covenant Presbyterian Church.
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Goldsboro
W. 8. O.B. Robinson
University of North Carolina
UNC
Columbia University
Duke Power
Robinson
Duke Endowment
American, North Carolina and
Mecklenburg Bar Associations
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
Elizabeth E. Bridgers
Wilmington
Ella Hargrove Sullivan
W.S. O'B. Robinson Jr
Charlotte
W. B. McGuire Jr
Polly Robinson Odell
Covennant Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Medics Recount Harsh Frontline Duty and Bravery
The passage recalls medics crawling through mud under heavy fire to tend the wounded during a battle. Rouseau moved through danger to aid casualties despite being shot in the back, while Brown stayed with a severely wounded soldier. Lt Keefe and Tomlinson recount the risks and personal resolve of medics and infantry.
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Page Qne
Rouseau
Brown
David A. Keefe
Washington
Keefe
Tomlinson
Tax and Fed policy entwined in state of the union
Capitol Hill noted the State of the Union proposal for a tax hike followed by a call for Fed cooperation to curb inflation and ease money. Rep Hale Boggs of Louisiana argued any tax increase would require the Fed to make money more readily available and lower interest rates.
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Federal Reserve
Fed
Capitol Hill
State of the Union
Federal Reserve System
Hale Boges
Louisiana
House
Democratic
Ways and Means
China Faces Backlash Over Mao Purge Strikes
Editorial accuses Liu Shao chi backers of inciting mass walkouts to seize factories and cripple production. Reports say railway workers and oil field staff joined the purge opposition, halting oil output at Taching field and stalling transport across Canton Foochow Shanghai Hangchow Wuhan Nanking Pek ing and Mukden amid widespread strikes and sabotage.
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Liu Shaochi
Mao
Liu
Hocking
Peking
Chou
Lu Gheng-tsao
Taching
Red China
Official
New China News Agency
Canton
Foochow
Shanghai
Hangchow
Wuhan
China
Nanking
Pek
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