Airport Theft Ring Stole At Least 100 Million In Four Years
Witness Robert Cudak testified to a Senate subcommittee that his gang and a rival ring stole at least 100 million dollars in four years from airport mail, Railway Express and Air Freight. He said 125 mail robberies occurred nationwide, with top secret documents sometimes taken but not used and later destroyed.
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Washington
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Robert F. Cudakey
Cudak
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
John L. McClellan
McClellan
Medina Case Tied to Mail Theft and Looted Stocks
The testimony links a complex scheme involving Col. Wilson Freeman and officers to steal bags of mail from Ft Mo and to cash traveler checks. Lured by promises of large sums, Medina and associates allegedly routed the loot through Las Vegas, with plans to pressure a witness if needed. Investigators including Lt. Col. Wayne Williams are examining the My Lai era connections and Pentagon ties.
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Focldak
Wen
Connor
Louie Army
Ricchiuti
James Schaefer
Medina
jHe
Col
Wilson Freeman
Ft. Mo
TransWorld
Boston
Cudak
Charles Lacroix
Bonds
Charlie Company
Ft. Carson
Calo
Daniel
Schaefer
Caliey
John Calla
Bailey
Iday Ricchiuti
Las
Vegas
Lacroix
LOL
James Moplay
Wayne Williams
Pentagon My Lai
Rosemont officers arrest Cudak after mail theft sting
Demos Cudak testified that uniformed Rosemont police seized diamonds and cash from a motel room after he and Ricchiuti allegedly stole several bags of registered mail valued at more than $2 million at O'Hare airport on November 23, 1968. He spoke during questioning by Senator Charles H. Percy.
Senate debate on POW release and Nixon policy
Senators weighed amending funding to free all prisoners of war in exchange for a deadline, arguing over ceasefire prospects and impacts on Nixon Indochina policy. The discussion included defense testimony about My Lai witnesses and prosecutions, and how selection and timing affected trials.
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Terrorist Sought In Assassination Kills Two Chilean Detectives
Chilean authorities reported a leftist terrorist attacked the FBI style headquarters in Santiago, killing two detectives and injuring another before blowing himself up. Interior Minister Jose Toha identified the suspect as Heriberto Salazar, linked to the Vanguard of the People. Police pursued other VOP members tied to the Perez Zujovic slaying as panic spread across the capital.
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Santiago
Chile
U.S
FBI
Salazar
Jose ‘Toha
Heriberto Salazar
Ultraleft
Vanguard of the People
VOP
Edmundo Perez Zujovic
Perez Zujovic
Christian Democratic
Salvador Allende
Ronald Rivera Calderon
Arturo
Allende
VOC
Christian Democrats
House For Deputies
Ling
Plainclothes
Brazil and U S Shrimp Trawlers Clash Over 200 Mile Limit
In Tampa, Brazilian sailors fired on seven U S shrimp trawlers claiming a 200 mile exclusive zone. Skippers reported gunboat proximity and aircraft overhead as crews withdrew to open sea. Brazil has asserted a 200 mile limit, while the United States maintains 12 miles.
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Tampa
Fla
Brazil
Jseven
Donald Sahlaman
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Washington
U.S. State Department
Sahlaman
Belam
Navy
Rio de Janeiro
U.S
United
Districting plans debated under Supreme Court rulings
Del James M. Thomson and other lawmakers discussed districting plans in Virginia, noting possible changes could be made by the General Assembly rather than the court. The plan aimed to keep districts within five percent of 46 485 per delegate by redrawing jurisdictional lines and reallocating population to address under representation in Northern Virginia and surrounding areas.
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Lemon
Thomson
Fairfax
Norfolk
Chesapeake
Virginia Beach
Robert K. Merhige Jr
War Coverage and Civilian Impact Reflected in Tet Era Notes
Disjointed wartime items recount blood losses and wounded from parades shelled in earlier years, debates on district boundaries in Virginia Fairfax County, helicopter losses tally reaching 4501 in US forces, and ongoing saturation raids around Khe Sanh as Supreme Court cases influence legal arguments.
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Fairfax
Clive
Duvalli
pSd
U.S
Khe Sanh
Supreme Court
Indiana
New Attorney Declares Corona Innocent At Hearing
In Yuba City California Juan V Corona 37 sat silent at the opening of his preliminary hearing on ten murder charges. His new attorney Richard Hawk hired by the Corona family asked to continue the hearing to July 13 to prepare the defense. Judge Hawkins will decide if there is enough evidence to bind Corona over for Superior Court while Corona remains jailed without bail. Corona faces charges for the 10 men found murdered in orchards north of Yuba City.
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William R. Peers
My Lai
Bailey
Hutton
Medina
Hutto
Willam Eckhardt
Starkville
Miss
Boston
Calley
Cailey
Yuba City
Calif
Juan V. Corona
Daye Teja
Teja
Corona
Hawk
Roy van den Heuvel
Justice Court
J.J. Hawkins
Superior Court Iiel
Geneva
Mexico
Dhawn Anne
California
Hawkins
Gloria
Candida Corona
Concord
Juan
Grand Jury
War hero Lemon honored at White House private medal ceremony
Hero Lemon and his family attended a private East Room medal presentation at the White House. A Tawas Area High School classmate recalled him as an upbeat, shoe-less individualist. Jonathan Schirmer praised his guts as a skier. Lemon, a factory worker before enlisting in 1969, later earned a battlefield citation for leading a counterattack at Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border, where he was wounded but killed the last attacker in hand to hand combat.
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White House
Tawas Area High School
Lemon
Jonathan Schirmer
Central Michigan University
Saginaw
East Tawas
Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Federal Reserve Chairman Proposes Government Loan Guarantee Board
Federal Reserve Chairman proposes a loan guarantee board to back private bank loans up to 2 billion dollars for ailing firms, with Lockheed likely eligible. Burns testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Nixon's request for 250 million in federal guarantees to aid Lockheed. He supported a protective umbrella but saw no current reason to oppose the aid.
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Washington
Loan-Guarantee Board
Futral Reserve Board
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burns
Senate Banking Committee
Nixon
Lockheed
William Proxmire
Dwis
Treasury
John B. Connally
Loan Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Supreme Court likely after Times editorial stand
The New York Times and its editorial board faced a government suit over a Vietnam study series. Sulzberger supported publishing again if given the chance, while Clifford keeps a secret Pentagon copy in his law firm vault unread. The Fed and Congress weigh renewed economic boosts and possible Lockheed guarantees amid broader recovery concerns.
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Washington, D.C
Seattle
Tonkin Gulf
Defense Department
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
the Times
London
Kennedy
Sulzberger
Times
The
Supreme Court
Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Clifford
New York Times
New York
Justice Department
FBI
John Things
M. Mitchell
Ments
Lyndon
B. Johnson
Leslie to testify before grand jury as material witness
Leslie will appear before a federal grand jury as a material witness in the Capitol bombing case after previously testifying seven times. Charged in the New York bank fire bombing, she refused to answer questions, received limited immunity, and was jailed on May 15 for contempt after again defying questions.
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New York
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Robert E. Miller
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