Pressure Builds Around Newark Mayor In Federal Probe
Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio faced court pressure as U S Attorney General John Mitchell signaled massive indictments of public officials. He was urged to answer prosecutors questions before a federal grand jury in the investigation.
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Newark N.J
John Mitchell
Hugh J. Addonizio
Newark
Anthony
Tony Boy” Boiardo
Cosa Nostra
Boiardo
Shaw
Addonizio
Essex County Grand Jury
King Whitfield King Jr named region director for Monsanto
J Whitfield King Jr is appointed director of governmental and civic affairs for Monsanto's new southwest region based in Decatur working with Florida Louisiana Texas and Colorado. Judge James H Crow Jr remains director for the southeast region. King joined Monsanto 14 years ago as assistant personnel supervisor.
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J. Whitfield King Jr
Monsanto Company
Southwest
Sam Pickard
Monsanto
King
Decatur
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado
James H. Crow, Jr
Southeast
Pickard
Senate Vote Expected On Far-Reaching Tax Measure
The Senate defeated a bid to strip the tax reform bill of costly provisions and moved toward a final vote. President Nixon objected to the package and convened lawmakers for a last-minute briefing as Senate leaders anticipated conference with the House.
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Senate
Washington
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Russell B. Long
D-La
R-Del
White House
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Conference Committee
Battlefield Casualties Rise Amid Vietnam War Toll
Battlefield casualties climbed on all sides with 100 Americans killed in action, 592 wounded, and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths totaling 2,469. Two U.S. helicopter crewmen Michael T. Peterson and Vernon C. Shepard were released after five weeks in captivity near the Cambodian border. both in good condition.
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Saigon
U.S
Michael T. Peterson
Redmond
Wash
Vernon C. Shepard
Akron
Ohio
Vietnam
Peterson
Shepard
Duc Lap
Paris talks hit by boycott from Hanoi delegate
Xuan Thuy, Hanoi's chief delegate, boycotted the Paris peace talks in protest of a North Vietnamese spokesman's charge that the U S was downgrading negotiations. Inquest into Miss Mary Jo Kopechne to begin Jan. 5 after long delay. Tampa authorities refuse to rent stadium for Cassius Clay vs Joe Frazier, risking fight cancellation without alternative Tampa sites.
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Paris
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
U.S
Edgetown, Mass
James A. Boyle
Mary Jo Kopechne
Tampa
Athens Man Charged In Stabbing Death
A 34 year old Athens cement finisher James Tex Johnson surrendered after being charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of 23 year old Jackie Ray Stanford in Hartselle. Johnson allegedly stabbed Stanford after a fight at Chigs Lounge area near a service station. Funeral services for Stanford were set at Hartselle Church of God at 2 p.m. with burial in Hartselle Memory Gardens. Surviving family members include the widow Judy Stanford and several siblings. Johnson posted a $5 000 bond.
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Athens
Hartselle
Madison County
James
Tex) Johnson
Jackie Ray Stanford
Johnson
Stanford
Chig
Alvin Stanford
Jerry Stanford
Shreveport
Dewey Stanford
Alexandria
Brewer Returns For Cafetorium Dedication at Calhoun JC
Gov Albert Brewer visits Decatur to dedicate a $300000 cafetorium at Calhoun Junior College Technical School in honor of F C Smith. Sen Bob Harris to introduce him as Brewer and Mrs Brewer attend after voting in the constitutional amendment election. The facility opened Jan 5, 1968 and serves students faculty and events.
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Albert Brewer
Decatur
Calhoun Junior College Technical School
Brewer
F C. Smith
Bob Harris
Smith
Junior College and Technical School
Cullman Man Wreck Victim
A Cullman man, Robert B. West 22, was killed when a two car collision near Waldermose Springs claimed his life. Patricia A. Coyle 22, his fiancee and a student at St. Bernard College, was injured along with Earl P. Legg 53. Two other Alabama residents died in separate crashes, Dick Nayman 59 and Earl M. Lollar 40. West’s body to be sent to Hugh Meehan Funeral Home in Newark.
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West
Patricia Coyle
St. Bernard College
Waldermose Springs
Robert B. West
Patricia A. Coyle
Cullman College
Spring Lake
N. J
Miss Coyle
Elizabeth
Earl P. Legg
Hartselle
Legg
Miss Loyle
Hugh Meehan
Newark
William Davis
Elkmont
Veto Rd
Lewis Drake
Nashville, Tenn
Dick Nayman
New Market
Huntsville
Madison
Earl M. Lollar
Jasper
Scottsboro
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Fla
Mitchell
Internal Revenue
New Jersey
U.S. Creck D-1
Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
Downtown
Lyndon Johnson
R. P. Sorrells
Cullman
Bob Bates
Jackie Wayne Warner
Willie
Sutton
Attica State
New York
Sing Sing
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