Suit filed against CONOCO over lease cancellation and losses
Harvey W. Webster, former Mobile service station operator, sues Continental Oil Co. of Delaware for 3 million dollars in triple damages under Sherman and Clayto acts. He claims CONOCO cancelled his lease in 1965 for not following price fixing and other policies, while listing alleged losses including investment, profits, stocks, and other damages.
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Ala
Continental Oil Co. of Delaware
Conoco
Harvey W. Webster
Webster
Conoco Te
Equal Voting Tops List For Earl Warren
In a Sacramento interview, retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren says the era's key rulings were about one man one vote, highlighting reapportionment over school desegregation. He cites equal representation as solving problems politically and defends obscenity and civil liberties rulings amid civil rights tensions.
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Earl Warren
Sacramento
Calif
Supreme Court
The
United States
Warren
Warren Court
People’s Court
Omaha seethes with fires looting after girl’s shooting
Night of arson and vandalism scars the Near North Side of Omaha as business districts burn and police clash with rioters. James Loder, a 30 year old officer, faces manslaughter charges over Vivian Strong’s death. 30 plus jailed as guards guard dangers. In Mobile a fisherman’s body is found after an assault on the canal. In Washington the Navy reports Lt. Charles S. Taylor death in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
James Loder
Hedy Lamarr
Lewis Roberts
Central
al Pattavina
Nebraska National Guard
Eugene Leahy
Norbert Tiemann
South Dakota
Vivian Strong
Loder
Mobile
Ala
Henry LaBertes Buxton
Star Fish and Oyster Co
Betty G
Buxton
Earl B. Wert
Monsanto plans third Alabama plant expansion in Marshall County
Monsanto confirms locating a third facility on 200 acres in Marshall County Alabama to bolster its Alabama presence. Gov. Brewer cites surplus labor as economic justification. The company, with 46 US plants, employs over 2,500 at its Decatur site and announced three Decatur expansions in 1968.
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Marshall County
Monsanto
Brewer
United States
Anniston
Decatur
Mitchell pushes five voting rights amendments
The subcommittee headed by Emanuel Celler considers a nationwide extension to 1974 for bans on literacy tests and residency rules while expanding federal voting oversight. Mitchell urges a broader approach arguing regional limits no longer fit. He supports a national voting advisory commission and new lawsuits to combat discriminatory laws.
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Mitchell
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Justice Department
National Voting Advisory Commission
Vicuna Coat Gift Sparks Recall in Eisenhower Era
A noted top aide nicknamed Vicuna Adams faced dismissal after a vicuna coat gift from an industrialist was disclosed. The tribute to Hill was set in Athens to honor the town famed as the first in Alabama to receive TVA power.
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Adams
Industralist
Athens
Hill
Alabama
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