RFK Demands Hoover Make FBI Wiretap Files Public
Senator Robert F Kennedy challenges FBI Director J Edgar Hoover to release his entire file on authorization of wiretapping during Kennedys tenure as attorney general. The dispute follows Hoover’s claim Kennedy knew of FBI eavesdropping and Kennedys rebuttal calling Hoover misinformed.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Kennedy
New York Democrat
Kennedy- Hoover
Hoover
Nicholas Katzenbach
New York
Emanuel Celler
D-N. Y
House Judiciary Committee
WNBC
Georgia Legislature Can Pick Governor, Court Says
The Supreme Court ruled that Georgia’s General Assembly may choose the state’s next governor between Howard Callaway and Lester Maddox after no candidate won a majority. Justice Black noted no constitutional provision dictates the method, reversing a lower court ruling and restoring the 142 year old mechanism. Maddox called the decision a victory for all Georgians.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Howard H. Callaway
Lester G. Maddox
Hugo L. Black
High Court
Atlanta
Callaway
Black
Georgia House
Maddox
Athens
Legislative Institute
Eisenhower Gall Bladder Removed. Condition Reported Good
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower underwent gall bladder removal at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Surgeons reported normal heart action during a 1 hour 45 minute operation and said the gall bladder showed signs of recurrent inflammation with gall stones present.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
John
Milton Eisenhower
Gen. Heaton
Johnson
Adm. Barkley
Hoffa Jury Tampering Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upholds 1964 Hoffa conviction for jury tampering. Justice Stewart says secret informers not inherently unconstitutional. Hoffa silent. Trial in Chattanooga, Tennessee, yielded an eight year prison term and a $10 000 fine. Partin linked to the case as a government informer. Chief Justice Warren dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Potter Stewart
Teamsters
Hoffa
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stewart
Learned Hand
ABC Boards To Delay Brown Bag Enforcement
Raleigh AP report says Director Ray Brady asked local boards to delay enforcing a State Supreme Court brown bag ban until an opinion on the decision’s effective date is issued. He seeks clarity on whether the ruling becomes effective upon certification to Mecklenburg Superior Court or after further action.
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Raleigh
Ray Brady
North Carolina
ABC Board
ABC
Supreme Court
Brady
Susie Sharp
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Mecklenburg Court
Black Sunday battle echoes through Hicks story
Pfc. Eugene Hicks of Chicago describes the intense three mile fight three miles north of a Special Forces camp in War Zone C. His platoon from C Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Regiment, faced at least a Viet Cong company. The battle lasted about 12 minutes with 26 Viet Cong dead and 487 rounds fired. Hicks favored his firing under pressure and saved many wounded as helicopters lifted out the dead and injured.
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Peter Arnett
Sucida
South Vietnam
Pfc
Eugene Hicks
C Company
1St Battalion
16Th Regiment
Hicks
Vietnam
Alfred J. Carter Jr
Scranton
Rufus C. Lazzel
Springfield
U.S
Luther L. French
Monroe
Rogers
Christopher J. Needels
Accomac
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Sk Wil
Rfk
Celler
H. R. Gross
General Assembly
GOP
Carl E. Sanders
By Frank Carey
Leonard D. Heaton
Edward Grady Partin
Baton Rouge
Joseph A. Fanelli
Partin
Nash
Bernard W. Rogers
Lawrence
Kan
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