Mob hoodlums take over few banks amid grand jury probes
Federal grand juries probe Cosa Nostra involvement in a handful of banks, mainly in the East and Midwest. Front men run the banks and racketeers grant unsecured loans to cronies, turning chartered institutions into conduits for hot money while evading traditional banking safeguards. Authorities say several bank failures are not necessarily linked to mob activity.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
Ane Sdhane
Cosa Nostra
Sanu An
Associated Press
East
Midwest
Military Warehouse Explosion Shocks Saigon
A Saigon military warehouse storing oxygen tanks exploded sending a smoke plume over the city. Firefighters mobilized to prevent fires in adjacent oxygen sheds at a major Vietnamese military compound. A separate incident involved a U.S. Hawk battery test at Da Nang after a plane missed a flight plan. President Johnson ordered troops to Da Nang following Pleiku losses.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Here
Viet Nam
Johnson
Okinawa
Pleiku
Climate chilly as U S stays silent on Viet Nam talks
The Johnson administration offered no official comment on negotiated Viet Nam peace talks. Officials stressed no surrender terms and urged North Viet Nam and China to halt guerrilla attacks. Senate leader Dirksen urged stronger retaliation, while Wilson pursued peaceful settlement talks with the Viet Nam government. Britain and Russia discussed cultural ties as diplomacy continued.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
China
South Viet Nam
United
South
Dean Rusk
Day
Chicago
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
U.S
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Britain
George Thomson
Moscow
White House
Bahadur Shastri
Malaysian Leftists In Riots
Riot police and soldiers with helicopter support clashed with leftist demonstrators in downtown Kuala Lumpur. About 200 youths marched on the U S Information Service nearby as tear gas and curfews cleared streets after several hours of unrest.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
U.S. Information Service
Deset Radio
U.S
Johnson
Viet Nam
Ries
Roe
San Francisco
John Burton
D-San
First National Bank of Boston
Protests Against Air Strikes In North Viet Nam Spread
Reports from Jakarta Paris and other cities describe anti war protests against U S air raids. Demonstrators chant anti American slogans, clash with police and tar bomb embassies and banks, amid calls for expropriation of foreign oil firms and peace in Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
Ile
North
Jakarta
Indonesia
America
All-Indonesian Oil Workers Federation
Paris
al Cordoba
Oslo
Norway
U.S
Three Health Aid Proposals Face Congress in Debate
Three health aid plans draw congressional discussion as President Johnson aims at hospital benefits for seniors. Byrnes proposes broader aged benefits with premiums, while the AMA favors private insurance with limited no cost help for low income. Administration plan seeks self financing with a new payroll tax.
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Johnson
Byrnes
AMA
Students March In Budapest Anti American Demonstration
Nearly 1,000 Communist led students in Budapest staged a violent anti American demonstration.
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Budapest
Two-Man Paint Bomb Foray Against U S Embassy
Two men plan and execute a crude attack using five jars of red paint aimed at the U S Embassy in New York. They drive from New Jersey to East 67th Street where a bottle of paint smashes the brick exterior and bystanders intervene as police charge disorderly conduct.
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Lance
New York
N.J
New Jersey
U. S
Ioe
Mauri
East 67Th Street
Third
Lexington Avenues
Sar-Alvarez
Cam- SS
Ports reopen as 33 day strike winds down
Longshoremen returned to New York and other ports while South Atlantic and Western Gulf centers remained effectively halted. AFL CIO head Gleason ordered workers not to load ships diverted from striking ports. The Queen Frederica welcomed 500 cruise passengers as dock activity resumed in New York.
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New York
South Atlantic
Gulf
Hudson River
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Thomas W
Teddy) Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
National Hellenic Lines
Queen Frederica
West Indies
Wil‘mington
Morehead City
N.C
Charleston
S.C
al Smith
North Carolina
Traffic signals at High Point intersections explained
High Point motorists wonder about the number of traffic signals at major intersections. The Enterprise reports today from the city with the traffic engineer explaining the necessity and design considerations. The paper also notes High Point College history and sports, including the Purple Panthers ranking third nationally among small colleges and alumni back on campus.
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High Point
Enterprise
Hi Point
High Point College
Bits
Purple Panthers
Sunday Enterprise
Brooklyn
Formosa
Virginia Aitken
United States
The
Enterprise Sunday
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