Powell Case Highlights Payroll Forgery Claim
Marjorie Powell testified before a House committee that payroll checks to her were endorsed by someone else. She said the signatures did not appear in her handwriting and identified the name used on the checks as Y. Marjorie Flores.
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Washington (Ap
Adam Clayton Powell
Marjorie Powell
House
Powell
Congress
New York
House Administration
Washington
William A. Geoghegan
Y. Marjorie Flores
Select Committee
Puerto Rico
House Administration Committee
Liberalized Death Laws Proposed in North Carolina
Two bills introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives seek to liberalize capital punishment. Rep. E M McKnight would abolish the death penalty except for premeditated murder of a police officer or killing a kidnapped person. Rep. Samuel H Johnson would allow judges to choose life imprisonment or death when a jury convicts without mercy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House of Representatives
E. M. McKnight
R Forsyth
Samuel H. Johnson
Drake
Johnson
Explosion at Lone Star plant kills 11 near Texarkana
An Army Lone Star Ammunition Plant explosion on a 105mm shell assembly line killed 11 civilians and injured many at the Texarkana site. Fire destroyed the roof and investigators probed the blast while officials noted the plant employs about 7,000 people and some munitions go to Vietnam.
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Texarkana
Tex
Army
Here
Vietnam
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
Duane Harris
Harris
Johnson Open Housing Plan Faces Senate Pushback
President Johnson’s open housing civil rights proposal faces congressional opposition similar to last year. The plan would phase in a ban on housing discrimination by 1969 and include stronger federal action on juries, employment, and civil rights enforcement.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N. C
Congress
Equal Opportunity Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Community Relief Service
North Carolina House Seeks Ban on Alcohol Ads
A bill introduced in Raleigh proposes banning liquor beer and wine ads in newspapers radio and television. It targets any beverage over five percent alcohol and would allow the state alcohol board to revoke licenses for offenders while penalties for stations or papers are not specified.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ramsey - Messer
State Board of Alcoholic Control
13 Copters Lost War Tolls Mount In Bloody Week
In central highlands near the Cambodian border about 330 miles north of Saigon, three U.S. infantry battalions faced heavy enemy fire during Operation Sam Houston. Reports say 385 Communists were killed, 13 U.S. helicopters were downed, and U.S. casualties grew as the Tet truce era battles continued. The 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade, about 2,200 men, fired on a North Vietnamese regiment amid jungle fighting, while South Vietnamese forces killed and captured Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta area. The 1st Cavalry Division reported 85 enemy killed and nine captured near Bong Son in Operation Pershing.
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Lyle Thomas
Bryson City
N. C
Bong Son
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
1St Air Cavalry Division
Joseph Musial
Chicago
Central Highlands
U.S
Associated Press
al Chang
Highlands
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Chang
Canal
Mekong
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Senator Mansfield Opposes CIA Student Ties and Big Brother Fear
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged scrutiny of CIA links to students as President Johnson ordered a policy review of government ties to education groups. NSA officials denied talks of CIA financing and vowed to protect integrity while considering its future.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Uncle Sam
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Mansfield
Montana
CIA
National Student Association
Johnson
U.S
Nicholas Katzenbach
Samuel Brown
NSA
Association
Brown
Harvard Divinity
Katzenbach
Richard Helms
Johnson Calls 12 Point Program to Protect Consumers
President Johnson sent Congress a 12 point plan to shield consumers. It targets consumer loans mail order land sales mutual funds welfare and pension plans medical labs and natural gas pipes. He urges a truth in lending law and clearer disclosures to prevent buyer regrets in interstate land deals.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Lone Star
Mansfield Fears
Big Brother
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