Union Asks LBJ To Intervene In Wheat Loading Standoff
Miami Beach AP report says maritime union officials urged President Johnson to personally intervene in the Russia bound wheat loading dispute to avert an international crisis. AFL-CIO maritime trades department accuses Commerce and Hodges of aiding profit hungry operators as unions resist foreign flag ships and press for at least half the grain to go on U.S. vessels.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Johnson
Russia
Maritime Trades
Ment
Afl-Cio
Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges
U.S
James J. Reynolds
Maritime Trades Department
Hodges
Department of Commerce
Kennedy
Continental Grain
Reynolds
Deportation of Costello Overturned by High Court
The Supreme Court vacated a deportation order for Frank Costello, a 71 year old New York gambler. Justice Stewart wrote for the 6-2 majority while Justice White dissented joined by Justice Clark. The case centered on whether Costello remained a citizen after naturalization was canceled for fraud in 1959 and if the immigration provision applied to him as an alien at the time of his crimes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Costello
New York
Justice Stewart
Justice White
Justice Clark
Justice Harlan
Costello
Italy
US Circuit Court
Justice Department
Million Dollar Rubens Stolen From Brussels Museum
A Rubens painting valued at about a million dollars was stolen from the Brussels Museum of Ancient Art. Conservator P H Roberts Jones said The Negroes Heads is not salable and noted two guards were on duty, one off Sunday night. Thieves accessed the gallery via a glass roof from scaffolding, descended a 20 foot rope ladder, then fled the same way. The work measures 20 by 25 inches.
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Brussels
Belgium
Brussels Museum of
Peter Paul Rubens
Roberts - Jones
Court rules congressional districting must be equal
AP reports the Supreme Court and dissenting justices debate whether federal courts can enforce equal population in congressional districts. The decision centers on Georgia redistricting and whether districts within a state must be as close to equal in population as feasible.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Squires
Repre
Federal District Court
Georgia
House of
Consti
House of Representatives
Clark
Fulton County
Atlanta
Black
The
Supreme
High Tribunal
Ruby trial opens with judge overruling acquittal motion
Dallas AP reports Jack Ruby's murder trial begins with defense seeking a directed verdict of acquittal. Judge Joe B Brown overrules the motion, saying the issue is for the jury. Defense cites double jeopardy and res judicata, basing motions on a psychiatric examination. James Bowie objects, arguing no procedure.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Mel
Ruby
Texas
Leey Harvey Oswald
Presidentport
Kennedy
Tonnhill
ABC
James Bowie
Congressional Testimony Conflicts On Missile Reliability
Congress hears secret testimony from Defense Secretary McNamara and Air Force Chief of Staff LeMay with differing reliability figures. Goldwater presses missile doubts as LeMay gains support for funding a new interceptor. transcript will be censored. House action on a $16.9 billion military bill looms with a minority report possible.
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Washington
Congress
Defense Roberts
McNamara
Air Force
Curtis LeMay
Capitol Hill
House Armed Services Committee
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
LeMay
House
Department of Defense
Rep
Samuels. Stratton
D-N.y
Work Resumed on Tax Bill by Senate House Conferees
Senate and House conferees resume work on the tax bill with a possible compromise measure to be ready by Wednesday. Geoffrey Gould reports from Washington AP.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
Senate House
Sneak Storm Buries New England With Snow And Death
A major Northeast blizzard dumps up to 18 inches of snow across New England and nearby states. Winds reach 92 mph at Truro Cape Cod, causing outages, road closures, and multiple fatalities from vehicle accidents in Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Airports close as communities endure blizzard conditions and zero visibility.
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New England
Johnson
the House
Truro
Cape Cod
Maine
Passamaquoddy Bay
Robbinston
Ter
Bedford
Mass
Brunswick
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Mantwelier
Associated Press
Upstate
New York
Catskill Mountains
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Nova Scotia
North Pacific
Rockies
Dakotas
Lower
Michigan
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
California
Rio Grande Valley
Florida
Connecticut
Plymouth
N.H
Lebanon
Johnson program faces light week as bills move forward
Congress plans a quiet week with key Johnson measures advancing. The 11 part omnibus civil rights and tax cut bill cleared the House 290 to 130. Hearings begin on housing and overtime plans led by Robert C Weaver and a Senate subcommittee.
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Congress
Senate
House
House Banking
President Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Johnson
Hoffa Defense Calls First Witness In Nashville Trial
In Nashville, West Virginia businessman Tweel testified as the defense's first witness in Hoffa's federal jury tampering case. Tweel said he did not discuss the matter with Partin beyond a single hotel-room chat, contradicting Partin's earlier account. The trial, part of Hoffa's long case tied to the Teamsters and alleged jury manipulation, continues as prosecutors seek to prove attempts to influence jurors.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
West Virginia
Tweel
Partin
Nashville
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Nicholas J. Tweel
Hunt
Ington
W. Va
Team Sters
National Brotherhood of Teamsters
FBI
Ed Steele
William Sheets
Medlin
al-Nashville
U.S
Frank Wilson
Hoffer
Togot
Lawrence W. Medlin
Rur- Nashville
James C.ing
Tippens
Saigon bombing kills three Americans and injures many
Police seize a wounded ricksha driver as a prime suspect in a Saigon theater bombing that killed three Americans and wounded 31 others. A Marine captain warned others to take cover before dying, and a Military Policeman was among the dead.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ricksha
U.S
J.C. Lloyd B. Gage
Caldwell
Idaho
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